Junior Associate - Forecasting

As a Forecast Junior Associate, you will collaborate closely with the GIBEx/GA&I Forecast Leader and Commercial teams to develop brand forecasts for strategic brands and early assets. Your role involves understanding therapeutic areas, developing product-specific forecast models, and maintaining up-to-date models that reflect current data and assumptions. Youll identify key business issues impacting forecasts, incorporate primary research results, and define forecasting processes. Additionally, youll develop forecasts using patient-based models, ensuring alignment with business partners across various departments.

Essential Skills/Experience

• 1+ years of direct Pharmaceutical forecasting experience with an in-depth knowledge of forecasting techniques, models and approaches
• Good understanding of one or more disease areas with experience in rare diseases/OBU including how patients move through their respective diagnosis and treatment pathways, including treatment dynamics
• Experience integrating insights from market research and secondary data analysis into forecast assumptions
• Experience applying a range of data sources and analytics involving standard data in the Pharmaceutical industry - e.g. IQVIA (MIDAS, DDD NPA, Monthly Xponent), claims data (Truven, Marketscan), epidemiological data, etc. For US forecasting, experience with TRx / NBRx / NRx data and methodologies
• Strong analytical expertise; excellent Excel, financial modelling and forecasting skills
• Strong written and verbal communication

Desirable Skills/Experience

• Advanced degree preferred (e.g., PhD, MBA, Masters)
• Knowledge and experience in sophisticated statistical forecast methodologies and applied AI / ML / automation
• Experience working with Power Apps, specifically PowerBI
• For US forecasting, proven understanding of US Market Access and gross-to-net