Forecasting Manager Vaccines

Forecasting Manager – Vaccines Business Unit

The Forecasting Manager sits within the US Vaccines Forecasting team and will maintain accurate and insight driven gross sales and patient forecasts for GSK's RSV vaccine, AREXVY, Vaccine Pipeline Assets, and Flu. This role requires strong analytical and interpersonal skills and ability to utilize a wide variety of forecasting approaches to support commercial priorities, competitive positioning, and supply chain decisions.

Responsibilities

• Establish, document, and maintain financial and manufacturing forecasts on a monthly cycle and annually revise Long-Range Forecast, in partnership with global and local Finance, Marketing, Supply Chain, and Commercial Insights teams.
• Maintain SKU level forecasts for GSK's RSV vaccine, AREXVY, and Flu vaccines in the US (including Puerto Rico).
• In partnership with the various global and US New Product Strategy teams develop, document, and maintain US Forecasts for priority pipeline assets from Phase 2 onward.
• Present forecast assumptions, inclusive of risks and opportunities, to multiple management levels.
• Ensure accuracy of forecasts through industry standard accuracy and bias metrics; identify corrective actions as appropriate.
• Support US financial submissions and quarterly earnings call, as needed.
• Collaborate with Marketing, Sales, Commercial Insights, Market Access, and Supply Chain peers on modeling events, communicating issues, and responding to requests from senior leadership.

Basic Qualifications

• BS/BA degree in Finance, Accounting, Engineering, Analytics, Statistics, Biology/Chemistry or Business
• 5+ years of post-degree experience in financial, analytics, or gross sales forecast models with multiple variables and event modeling
• Analysis of financial or healthcare market data and trends, assessing financial impacts and identifying risks and opportunities
• Translating data into narratives through reports, dashboards, or presentations and communicating to multiple management levels
• MS Excel and data modeling; utilizing pivot tables, charts, and LOOKUP & SUMIF functions

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity and experience using digital capabilities to enhance automation and standardization.
• Advanced degree in science and/or business
• Demonstrated communication and presentation skills
• Experience with patient claims data and patient flow modeling
• Proficiency creating impactful visuals in MS PowerPoint
• Strong learning agility to build business acumen
• Proven collaboration skills and able to work effectively across a matrix environment
• Ability to work independently and prioritize effectively
• Experience in pharma, biotech, healthcare or alike industry