PharmaACE - Consultant - Forecasting

- PharmaACE is a growing Global Healthcare Consulting Firm, headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey.

- Our expert teams of Business Analysts, based across the US, Canada, Europe, and India, provide Analytics and Business Solutions using our worldwide delivery models for a wide range of clients.

- Our clients include established, multinational BioPharma leaders and innovators, as well as entrepreneurial firms on the cutting edge of science.

- We have deep expertise in Forecasting, Business Analytics, Competitive Intelligence, Sales Analytics, and the Analytics Centre of Excellence Model.

- Our wealth of therapeutic area experience cuts across Oncology, Immunoscience, CNS, CV-Met, and Rare Diseases.

- We support our clients' needs in Primary Care, Specialty Care, and Hospital business units, and we have managed portfolios in the Biologics space, Branded Pharmaceuticals, Generics, APIs, Diagnostics, and Packaging & Delivery Systems.

Brief Introduction:

- The Consultant Forecasting is responsible for developing, delivering, and maintaining forecasts (patient-based, TRxbased, etc.) and business insights for PharmaACE's clients.

Responsibilities:

Project Management:

- Play an integral role in executing analytics/consulting engagements through effective and efficient project management.

- Generate forecasts, analysis and actionable insights that lead to the achievement of strategic and financial goals for our clients.

- Manage and coordinate complex consulting engagements through strong client and people management, subject matter expertise, communication skills (both written and verbal), and the ability to draw conclusions and recommendations from a variety of evidence.

- Operate effectively as part of a global team, by participating and contributing to client discussions and proactively helping them with their decisions in creating and/or validating assumptions.

- Provide robust competitive assessments and insights that inform key decision-making processes for clients such as strategic brand planning, forecasting, and lifecycle management.

- Perform in-depth (secondary) market research and data analysis to derive understanding of the disease and patient segments based on client requirements.

- Analyse and integrate primary research and secondary data with other market knowledge to draw inferences and conclusions.

- Identify risks and opportunities for the business and support key decisions on business strategy with customer and market insights.

- Leverage all relevant data such as DRG/IQVIA to provide insights into forecast assumptions.

- Forge effective relationships with various stakeholders (both internal and external), e.g., teams running Market Research initiatives.

- Ensure effective delivery of work (models and presentations) to clients onsite or through video/teleconferences, through self and others in accordance with the project timelines and quality parameters.

- Convert Excel models into presentable reports and PowerPoint slides for effective utilization by clients, focusing on the storyboarding and narrative.

Qualifications:

- Bachelors/Masters in Pharma / other life sciences background (Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, etc.) or bachelor's in engineering / B.Tech or Master's in Business Administration.

- 3-4 years of relevant forecasting and commercial analytics experience.

- Experience building financial models (e.g., market sizing, sales, and profit forecasts) using Microsoft Excel and other tools.

- In-depth expertise in developing, implementing, and managing holistic strategies for modelling (design, development, validation, calibration, documentation, approval, implementation, monitoring and reporting) in collaboration with life sciences teams.

- Broad experience in key functional areas of CI, analytics, and market research including the ability to understand and identify key business levers.

- Strong strategic skills including ability to see the big picture, along with conceptual and out-of-the-box thinking.

- Work experience in the US/European pharma industry is a plus.

- Ability to balance conflicting priorities.

- Proven people management skills.

Other Competencies:

- Entrepreneurial orientation.

- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal).

- Innovative and collaborative behaviour, team player.

- Customer centricity and paying attention to details.