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Location: Pune (Kharadi/Hinjewadi)

JOB OBJECTIVE: This role will be responsible for developing commercial analytics for pipeline and launching products as well as completing opportunity assessments for life cycle management. This role brings specific therapeutic areas in-depth expertise, analytical instinct, strategic thinking, and project management.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: (May include but are not limited to)

• Ensure objectivity of brand/therapeutic area forecasts through establishing objectives aligned around forecast accuracy
• Developing brand volume forecasts, both short-term and long-term, to feed into strategic and operational planning processes
• Perform sensitivity analysis to assist in opportunity identification and risk management
• Undertake strategic long-term brand and franchise forecasting and provide strategic perspective/guidance on portfolio and brand strategy, as well as new product introduction volume forecasting and guidance
• Develop a deep understanding of customers' data and analytical needs focusing on the customer-facing model leadership
• Solve brand-level analytical problems using quantitative approaches
• Develop and maintain key collaborative relationships with internal cross-functional and external partners to initiate and obtain relevant data and analysis for forecast inputs
• Confidently present and defend forecast approach, methodology, assumptions, and output at the executive level
• Recommend and lead initiatives dedicated to the advancement and implementation of new forecast approaches and methodology
• Provide increased focus on forecasting and emphasize on providing valuable insights to drive improvement opportunities
• Monitor the external environment to stay up to date on leading forecasting capabilities, both within and outside of pharma, which can be applied within the organization
• Contribute towards Axtria tools and capabilities as per the business requirements.
• Build organization capabilities by participating in Hackathon, solution design, process automation
• Supports client strategy to ensure business and compliance needs are met
• Coordinate and manage subordinates, facilitate interdepartmental communication and allocate task and resource as needed
• Guide and advise the modeling and capabilities team as a Subject Matter Expertise on various technologies, solutions, and capabilities to help set-up industry leading practice

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:

• 3-6 years of experience in Experience working with Life Sciences companies in pharmaceutical forecasting (in branded business)/ data analytics; experience supporting both pipeline and marketed product(s) preferred; experience in Specialty or Rare Disease, preferred
• Expertise with a variety of modeling techniques including statistical, patient-flow, simulations, agent-based and other systems dynamics-based techniques
• Manage & develop patient/epidemiology-based forecasting models for pharma clients
• Project Manager who can lead enablement of global life sciences companies to manage forecasting and/or data & analytics function through Axtria solutions and innovative methodologies
• EPI based Forecasting for Inline, Pipeline, and BD&L Products/ Brands. Trend-Based Forecasting Experience
• Experience supporting multiple markets globally, Region, and countries. A deeper understanding of disease and Therapy Areas and their application to forecast
• Expertise in handling datasets - IQVIA, Evaluate, IPD, Kantar, DRG etc. Proven experience working with pharmaceutical datasets (Rx, APLD, etc)
• Effective forecast storyboarding, capturing key insights backed by relevant data and Quantitative Analytics, Business Analysis and Analog Analysis