Manager Forecasting

Key responsibilities:

• Foster strong stakeholder engagement to drive innovation and execute new projects across key areas, including but not limited to:
  • Strategic forecasting for pipeline products
  • Lifecycle management forecasting for inline and pipeline products
  • BD&L opportunity assessments
  • Critical business cases and investment decisions
  • Ad-hoc forecasting support
• Collaborate with forecasting team members, strengthen functional capabilities, cross-functional stakeholders, and external vendors to deliver critical projects and build new capabilities.
• Establish and manage knowledge repositories capturing qualitative and quantitative insights on brands, and disease areas across Novartis operating markets.
• Deliver forecasting support through structured approach with appropriate documentation and communication throughout the delivery
• Actively participate in knowledge-sharing sessions to enhance expertise and improve the quality of S&G forecasting deliverables across the business unit.
• Leverage new data and technologies to enhance TA forecasting delivery and overall forecasting function
• Support the development and implementation of advanced data visualization and information presentation techniques.
• Work closely with other functions, including Competitive Intelligence, Primary Marketing Research, and Business Analytics, to leverage cross-functional synergies.
• Ensure full compliance with Novartis operational guidelines, including legal, IT, and HR requirements.
• Adhere to internal functional operating procedures, including time tracking, KPI monitoring, reporting, and compliance with internal systems and processes.
• Support the forecasting team in recruiting and onboarding new associates.

Essential Requirements

• 5+ years in pharmaceutical/ healthcare forecasting, pipeline/ epidemiology forecasting.
• Strong ability to comprehend and synthesize data into actionable insights.
• Solid domain knowledge of the Global pharma market, including the US, JP, and EU regions.
• Proficiency in using pharma and clinical trial databases.
• Experience in conducting secondary data research or desk research on forecasting parameters.
• Expertise in epidemiology-based forecast modeling and long-range forecasting.
• Understanding of patient/forecast flow and Target Product Profile (TPP).
• Graduate / Postgraduate in Engineering / Pharmacy / Medicine / Science / Statistics / Business

Desirable Requirements

• Exceptional business acumen and stakeholder management skills.
• Proven experience working in a matrix environment.