Position Summary

This role will be responsible for developing commercial demand forecasts 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. 

Job Responsibilities Leadership – Lead & guide the team independently or with little support to implement & deliver complex project assignments.   Logical Thinking – Able to think analytically, use a systematic and logical approach to analyze data, problems, and situations. Must be able to guide team members in analysis.   Project & Process Management –   Get accurate briefs from the Client and translate into tasks for team members with priorities and timeline plans.   Must maintain high standards of quality and thoroughness. Should be able to monitor accuracy and quality of others' work.   Ability to think in advance about potential risks and mitigation plans.   Ideate, implement, adhere, and monitor quality processes essential for delivery excellence.   People Management   Provide leadership to help people perform at their best, through motivating and developing them to achieve high performance.   Provide structure, direction, and purpose to your team through effective communication/regular meetings   Provide clear guidance, instruction, advice or coaching for the job. Be accessible. Where appropriate, aim for inclusivity - enabling staff to input ideas, and consulting on change and development.   Use the performance management process as a valuable tool for supporting employee development and improvement.  Handle Client Relationship – Manage client relationships and client expectations independently. Should be able to deliver results back to the Client independently. Should have excellent communication skills.   Effectively manage the client/ onshore stakeholders, as per the business needs, to ensure successful business delivery.  Work closely with the project manager to define the algorithm, break down the problem into execution steps, and run the analysis  Ensure high-quality analytics solutions/reports to the client  Delivery role will include project scoping, solution design, execution and communication of the analysis in the client-ready formats  Contribute towards Axtria tools and capabilities as per the business requirements.  Build organization capabilities by participating in Hackathon, solution design, and process automation  Effectively communicate with onshore/ client (as per business needs)  Education BE/B.TechWork Experience 7-12 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  Behavioural Competency:  Proven experience of leading and developing teams  Excellent communication skills (must be able to interface with team in India and US)  Strong analytical skills to solve and model complex business requirements are a plus.  Desirable qualities:  Customer Focus - Dedicated to meeting the expectations of internal and external clients.  Problem Solving - Uses rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions. Probes all fruitful sources for answers. Is excellent at honest analysis. Looks beyond the obvious and doesn't stop at the first answers.  Learning on the Fly - Learns quickly when facing new problems. A relentless and versatile learner.  Drive for result - Able to set priorities; pursue tasks tenaciously & with a need to finish. Able to overcome setbacks which may occur along the way.  Behavioural Competencies Teamwork & LeadershipMotivation to Learn and GrowOwnershipCultural FitTalent ManagementTechnical Competencies Problem SolvingLifescience KnowledgeCommunicationProject ManagementAttention to P&L ImpactBusiness developmentCapability Building / Thought LeadershipScale of revenues managed / deliveredScale of Resources Managed