PORTFOLIO MANAGER

Description

Position Summary: Maximize the economic value of the shrimp category by managing portfolio strategy and the innovation agenda, acting as a strategic connector across departments. Key Highlights: 1. Lead product and service governance to drive growth. 2. Implement strategic portfolio architecture by segment. 3. Serve as end-to-end Process Owner for Product Lifecycle Management. **Date:** Sep 1, 2026 **Location:** GUAYAS, Ecuador **Company:** Alicorp S.A.A. **What will be your challenge?** -------------------------- Maximize the economic value of the shrimp category by end-to-end management of portfolio strategy and the innovation agenda aligned with market priorities. Act as a strategic connector across diverse departments, leading product and service governance to ensure investment decisions, prioritization, scaling, or discontinuation that drive growth, differentiation, and competitiveness. **What will you do in this role?** ------------------------- * Implement strategic portfolio architecture by segments, needs, productive occasions, and product life cycles AABB. \-Serve as end\-to\-end Process Owner for Product Lifecycle Management: rules, stage gates, health reviews, rationalization, renewal, and product exit. \-Consolidate, prioritize, and govern the product pipeline and the cross-functional H1 innovation agenda, integrating products, technical services, health, and technology. \-Lead the H1 Portfolio and Innovation Committee and elevate recommendations and decisions on priorities, resources, stage gates, scaling, and discontinuation to the Category Board. \-Translate market insights, competitive portfolio intelligence, and productive needs into strategic briefs and innovation challenges for specialist teams. \-Orchestrate collaborative innovation with technical owners from Feed Tech, Technical Advisory, Health, and Technology, defining problem statements, outcomes, hypotheses, success criteria, and validation models. \-Guide the Product Manager / Product Lead in executing the product pipeline, defining priorities, stage gates, SLAs, and scaling criteria. \-Monitor portfolio health and strategic performance using key management indicators: volume, adoption, competitiveness, lifecycle, complexity, innovation, and business contribution. \-Ensure portfolio integration into the Value Proposition pillar jointly with the Marketing and Commercial teams. **What do we need from you?** --------------------------- **Education:** Bachelor's degree in Biology, Aquaculture Engineering, Agronomy, Agro-industry, Business Administration, or related fields. **Experience:** Minimum 5 years in portfolio management, innovation, product management, or strategic solution development, leading cross-functional and interdisciplinary teams. **Knowledge:** * Portfolio strategy and architecture; Product Lifecycle Management; Stage\-Gate / Agile / Design Thinking. * Product development and innovation management; business cases and P\&L analysis. * Pipeline management, prioritization, PMO, and committee governance. * Data analysis and executive storytelling. * English: Upper Intermediate (Desirable) At Vitapro, we promote equal opportunities and inclusive selection processes based on each person’s capabilities, experience, and potential. We value diversity and reject all forms of discrimination. Safeguarding the integrity of our process means safeguarding the people who choose us.