Accelerating Decision Velocity Using Lean, Agile, and AI

Jordan Lateiner, VP of Portfolio and Program Management at Syndax, leads this breakout session on accelerating decision velocity in pharmaceutical and medtech portfolio management. As organizations face mounting pressure to bring products to market faster, traditional decision-making processes often become bottlenecks. This session examines how lean principles, agile methodologies, and emerging AI capabilities can be combined to dramatically reduce decision cycle times.

Participants will explore practical techniques for streamlining governance reviews, eliminating low-value approval gates, and leveraging AI-powered analytics to surface decision-relevant insights in real time. Jordan will share case studies illustrating how Syndax and similar organizations have restructured their decision architectures to achieve faster, higher-quality portfolio decisions.

The session will also address the cultural and organizational changes required to sustain higher decision velocity, including how to build trust in data-driven recommendations and empower cross-functional teams to make decisions closer to the work.