Specialist - Forecasting Oncology

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GCL - D2   Introduction to role:   Are you ready to turn complex Oncology data into clear, decision-shaping forecasts that guide strategy and improve patient outcomes? As a Specialist in Forecasting for US Oncology, you will partner with the US Oncology Forecast Leader and Commercial teams. Together, you will develop transparent, trusted forecasts to guide investment, access, and prioritisation for key product lines. In this role, you'll own short-, mid-, and long-term forecast models. They integrate patient flow dynamics, market research insights, and supplementary information to compose a coherent outlook. You will set expectations for performance, surface pivotal risks and opportunities, and influence brand strategy by defending your methodologies with difficulty and clarity. How will you translate TRx/NBRx signals, claims data, and epidemiology into a compelling narrative leaders can act on! Based in Manyata Tech Park, Bangalore, this position operates on a 2 PM – 11 PM IST shift in a hybrid model, enabling real-time collaboration with US collaborators while providing the space to deliver high-quality analytical work.   Accountabilities:   • Forecast Development and Stewardship: Deliver robust, open demand forecasts for strategic brands and therapy areas, clearly documenting assumptions and confidence levels to inform high-stakes decisions. • Patient Flow Modeling: Build and maintain product-specific short-term and long-term models using patient-based and patient flow approaches to reflect real-world treatment dynamics. • Cross-Functional Alignment: Align forecast assumptions and analytical assessments with Marketing, Sales, Market Access and Pricing, Finance, and Sales Operations to drive shared understanding and accountability. • Executive Engagement: Present and defend forecast approaches, methodologies, assumptions, and outputs to senior leadership, guiding clear choices on risks, opportunities, and prioritisation. • Scenario Planning and Risk Management: Apply industry-leading modeling techniques and sensitivity analyses across key variables to quantify uncertainties and shape contingency plans. • Performance Analytics: Provide in-depth analysis of drivers behind brand performance; support quarterly business reviews, sales bridges, business planning, and ad hoc requests for Finance and leadership. • Market Intelligence: Supervise the competitive landscape, policy shifts, and broader Oncology trends to keep models current and assumptions grounded in market realities. • New Product Introduction: Develop short- and long-term volume forecasts for new launches to support strategic and operational planning through realistic, data-backed trajectories. • Process Leadership: Lead assigned forecasting and business planning processes and workstreams; codify standard methodologies and help define and evolve forecasting processes and capabilities. • Data Integration and Tooling: Proactively leverage multiple data sources and tools to ensure objectivity and completeness of inputs across the portfolio. • S&OP Integration: Participate in monthly S&OP, submit volumes, and build weekly, monthly, and yearly models and conversions that synchronize operational planning with demand signals. • Continuous Improvement: Champion innovation in methodologies, automation, and analytics to enhance forecast value, reflect uncertainty, and scale capabilities across brands.   Essential Skills/Experience: Educational requirements: • Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience in relevant field   Experience: • 10 to 15 years of direct Pharmaceutical forecasting experience with an in-depth knowledge of forecasting techniques, models and approaches • In-depth understanding of Oncology and how patients move through their respective diagnosis a

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