Manager, Analytical AI Forecasting and Predictive Solutions
Bristol Myers Squibb
Summary
This role develops, implements, and supports advanced analytical, machine learning, and forecasting solutions across Forecasting applications, with a primary focus on Commercial Demand. The Manager partners closely with senior team members and cross-functional stakeholders to execute against defined forecasting strategies, translating business requirements into high-quality analytical solutions that improve planning, insight generation, and decision-making. This role emphasizes hands-on delivery, technical depth, and cross-functional collaboration.
Job description
Key Responsibilities and Major Duties
Contribution to Analytical AI Community
- Contribute as part of a collaborative team of data scientists, forecasting SMEs, and machine learning practitioners.
- Support the adoption of advanced forecasting approaches by demonstrating analytical rigor, curiosity, and continuous improvement.
- Actively contribute ideas and insights that improve forecasting processes, tools, and methodologies.
Development, implementation, maintenance, and analysis of AAI Forecasting Solutions
- Develop and maintain forecasting models using statistical, machine learning, and AI techniques under established frameworks and standards.
- Perform analyses on large datasets to identify trends, patterns, and drivers that inform forecasting outputs.
- Partner with Finance, Commercial, Market Access, and Analytics teams to translate business questions into analytical and forecasting solutions.
- Monitor model performance and support continuous improvements in forecast accuracy and reliability.
- Clearly communicate forecasting results, assumptions, and insights to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Support experimentation efforts to validate model assumptions and enhance forecasting performance.
- Maintain documentation for models, processes, and analytical workflows.
Execution and Best Practices Support
- Apply established best practices in forecasting, data science, and machine learning.
- Stay informed on evolving analytical and forecasting techniques and support the adoption of relevant advancements within defined use cases.
- Contribute to the scaling of standardized tools, templates, and processes across forecasting use cases.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Collaborate effectively with analytics peers and business stakeholders to support forecasting deliverables.
- Participate in the preparation, presentation, and discussion of forecasting outputs with cross-functional partners.
- Support change adoption by explaining analytical approaches and building trust in models and results.
Performance Monitoring and Impact
- Support performance evaluation of forecasting solutions by contributing insights on accuracy, usability, and business impact.
- Help identify opportunities for incremental improvements across deployed models and analytics outputs.
Requirements
- BA/BS required (quantitative area of study preferred)
- MBA or other graduate degree preferred
- Proficiency in Python/R, SQL, Tableau, and MS Office Suite
- Experience with Git and cloud-based environments (AWS, Azure, etc.) and/or experience in commercial forecasting is preferred
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with a proven ability to explain complex analyses and outcomes to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- 2-3 years of hands-on experience in advanced analytics and data science
- Hands-on experience with pharmaceutical forecasting is preferred
- Proven experience in operating large, complex projects with multi-functional team members
Benefits
- Wellbeing Support
- Retirement Benefits
- Financial Protection Benefits
- Medical, Dental & Vision
- Life & Disability Insurance
- Flexible Time Off
- 11 Paid Company Holidays
- Paid Sick Leave
- Paid Volunteer Days
- Summer Hours Flexibility
- Leaves of Absence
- Annual Global Shutdown
Company overview
Bristol Myers Squibb is a global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering, developing, and delivering innovative medicines that help patients prevail over serious diseases. Founded in 1887 and headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey, the company operates with a unique BioPharma strategy that combines the reach and resources of a major pharmaceutical company with the entrepreneurial spirit and agility of a biotech firm. BMS focuses on transformative therapies in key therapeutic areas including oncology, hematology, immunology, cardiovascular disease, and fibrosis. The company has built a sustainable pipeline of potential therapies and leverages translational medicine and data analytics to deliver the right medicine to the right patient at the right time. With over 10,000 employees worldwide, Bristol Myers Squibb maintains a strong commitment to scientific excellence, patient-centric innovation, and global health equity through its foundation. The company's portfolio includes groundbreaking treatments such as Opdivo (nivolumab) for cancer, Eliquis (apixaban) for cardiovascular conditions, and Orencia (abatacept) for autoimmune diseases, among others.