Global Strategic Insights and Forecasting Partner

Ipsen Pharma (SAS); Paris; Hybride; EUR 90 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Ipsen Pharma (SAS) in Paris seeks a Global Strategic Insights and Forecasting Partner to drive market analysis, forecasting and data-driven insights across brands, collaborating with Asset Team and global Finance.

You will synthesize primary research, competitive intelligence and market data, support annual brand planning and long-range planning, and partner with Commercial, R&D and Market Access to shape strategy.

Qualifications

• 8-10 years working in the pharma industry and/or life-science consulting firms, ideally combining both local and global experience.
• Successful experience/track record in business intelligence, market research and forecasting across a range of functions, seniority and geographical locations
• Extensive knowledge of specialty care markets (demonstrable therapeutic area knowledge is a plus)
• Language(s) English

Responsabilités

• Market Research: Propose relevant market research projects to address Asset Team strategic priorities & challenges
• Lead the quantitative and qualitative market research activities within the Therapeutic area, including the development and approval of the annual market research plan
• Monitor market research project execution and overcome any potential hurdles
• In close collaboration with Procurement, improve the calibre and select preferred research vendors, searching for best-in-class partners and innovative methodologies
• In coordination with brand teams, communicate and integrate market research results in brand strategies and roll-out results to key countries to drive operational excellence
• Performance Analytics: Lead Asset Team situational analysis, performance monitoring and business planning in collaboration with key markets
• Triangulate primary research, secondary data analytics, and competitive intelligence to provide a single source of truth
• Implement and monitor Key Performance Indicators
• Consolidate data from internal and external sources to allow decision making
• Propose improvements to brand performance monitoring activities
• Liaise with market data providers to ensure best available data is procured to inform brand performance
• Liaise with the CI Lead to ensure competitive events/activities are proactively analysed and their impact taken into account in the performance reviews
• Ensure our Data Analytics tools are consistent and up to date with the latest KPIs at all times
• Forecasting & Business Planning: Drive continuous improvement of our patient models to meet both global and local expectations
• Populate and maintain the data of the forecasting models for all priority affiliates and indications across the lifecycle of the asset
• Analyze patient and market trends in the run-up to key annual planning exercises
• Develop top-down perspective, guidance and assumptions on sales ambition for top affiliates by brand
• Liaise with affiliates to collate feedback on bottom-up perspectives, refine assumptions and incorporate local data and insights where appropriate
• Identify opportunities for further growth to be shared with senior global commercial stakeholders
• Business Cases: Partner with the Commercial brand leads and New Product Planning Leads to ensure the best available market data is used
• When appropriate, pro-actively champion and deliver ad-hoc market research projects to support business case generation
• Liaise with the CI Lead to ensure thorough review of the competitor landscape has been conducted and incorporated into the commercial evaluation of all relevant indications
• Coordinate inputs to ensure they inform sales forecasts and NPV evaluations
• Knowledge Management: Maintain up-to-date information on our Knowledge Management Tool by regularly uploading latest deliverables and ensuring accurate tagging
• Act as a KM champion by promoting and cascading contents to global and local teams
• Stakeholder Management: Partner with key internal global and local stakeholders to provide strategic solutions and insights
• Make an effective contribution to the business, advising and challenging the Asset Team Leads to ensure robust plans/tactics/strategies are achieved
• Partner with IT to ensure Data Analytics tools are meeting the needs of the Asset Team

Connaissances

Market research

Forecasting

Business intelligence

Data analytics

Stakeholder management

Formation

Industry MSc or PhD in Pharma/Medicine/Life sciences, Engineering or Business Administration

Outils

Knowledge Management Tool

Data analytics tools

Description du poste

Title:Global Strategic Insights and Forecasting Partner Company:Ipsen Pharma (SAS)

About Ipsen: Ipsen is a mid-sized global biopharmaceutical company with a focus on transformative medicines in three therapeutic areas: Oncology, Rare Disease and Neuroscience. Supported by nearly 100 years of development experience, with global hubs in the U.S., France and the U.K, we tackle areas of high unmet medical need through research and innovation. Our passionate teams in more than 40 countries are focused on what matters and endeavor every day to bring medicines to patients in 88 countries. We build a workplace that champions human-centric leadership and fosters a culture of collaboration, excellence and impact. At Ipsen, every individual is empowered to be their true selves, grow and thrive alongside the company’s success. Join us on our journey towards sustainable growth, creating real impact on patients and society! For more information, visit us at https://www.ipsen.com/ and follow our latest news on LinkedIn and Instagram.

