Senior Manager-Commercial Forecasting and Analytics-CD&A

Role Description:

The CD&A team at Amgen plays a pivotal role as a strategic partner to many cross functional teams such as Commercial, Medical, Finance, R&D, Corp Affairs, offering data-backed insights crucial for driving success to Amgen Product and Portfolio. As a Senior Manager of Forecasting at Amgen India, you will lead critical forecasting workstreams that support both global and U.S. commercial organizations. The position serves as a bridge between cross-functional stakeholders across regions and is instrumental in developing forecasting capabilities within the India team. This is a hands-on strategic and operational role that blends technical forecasting skills with commercial insight generation and AI-enabled innovation. This role requires flexibility in collaborating across geographiesincluding partners in the U.S., Portugal, and internal contract teams in India. This role is a combination of individual contributor as well as managing team of internal employees and/or external consultants. The ideal candidate will possess strong pharmaceutical forecasting and analytics experience, high data fluency, and emerging AI tool familiarity to help shape Amgens next-generation forecasting and analytics capabilities.

This role reports to the Director of Forecasting and Analytics and operates within the broader framework of Customer Data & Analytics (CD&A).

This role is for Amgen India Hyderabad Office. You will work on-site a minimum of 4 days a week.

Key Responsibilities:

• End-to-End Forecast Leadership:
• Own forecast development for pipeline or inline assets, depending on assigned BU.
• Build and lead discussions on forecast assumptions, drivers, and scenarios with global or U.S.-based teams.
• Leads forecast synthesis for executive-level review, including risk/opp framing
• Strategic Partnering:
• Act as a thought partner to forecasting leads, commercial heads, and finance teams.
• Translate market events and competitive insights into business implications.
• Drives cross-regional alignment on forecast assumptions; provides input to long-range planning and business reviews
• Capability Building:
• Serve as a key leader in setting up Amgen Indias forecasting operations.
• Mentor junior team members and contract resources; instill best practices and continuous improvement culture.
• Develop capabilities that bring in efficiency in work and utilize evolving technology
• Advanced Analytics Integration:
• Introduce and scale AI and automation tools to improve efficiency and quality (e.g., AI-enabled earnings call summarization, auto-reporting, scenario simulation).
• Evaluate new forecasting methods, data visualization techniques, and simulation models (e.g., Monte Carlo).
• Collaboration and Communication:
• Coordinate across global teams, including U.S., Portugal, and internal stakeholders.
• Closely work with cross functional teams representing Commercial, Finance, Medical, Value & Access, Analytics, Insights, and CI
• Develop executive-ready outputs and ensure accurate translation of assumptions into actionable insights.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree and 12-17 years of relevant experience in forecasting, commercial analytics, or data science
  
  (or Masters degree with 10-15 years of experience)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Deep understanding of forecasting in pharma (global or U.S.) including pipeline and inline portfolios
• Hands-on experience building and reviewing Excel-based models and simulation techniques
• Familiarity with syndicated pharmaceutical data sources (e.g., IQVIA, Evaluate, internal CRM systems)
• Strong analytical and strategic thinking capabilities; able to influence across functions and geographies
• Familiarity with AI tools, predictive analytics, and agentic platforms
• Strong communicator with ability to engage stakeholders at all levels