Director, Forecasting - Inline Brands

Job Description Summary #LI-Hybrid This position will be located at East Hanover, NJ and will not have the ability to be located remotely. This position will require travel as defined by the business (domestic and/ or international). Job description summary The US Insights & Analytics (I&A) organization engineers the optimal decision environment for the US business by orchestrating, integrating, and synthesizing insights and analytics across therapeutic areas, functions, and the enterprise. Enterprise I&A drives enterprise decision environments through integrated executive analytics and portfolio insights that enable the organization to prioritize investments, track performance, and shape strategic direction. The Director, Forecasting will be responsible for strategic demand forecasts for inline brands as well as completing opportunity assessments for life cycle management. This role brings specific therapeutic area in-depth expertise, analytical instinct, strategic thinking, and project management skills to communicate the value assessment of new assets and flag appropriate risks and opportunities. This role will enable the business organization to drive optimal decisions on investments based on accurate understanding of brand potential. This role will report to the Executive Director, Forecasting CoE within the Insights and Analytics (I&A) Organization   Job Description Key Responsibilities:   • Build realistic, transparent, and assumption-driven demand forecasts. Challenge assumptions and apply forecasting methodologies to support the brand strategy • Prepare robust forecast assumptions leveraging expertise and analogs from in-line Forecasting team and research from Insights and Analytics team • Ensure that value assessment addresses the impact of key market dynamics and internal events, are logically designed and well documented • Support launch preparations and guide the teams to set up clear post-launch performance tracking by creating and monitoring the short-term revenue forecasts, comparable to actuals in future, and recommending adjustments when applicable • Consistent delivery of analytics that drive informed decision making, including the definition and development of models to be used in answering business and operational questions • Develop new and innovative analytics models / methods for untapped opportunities; Enabling automation of routine measurements • Perform ad-hoc queries for leadership across all functions; be an internal expert and resource • Maintaining accountability for high quality, timely service delivery of forecasting analytic service requests, including requests for solutions requiring sophisticated statistical and machine learning approaches Essential Requirements: • 8 years of pharmaceutical forecasting (in branded business)/ data analytics/ sales ops; experience supporting both pipeline and marketed product(s) preferred; experience in Immunology or Specialty Disease, preferred • Ability to work with many cross-functional partners, excellence in consensus building and communicating uncertainty, and be able to explain issues from aggregate trends to modeling mechanics • Proven experience working with pharmaceutical datasets (Rx, APLD, etc) • Experience using data to support business decisions, return on investment/ financial modelling, and statistical analysis • Proven self-starter with high standards of excellence and an innovative mind • Strong interpersonal, communication, and analytical skills, Change management and project management experience. Excellent PowerPoint and Excel skills • Ability to manage multiple projects and consistently meet deadlines • Ability to excel at interacting with a diverse group of people, all levels of management, including senior leadership; M