Consultant (Forecasting)

PharmaACE; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

PharmaACE is a growing global healthcare analytics and consulting firm, with teams in the US, Canada, Europe and India. We deliver forecasting, AIML, analytics and market research for biopharma clients, leveraging a worldwide delivery model and a strong learning culture.

The Senior Consultant will lead forecasting, market research and analytics engagements for clients, manage relationships, develop finance models in Excel, and present findings to stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's in pharma or life sciences, or engineering/MBA.
• 3–5 years forecasting and commercial analytics experience.
• Experience building financial models in Excel.
• Experience with holistic modelling and reporting in life sciences domains.

Responsibilities

• Lead forecasting, market research, and lifecycle management projects.
• Manage client relationships and present to stakeholders.
• Coordinate complex engagements with global teams and ensure timely delivery.
• Translate data into actionable insights and clear presentations.

Skills

Forecasting

Commercial analytics

Client management

Storytelling with data

Education

Pharma/Life sciences

Engineering / MBA

Tools

Microsoft Excel

IQVIA data

Symphony data

PowerPoint

Job description

Full Time

Full Time Posted: 1 week ago

Job Description

PharmaACE is a growing global healthcare analytics and consulting firm, headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey. Our team is comprised of business analysts/consultants, physicians/HCPs, statisticians/data scientists/machine learning experts, and software engineers/business intelligence/technology experts, who have joined us from universities including Harvard, IIMs, IITs, and Rutgers. PharmaACE is based across the US, Canada, Europe, and India. We provide consulting, analytics, technology, and business solutions using our worldwide delivery model for a wide range of clients that include established, multinational biopharma leaders and innovators, as well as entrepreneurial firms on the cutting edge of science. We have deep expertise in forecasting, AIML and advanced analytics, business analytics, competitive intelligence, chart audits, commercial and sales analytics, leveraging technology as an enabler across these functional areas, and setting up analytics centers of excellence for our clients. Our therapeutic area experience cuts across oncology (solid and hematological malignancies), immunology, CNS, CV/met, rare diseases, and many others. 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 and delivery systems.

We have an extremely client-centric and people-centric culture. We put extra emphasis on our robust training programs that continue to evolve based on the rich experience we gather by working directly with our clients as their extended arm. We have shaped excellent career trajectories of our people (who we refer to as PACERS) who often get client exposure as soon as they join us. Through a combination of our strong learning culture and tremendous learning opportunities with clients in our integrated model (partner vs. vendor), we have had PACERS who have grown through the ranks in our client organizations or have led practices internally and taken them to new heights. Our delivery-based sales model is unique in the industry, and our 100% repeat business rate and excellent client satisfaction survey results reflect the high level of trust between our client stakeholders and us. Our innovative solutions ranging from Excel-based models and consolidators in forecasting that run in the cloud, to AIML-based predictive alerts that guide reps to have outcome-driven conversations with physicians, have WOW’ed our clients.

We seek people with the right attitude, hunger to learn, and great humility, who are willing to roll up their sleeves, get their hands dirty, and go the extra mile, in their quest to achieve excellence. Join our PACERS and become one yourself, as we continue to enhance our client- and people-centric culture and achieve even greater heights!

Requirements

• Will be responsible for overall leadership, talent development, skill advancement, and engagement and retention of talent in the team (in case acting in the capacity of a team lead).
• Foster learning mindset in the team to develop research proactively and story-telling skills, leveraging multiple sources of data to answer business questions.
• Develop new capabilities leveraging new sources of data and methods that include segment level analysis, etc. Engage with internal and external stakeholders to build effective relationships to create win win engagement models. Mentor/Guide team members who can benefit from your expertise and experience
• Bachelors/Masters in Pharma / other life sciences background (Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, etc.) or Bachelors in Engineering / B.Tech or Masters in Business administration.
• 3-5 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-ofthe-box thinking.
• Work experience in the US/European pharma industry is a plus. Ability to balance conflicting priorities.
• The Senior Consultant will work with clients in forecasting, market research, market access and other cross-functional teams. The position involves managing client relationships and directly interacting with and presenting to client stakeholders. You will need to leverage your quantitative and qualitative skills to not only create and analyze number-driven models, but creatively develop methods/approaches and deliver the story as well – this needs to be accomplished through a combination of analyzing client provided data and secondary desk research. Experience with IQVIA or Symphony data (e.g. Xponent, DDD) is required. Working knowledge of patient-level data is a plus.

Project management and execution:

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. Analyze 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 story boarding and narrative