Director / Senior Director, Strategic CAPEX & Investment Portfolio Management
Core
Lead investment governance, capital planning, and portfolio prioritization for Lonza's Specialized Modalities platform, translating business needs into financially robust investment proposals.
Role type
Senior Director, Strategic CAPEX & Investment Portfolio Management
Builds
Capital allocation recommendations and prioritized investment pipelines for biopharmaceutical manufacturing sites.
Domain
Life Sciences / Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing / Strategic Finance
Required skills
Investment portfolio management, strategic CAPEX planning, investment governance, capital project strategy, biopharmaceutical manufacturing knowledge, financial evaluation, scenario analysis, cross-functional stakeholder management, risk management, data-driven analytics, executive communication
Preferred skills
Direct engineering experience, familiarity with AI-enabled approaches, experience with leading strategy consulting firms
Technologies
Digital tools for portfolio reporting, scenario analysis, decision support
Responsibilities
Lead governance of the Specialized Modalities CAPEX portfolio including growth investments and major projects requiring Executive Committee approval; Drive annual and long-range CAPEX planning; Develop capital allocation recommendations for senior leadership; Lead the platform investment governance process from intake through approval; Integrate commercial, operational, engineering, financial, people and risk inputs into coherent business cases; Partner with Finance and Global Value Assurance on financial evaluation and scenario analysis; Support sites during early investment development; Monitor portfolio performance against approved business cases; Strengthen portfolio management through standardized tools and data-driven analytics