Insights & Analytics Manager

AstraZeneca; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading biopharmaceutical company in London seeks an Insights and Analytics Manager to drive performance through strategic financial planning and analytics. You will work on automation, market research, and stakeholder collaboration. The ideal candidate has significant experience in demand forecasting and a deep understanding of the oncology market. This role offers a competitive salary with a collaborative environment.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

Benefits include health and wellness programs

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in epidemiology based demand forecasting.
• Deep understanding of NHS and pharmaceutical industry practices.
• Ability to extract impactful insights from varied and complex data.
• Strong background in engaging senior stakeholders.
• Self-motivated and resilient, proactive in process improvement.

Responsibilities

• Provide demand forecasts based on epidemiology.
• Co-lead development of data automation solutions.
• Translate findings into actionable insights.
• Build and implement high-quality market research.
• Provide performance analytics for priority indications.

Skills

Epidemiology based demand forecasting

Analytical business insights

Process optimisation

Automation

Engaging senior stakeholders

Education

Master’s degree in Marketing, Business, or related area

Job description

Insights and Analytics Manager

London

Competitive Salary and Benefits

Closing date: 9th November 2025

Are you ready to make a meaningful impact in the world of oncology?

What You’ll Do:

As an Insights and Analytics Manager at AstraZeneca, you’ll play a pivotal role in driving business performance through strategic insights and robust analysis. This role focuses on strategic financial planning and improving operational efficiency through optimising processes, as well as delivering high-quality analytics. You’ll be at the forefront of data‑driven insight generation, automation, financial forecasting, market research, collaboration, and compliance, all contributing to our commercial objectives.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Planning & Financial Forecasting

• Provide detailed indication demand forecasts based on epidemiology, applying automated processes and a variety of market datasets to support strategic and financial planning for UK Oncology.

Process Optimization & Automation

• Co‑lead with the BI Lead to develop data automation solutions and optimise processes for streamlined workflows, improved data quality, and faster business insights. Continuously find opportunities for automation adoption across analytics, reporting, and insight generation activities.

Insight Generation

• Analyse multiple data sets (patients, customers, NHS stakeholders, brands, markets, therapy areas), translating findings into clear, actionable insights that influence business decisions.

Market Research Implementation

• Build and implement high‑quality market research, using automated tools when suitable to enhance business comprehension and guide brand strategy and operational plans.

Performance Analytics

• Provide performance analytics for priority indications, exploiting automation to identify data patterns, reveal brand opportunities, and articulate actionable recommendations.

Innovation

• Champion innovative ways in business insight generation, including adoption of novel automation technologies, advanced analytics techniques, and integration of new data sources.

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Collaborate closely with Local, Regional and Global collaborators to grasp key business issues, providing customised solutions that enable efficient decision‑making.

Proactive Opportunity Identification

• Leverage automation to proactively address blind spots and unanswered business questions, delivering targeted insights to meet evolving needs.

Compliance

• Ensure all activities adhere to AstraZeneca SOPs and Code of Conduct.

Business Targets Contribution

• Contribute actively to the achievement of annual P&L, contribution, and sales targets, applying automation to support business success.

Essential Requirements

• Extensive experience in epidemiology based demand forecasting, analytical business insights functions, with a track record of process optimisation & automation
• Deep understanding of NHS and pharmaceutical industry practices
• Ability to extract impactful insights efficiently from varied and complex data using automated solutions
• Strong background in engaging senior stakeholders within complex environments
• Self‑motivated and resilient, with a proactive approach to process improvement

Desirable Requirements

• Expertise with Oncology therapy areas forecasting, especially Lung Cancer
• Master’s degree in Marketing, Business, or related area
• Sales & Marketing experience

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we ignite bold thinking with the power to inspire life‑changing medicines. In‑person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That’s why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn’t mean we’re not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.

Why AstraZeneca?

As leaders within Oncology, our ability to effectively and creatively market our products and lead our business has a meaningful impact. It powers our business to lead the way for the industry and to impact more lives, making a difference to those living with cancer. Working across our broad and innovative pipeline, we fuse our business approach and scientific knowledge to bring transformative medicines and novel treatments to those who need it the most.

AstraZeneca UK mission

• Accelerating the position of the UK as a global centre of excellence in life sciences
• Redefining healthcare through fast and equitable access to the most effective medicines, high quality care
• Delivering sustainable leadership that prioritises healthy people, society and planet

Our head office in Pancras Square offers us the strongest possible platform to transform the lives of patients, as the country’s leading biopharmaceutical company. It brings AstraZeneca UK closer to our customers, partners and collaborators in the UK’s healthcare environment, as well as develop greater collaboration with the wider AstraZeneca footprint.

Ready to make your mark? Apply now!

Date Posted

27-Oct-2025

Closing Date

09-Nov-2025

Our mission is to build an inclusive and equitable environment. We want people to feel they belong at AstraZeneca and Alexion, starting with our recruitment process. We welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of characteristics. We offer reasonable adjustments/accommodations to help all candidates to perform at their best. If you have a need for any adjustments/accommodations, please complete the section in the application form.