Associate Director, Forecasting - Lung

Purpose

The Associate Director, Forecasting is responsible for leading the business forecasting process (short and long term) for J&J Lung Oncology brands within the Oncology Solid Tumor business unit. This position will serve as an internal consultant to Strategic Insights & Analytics, finance, marketing and sales, and broader business partners: leading the Integrated Business Plan (IBP), delivering accurate and timely business forecasts, delivering business building recommendations that shape decision-making, and driving organizational action.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a forecasting lead, identifying, crafting, and completing short and longer term forecasts which inform business planning strategy and tactics.
• Ensure timely tracking of forecast accuracy and key assumptions across the main data sources.
• Determine optimal forecasting approaches to address key business questions, identify appropriate internal and external partners, develop strong partnerships in the context of resources, timing, and overall business goals.
• Integrate and synthesize forecasting insights into actionable recommendations that influence business partners at all levels to incorporate in business strategy and decision making.
• Champion the development and implementation of innovative forecasting approaches and methods, shape data strategy, drive efficiencies, and contribute to broader sharing of best practices.
• Demonstrate leadership courage in order to set priorities and ensure resources are focused on the most critical/high value projects.
• Drive a culture of simplicity within the forecasting team and with partners to ensure business processes are streamlined and forecasts, with actionable insights, are delivered in a timely manner to influence the business.
• Act as a mentor/coach to enable the development of other forecasting team members.
• Stay abreast of emerging healthcare & pharmaceutical industry trends and assess their potential impact on business strategies.
• Act with speed, agility and accountability.

Qualifications

Education: BA/BS Required; Advanced Degree Desirable.

• At least 7 years of relevant business experience in forecasting, analytics, finance, market research, competitive intelligence, or consulting.
• Experience with pharma datasets (e.g. IQVIA DDD, EDI 852/867, NPA, NSP etc.) and their practical applications to forecasting/brand performance.
• Knowledge and experience across a broad spectrum of forecasting and analytic approaches with the ability to identify appropriate approaches to address key business questions.
• Proven success partnering across commercial teams to integrate forecasts, analytics and insights and then translate into actionable recommendations.
• Fluency in storytelling and developing effective presentations through compelling visualizations of data/forecasts with comprehensive and impactful recommendations and solutions that drive key decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to operate with a high degree of autonomy and integrity to define key business questions with a focused approach to solving through forecasting approaches and solutions.
• High degree of comfort navigating ambiguity and striking the right balance between analytical rigor with speed to decision making.

Preferred

• Relevant therapeutic area experience.
• Proven track record of mentorship/coaching of team members to enable development of forecasting skills.
• Experience working on or directly with pharmaceutical brand marketing/sales teams.

This position is based in Horsham, PA and will require up to 10% domestic travel.