US Forecasting & Insights Leader/Director - Respiratory & Immunology
AstraZeneca

Introduction to role:

Join us on a journey to become AstraZeneca's future leaders. As the US Forecasting & Insights Leader, you will provide leadership and strategic direction to deliver competitive advantages through the application of end-to-end insights, analytics, and forecasts to the US market. Our mission is to accelerate business impact through insights and capability transformation. This position may require managing contractors and vendors to complete projects but will have no direct reports.

Accountabilities:

You will serve as a functional subject matter expert in established market and disease areas of interest to the US Commercial team. You will construct patient-based forecast models in Excel that leverage data inputs synthesized from a variety of primary and secondary sources. You will champion the use of local customer insights in strategic and operational decisions across the business. You will also be required to continuously evaluate new quantitative analytics methods, technologies, and datasets.

Essential Skills/Experience:

- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university

- An advanced degree is preferred (Master's, MBA, or PhD)

- 5+ years of experience in Pharmaceutical / Biotech / Healthcare analytics or secondary data analysis and forecasting

- 5+ years of pharmaceutical industry experience leading qualitative and quantitative primary market research

- Strong revenue forecasting experience utilizing epidemiology-based methodologies

- Familiarity with medical claims (open or closed) or electronic health record databases, IQVIA Rx and sales data, and other syndicated data.

- Proficiency in extracting and interpreting insights from large longitudinal data sources, such as Claims, EMR and other patient level data sets.

- Experience with MS Office products - Excel and PowerPoint skills.

- Advanced modelling skills using Visual Basic, Power BI, SQL+ R or Python are desirable.

Desirable Skills/Experience:

- Excellent communication and influencing skills, combined with strong leadership and interpersonal skills

- Strategic and critical thinking with the ability to engage, build and maintain credibility with Commercial Leadership teams.

- Ability to manage a diverse range of simultaneous projects, timelines, and priorities with both internal stakeholders and external vendors.

- Capability in applying and deploying deep technical skills and knowledge across IA&F functional areas

At AstraZeneca's Biopharmaceuticals Business Unit, we are on a journey to bring life-saving medicines to patients. Our role in contributing to decreasing mortality rates globally is clear. We are shaping the future by spotting scientifically-led commercial opportunities and acting now to operationalize and scale them. We are constantly thinking big to answer new challenges. We push ourselves to start small and scale fast. The pioneers of digital and innovative solutions that have never been seen before. And we bring our teams on this journey with us, sharing our vision to inspire commitment to succeed together.

Ready to join us on this exciting journey? Apply now!

AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.