Job Description: SUMMARY & PURPOSE OF THE POSITION

The Global Strategic Insights and Forecasting Partner is a key role within the Strategic Business Excellence team driving informed decision-making across the organization through comprehensive market analysis, forecasting and data-driven insights, working in close collaboration with the global functional brand team (Asset Team) to shape current and future business strategy. The Global Strategic Insights and Forecasting Partner: Is expected to generate and distill information from a variety of sources such as primary market research, competitive intelligence and market data to identify business issues, develop assumptions and recommend actions. Will also provide insights and forecasting analytics to all key business planning processes of IPSEN (Annual Brand Planning, Annual Budget and Long-Range-Planning) in collaboration with global Finance partners, divisions and affiliates. Is expected to work with a wide range of cross-functional stakeholders, especially the members of the Asset Team, including functional areas such as Commercial, Medical Affairs, Market Access, Regulatory, Finance, and R&D colleagues. Will be integral to the day-to-day operational activities surrounding their respective brand and may work in partnership with the New Product Planning Leads ahead of global launches for new indications. Is expected to identify and coordinate the collation of the best available data to support the commercial evaluation of the business cases submitted by the global Asset Team to the new governance bodies (Portfolio Steering Committee and Portfolio Committee).

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Market Research: Propose relevant market research projects to address Asset Team strategic priorities & challenges
• Lead the quantitative and qualitative market research activities within the Therapeutic area, including the development and approval of the annual market research plan
• Monitor market research project execution and overcome any potential hurdles
• In close collaboration with Procurement, improve the calibre and select preferred research vendors, searching for best-in-class partners and innovative methodologies
• In coordination with brand teams, communicate and integrate market research results in brand strategies and roll-out results to key countries to drive operational excellence
• Performance Analytics: Lead Asset Team situational analysis, performance monitoring and business planning in collaboration with key markets (e.g. driving product positioning, marketing mix, etc.)
• Triangulate primary research, secondary data analytics, and competitive intelligence to provide a single source of truth
• Implement and monitor Key Performance Indicators
• Consolidate data from internal and external sources to allow decision making
• Propose improvements to brand performance monitoring activities (data sources, tools, systems)
• Liaise with market data providers to ensure best available data is procured to inform brand performance
• Liaise with the CI Lead to ensure competitive events/activities are proactively analysed and their impact taken into account in the performance reviews
• Ensure our Data Analytics tools are consistent and up to date with the latest KPIs at all times
• Forecasting & Business Planning: Drive continuous improvement of our patient models to meet both global and local expectations
• Populate and maintain the data of the forecasting models for all priority affiliates and indications across the lifecycle of the asset
• Analyze patient and market trends in the run-up to key annual planning exercises (Annual Brand Planning, Annual Budget and Long-range-Planning)
• Develop top-down perspective, guidance and assumptions on sales ambition for top affiliates by brand
• Liaise with affiliates to collate feedback on bottom-up perspectives, refine assumptions and incorporate local data and insights where appropriate
• Identify opportunities for further growth to be shared with senior global commercial stakeholders
• Business Cases: Partner with the Commercial brand leads and New Product Planning Leads to ensure the best available market and competitive data is used to develop the business cases which are required
• When appropriate, pro-actively champion and deliver ad-hoc market research projects to support business case generation activities
• Liaise with the CI Lead to ensure thorough review of the competitor landscape has been conducted and incorporated into the commercial evaluation of all relevant indications
• Coordinate inputs to ensure they inform sales forecasts and NPV evaluations
• Knowledge Management: Maintain up-to-date information on our Knowledge Management Tool by regularly uploading latest deliverables and ensuring accurate tagging
• Act as a KM champion by promoting and cascading contents to global and local teams, helping to maintain traffic to the tool
• Stakeholder Management: Partner with key internal global and local stakeholders (e.g. Medical, BD, Franchise, Market Access, Sales Team and Marketing etc) to provide strategic solutions and insights
• Make an effective contribution to the business, advising and challenging the Asset Team Leads to ensure robust plans/tactics/strategies are achieved
• Partner with IT to ensure Data Analytics tools are meeting the needs of the Asset Team
• Develop and foster strong, sustainable relationships with vendors

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE

• 8-10 years working in the pharma industry and/or life-science consulting firms, ideally combining both local and global experience
• Successful experience/track record in business intelligence, market research and forecasting across a range of functions, seniority and geographical locations
• Extensive knowledge of specialty care markets (demonstrable therapeutic area knowledge is a plus)
• Industry MSc or PhD in Pharma/Medicine/Life sciences, Engineering or Business Administration
• Language(s) English
• #LI-Hybrid

DEPARTMENT & BENEFITS

Nous nous engageons à créer un lieu de travail où chacun se sent écouté, valorisé et soutenu, où nous incarnons « The Real Us*». La valeur que nous accordons aux différentes perspectives et expériences motive notre engagement en faveur de l'inclusion et de l'égalité des chances. Lorsque nous intégrons des modes de pensée diversifiés, nous prenons des décisions plus réfléchies et découvrons des solutions plus innovantes. Ensemble, nous nous efforçons de mieux comprendre les communautés que nous servons. Cela signifie que nous voulons également vous aider à donner le meilleur de vous-même lorsque vous postulez à un poste chez nous. Si vous avez besoin d'aménagements ou d'aide pendant le processus de candidature, veuillez en informer l'équipe de recrutement. Ces informations seront traitées avec soin et n'auront aucune incidence sur le résultat de votre candidature. *Soyons nous-même At Ipsen, each employee makes a real impact. Our teams are passionate about what they do because they care about making a difference in patients’ lives. We invest in our employees to support life-changing projects that create positive impact for patients and society.

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