Lead New Product Planning Forecasting

Sanofi; Barcelona; Presencial; EUR 110.000 - 150.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Sanofi in Barcelona seeks a senior leader to manage forecasting and commercial assessment of pipeline assets. You will partner with leadership to determine commercial value and guide portfolio strategy across internal and external opportunities.

Reporting to the Senior Director, you will coordinate cross-functional teams, develop robust revenue projections, and deliver concise, executive presentations. This role emphasizes analytical excellence and strategic impact.

Formación

• BA/BS degree required; advanced degree (MBA, MS, MD, PhD) preferred.
• 7+ years in pharmaceutical/biotech forecasting or commercial assessment.
• Experience with market access, pricing, and portfolio strategy.

Responsabilidades

• Manage patient-based forecasts for early to late-stage products in Sanofi’s pipeline.
• Collaborate with brand leadership, NPP, finance and BD to assess opportunities.
• Lead strategic portfolio reviews and scenario-based analyses for decision-making.
• Develop information and analytic toolbox to produce revenue projections for assets and opportunities.
• Contribute to TPP development and assess competitive landscape and pricing.
• Synthesize market research and competitive data into actionable insights.
• Produce executive-level, data-driven presentations.
• Collaborate with Hub on forecasting and insights projects.
• Advise on processes, deliverables, and BI tool usage.

Conocimientos

Forecasting

Data analysis

Excel modeling

AI/ML for forecasting

Strategic thinking

Project management

Stakeholder collaboration

Data visualization

VBA/SQL/R/Python programming

Educación

BA/BS degree

Advanced degree preferred (MBA/MS/MD/PhD)

Herramientas

PowerBI

Tableau

Snowflake/Databricks

Excel (advanced)

Descripción del empleo

Description

At Sanofi, we chase the miracles of science to improve people's lives. We believe our cutting-edge science and manufacturing, fueled by data and digital technologies, have the potential to transform the practice of medicine, turning the impossible into reality for millions of people.

Location

• Barcelona, Spain

Lead, NPP Forecasting and Commercial Assessment (Associate Director)

Will be responsible for analyzing the internal and external pipeline opportunities of strategic interest to Sanofi’s portfolio. This person will be an integral partner to leadership as a key component of this role is determining the commercial value of internal and external assets across the business. The Forecasting and Commercial Assessment role is integral to help develop and execute pipeline business strategy at Sanofi.

Will be responsible for analyzing the internal and external pipeline opportunities of strategic interest to Sanofi’s portfolio. This person will be an integral partner to leadership as a key component of this role is determining the commercial value of internal and external assets across the business. The Forecasting and Commercial Assessment role is integral to help develop and execute pipeline business strategy at Sanofi.

This position will report to the Senior Director, NPP Forecasting and Commercial Assessment and will be based in Barcelona, Spain.

Main Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Manage patient-based forecasts projecting units and revenue for early Phase 3, Phase 2, and earlier stage products in Sanofi’s Pipeline Portfolio and for external asset evaluations
• Collaborate with commercial brand leadership, new product planning (NPP), finance, and business development (BD) to define and assess opportunities and determine the overall fit and value to Sanofi
• Be a key leader/contributor to the Strategic Portfolio reviews and Strategic Planning processes, by performing scenario-based analyses to assess options and guide business decision-making for pipeline assets & portfolio
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders to develop the information and analytic toolbox to produce accurate revenue projections for existing assets and new market opportunities (market research, landscape analyses, due diligence on external opportunities, etc.)
• Contribute to target product profile (TPP) development and assessment of current and future competitive landscape & product positioning, market access, and pricing
• Lead the process of synthesizing relevant market research and competitive data into insights guiding commercial assessments & forecasting
• Produce executive-level presentations with strong, logical, data-driven analyses
• Partner with the Hub on projects in support of forecasting and commercial assessment
• Collaborate with Hub contributors to fulfill business needs, advising on processes, deliverables and use of suitable Insights & Analytics tools as well as business principles

Qualifications

Education & Experience Requirements

• BA/BS degree required; advanced degree (MBA, MS, MD, PhD) preferred
• 7+ years or relevant experience in pharmaceutical/ biotech role in Commercial Assessment/forecasting with BA/BS or 2 to 4 years of experience within Biopharma or life science consulting with a medical/scientific advanced degree

Skills and Competencies

• Excellent analytical and forecasting skills, with demonstrated ability to design, develop, and maintain short and long-term forecast models with robust scenario-based planning
• Experience in one or more of the following therapeutic areas: Immunology, Rare Diseases, Oncology and/or Neurology
• Ability to understand and guide the decisions of senior management by assessing and presenting relevant insights, drivers, and barriers
• Excellent project management skills, able to deftly balance multiple projects & priorities
• Proven strategic thinking ability, with deep understanding of the pharmaceutical / biotech landscape and knowledge of pharmaceutical industry data sources (e.g., IQVIA anonymous patient-level data, syndicated reports, internal patient services & specialty pharmacy data, etc.) and payer / health insurance environment
• Advanced knowledge of forecast structural planning and model building in Excel or other platforms (ex: cloud-based) and experience in applying AI / Machine Learning / data science methodologies to complex quantitative problems
• Promotes a good working relationship with supervisors, colleagues, & cross-functional partners; ability to self-manage time and to meet deadlines

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to work in a matrixed environment with many cross-functional partners; interact and communicate with all levels in the organization
• Familiarity with data visualization and business intelligence tools (e.g., PowerBI, Tableau, etc.)
• Experience with design and conduct of healthcare provider primary market research (MR), including demand studies, qualitative, & quantitative methodologies and/or real-world data (RWD) analytics such as claims-based and EHR analyses
• Experience with VBA or programming languages (e.g., SQL, R, Python, etc.) is a plus, as is proficiency accessing and manipulating large data sets via cloud-based data warehouse / analytics platforms (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks, etc.)

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