Hari Patel

A demonstrated record of success and achievement, marked by a promotion to a position of increased influence, authority, and accountability.

As Senior Director of Portfolio Strategy & Product Development, fulfills a critical role building internal portfolio strategies to support the company’s transition beyond rare disease treatments and into larger markets.Serves as the architect of recommendations on areas of research focus, as well as ways to differentiate BioMarin products from the competition in a highly complex industry.Manages a small team engaged in competitive analytics.

Led vision, strategy, and execution for all facets of portfolio and product development.Personally requested by the CEO to lead an internal scenario planning project, Competitive Intelligence 2.0, to provide insight into competitive benchmarks within the industry.

• Develops and presents competitive and industry analysis to C-level executives, providing the necessary information and education to guide informed decisions on R&D investments with full insight into potential risks and rewards.
• Facilitated a workshop with subject matter experts to discuss potential paths forwards for a Phase III program, which led to the delivery of $50MM in savings by identifying areas of project execution that were inconsistent with the product life cycle.

Also, completed Masters in Health Administration in 2001 from University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health