YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The primary responsibilities of this role, Director Global Forecasting, are to: 

• Act as a business advisor to Therapeutic Area (TA) Head, Strategic Marketing Leadership team to ensure a robust epi-based fifteen (15) year forecast architecture is established for VITRAKVI & the TKI Brands (Stivarga & Nexavar)
• Lead the production and interpretation of data and models for global brand team forecasts and standard reports (e.g. weekly Key Performance
• Indicator (KPI) dashboard) using analytic tools to drive assumption-based forecasting and trend-based analytics;
• Ensure strong alignment on forecast assumptions with Oncology
  Specialty Business Unit (OSBU) leadership, Therapeutic Area Leadership Team (TALT), global brand teams, Finance, Market Access and major regions/ markets;
• Create analytical models and data visualization for long term forecasts and multiple business scenarios using i2E interactive forecasting platform with Mont Carlo simulations;
• Prepare and present forecast updates to address specific questions (e.g. Deep Dives or new indications) gap and opportunity analysis;
• Provide timely, accurate data to support informed decision making;
• Provide business analyses and summaries of results;
• Interpret and communicate results and recommendations to brand/business stakeholders;
• Explain effectively insights driving key assumptions in forecast and
  data caveats to global business stakeholders;
• Direct the development of custom market definitions for key therapeutic areas in Oncology;
• Provide quality control oversight of key data sources;
• Ensure effective legal and regulatory Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are understood and adhered to by vendors;
• Demonstrate thought leadership and content expertise in advanced analytics to business partners and must win/top 10 markets, including the development of key training programs.
   

WHO YOU ARE

Your success will be driven by your demonstration of our LIFE values.  More specifically related to this position, Bayer seeks an incumbent who possesses the following:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in quantitative field combined with MBA degree from globally leading school OR Post-graduate degree (Master’s/Ph.D.) in quantitative field (Statistics, Management Science, Operations Research, Engineering, Finance, etc.);
• At least six years of commercial healthcare analytics work experience, of which include at least three years of recent experience in pharmaceutical industry or health care consulting;
• At last three years of experience incorporating several of the following, forecasting, modeling, statistics, promotional response or price modeling, simulation, and/or decision analysis;
• Fluency with forecasting methodologies, tools (e.g. SPSS) and
  techniques (Markov);
• Proven team and project leadership skills, experience in managing integrated cross-department initiatives;
• Strong analytical/quantitative skills and knowledge with the ability
  to understand the big picture;
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with ability to regularly present concise executive summaries, structured syntheses of insights and business recommendations to senior management;
•  Ability to work collaboratively in matrixed environment within global community;
• Expertise with relevant pharmaceutical data sources including sales
  data sources (e.g. IMS, Evaluate Pharma, Cegedim, etc.);
• Experience in handling and analyzing various data types (e.g., epidemiologic and patient longitudinal claims data, sales, demand,
  units, promotional data) and experience with predictive data mining;
• Proven track record of professional success in an analytics role;
• Be able to work with a high degree of autonomy to plan,
  organize and implement multiple projects within time, budget and
  capacity constraints;
• Set clear priorities and design KPIs for success with brand team;
• Ability to handle variable workload levels and effectively prioritize.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge or experience in the Oncology therapeutic area;
• Global experience;
• Scarsin or ZS experience.