Strategic Forecaster

2 weeks ago


Pune, Maharashtra, India Genpact Full time

At Genpact, we are seeking a skilled Strategic Forecaster to join our team.

This role is ideal for a seasoned Pharma forecaster who will develop product-specific short-term and long-term forecasts models and maintain up-to-date forecast models, reflecting current data, information, and assumptions.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop forecasts for focused therapeutic areas using patient-based forecast models and ensure alignment on forecast assumptions and other critical analytical assessments with client business partners.
  • Ensure objectivity of brand/therapeutic area forecasts through establishing objectives aligned around forecast accuracy.
  • Develop 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.
  • Review sales performance, insights data, key initiatives, and new launches with brand and customer teams to ensure robust plans are in place and being executed.
  • 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 analytics and emphasize providing valuable insights to drive improvement opportunities.
  • Monitor the external environment to stay up to date on leading analytic capabilities, both within and outside of pharma, which can be applied within the organization.

Requirements

  • M Pharma (or B.pharm + relevant work experience), MBA or master's (or Bachelor's +relevant work experience) in engineering or master's degree in Statistics, Data Science, Applied Mathematics, Business Analytics, or any other Quantitative discipline.
  • Experience in working with large datasets derive insights and present information through visualization and reports.
  • Relevant pharmaceutical forecasting experience and analytical experience.
  • Experience in strategic forecasting and new product launch is required.
  • Experience in standard datasets in the Pharmaceutical Industry e.g., IQVIA (MIDAS, DDD NPA, Xponent, etc), claims data (Truven, Marketscan), Epidemiological data, etc.
  • Good understanding of primary market research, advanced analytics, and competitive intelligence.
  • Technical experience in Time series modelling.
  • Technical experience in MS Office – Must be an advanced user of PPT and Excel.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in Python/R/SAS good to have.
  • Good verbal and written communication skills.
  • Ownership of tasks assigned without supervisory follow-up.
  • Proactive and enthusiastic to take on new challenges.
  • Personal drive and positive work ethic to deliver results within tight deadlines and in demanding situations.
  • Proactive planner and can work independently to manage own responsibilities.
  • Break traditional patterns of thought by generating and recognizing imaginative, workable solutions to business situations and problems.
  • Capability in applying deeper technical skills and knowledge that is shared across the functional area (e.g., deep knowledge of key data sets, modeling capabilities, etc.).

Language: English



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