Forecasting Manager

US General Medicines Pipeline and In-Line Forecasting Manager

This role supports US General Medicines Forecasting to establish and maintain accurate and insight driven pipeline and in-line demand forecasts driven through patient modeling in close collaboration with a broad spectrum of functions at the US and global level. This role requires strong analytical skills and a wide variety of methodological approaches to forecasting as well as in-depth understanding of the US pharmaceutical market dynamics.

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to build your expertise in forecasting, commercial insights, and pharmaceutical business acumen to progress YOUR career. 

Responsibilities of the role include some of the following:

• In partnership with the various stakeholders develop, document, and maintain US Forecasts for priority pipeline assets from Phase 2 onward, including launch planning support.  
• Establish, document, and maintain in-line products financial and manufacturing volume forecasts and annually revise Long-Range Forecast, in partnership with stakeholders.
• Evaluate US market trends, competitor product landscape and competitive positioning as part of US Forecast development.
• Develop, document and present US Forecast, assumptions, opportunities, and risks, to multiple management levels.
• Collaborate and partner effectively with various stakeholders across the enterprise, including Marketing, Commercial Insight and Managed Market teams, support senior management requests.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• BS/BA degree in Analytics, Statistics, Business/Economics, Biology/Chemistry, Finance, or related area
• 5 years’ experience in:
  • Analyzing market data and trends, assessing financial/commercial impacts, and identifying risks and opportunities.
  • Experience collaborating skills and able to work effectively across a matrix environment.
  • Experience in MS Excel working with substantial amounts of data, financial and/or analytical data modeling involving multiple inputs.
  • Experience in MS PowerPoint
• 3 years’ experience with U.S. Pharma commercial areas
• 3 years’ experience utilizing and maintaining financial, analytics or gross sales forecast models.

Preferred Qualifications:

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• Graduate degree in Business (MBA), in Science (M.Sc) (incl. Statistics, Biology, Chemistry, or in Finance/ Economics (M. Econ.) or related.
• Experience providing clear and concise messaging to multiple management levels.
• Experience with patient claims data and patient flow modeling.
• Pipeline forecasting
• Patient Model forecasting experience is a plus
• Strong learning agility to build business acumen.
• Demonstrated communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to work independently and prioritize effectively.

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Please visit  GSK US Benefits Summary to learn more about the comprehensive benefits program GSK offers US employees.

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.

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