Senior Associate

Axtria - Ingenious Insights; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Axtria - Ingenious Insights seeks a forecasting analytics professional to develop commercial forecasts for pipeline and launch products, and conduct opportunity assessments for lifecycle management in the pharma sector.

You will bring in-depth therapeutic area expertise, analytical acumen, and project management skills to communicate value assessments and flag risks and opportunities across the asset lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Engineering in Statistics or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Build realistic, transparent demand forecasts and challenge assumptions.
• Prepare robust forecast assumptions leveraging in-house analytics insights.
• Ensure objectivity of brand forecasts and document objectives.
• Develop brand volume forecasts for short- and long-term planning.
• Assess market dynamics and internal events in value assessments.
• Support launch preparations and post-launch revenue tracking.
• Deliver analytics to drive informed decisions and develop forecasting models.
• Adopt new analytics offerings and automate routine measurements.
• Perform ad-hoc queries for leadership across functions.
• Maintain high-quality, timely forecasting analytics delivery.

Skills

Python

R

SQL

Forecasting

Machine Learning

Education

Bachelor of Engineering in Statistics

Tools

Dataiku

KNIME

MMx

Excel

Job description

Position Summary

This role will be responsible for developing commercial forecasts for pipeline and launching products as well as completing opportunity assessments for life cycle management. This role brings specific therapeutic area in-depth expertise, analytical instinct, strategic thinking, and project management skills to communicate the value assessment of new assets and flag appropriate risks and opportunities

Job Responsibilities

• Build realistic, transparent, and assumption-driven demand forecasts. Challenge assumptions and apply forecasting methodologies to support the brand strategy
• Prepare robust forecast assumptions leveraging expertise and analogs from the in-line Forecasting team and research from the Insights and Analytics team
• Ensure objectivity of brand/therapeutic area forecasts by establishing objectives aligned around forecast accuracy
• Developing brand volume forecasts, both short-term and long-term, to feed into strategic and operational planning processes
• Ensure that value assessment addresses the impact of key market dynamics and internal events, is logically designed and well-documented
• Support launch preparations and guide the teams to set up clear post-launch performance tracking by creating and monitoring the short-term revenue forecasts, comparable to actuals in the future, and recommending adjustments when applicable
• Consistent delivery of analytics that drive informed decision-making, including the definition and development of models to be used in answering business and operational questions
• Adopting and executing new and innovative analytics offerings for untapped opportunities; Enabling automation of routine measurements
• Perform ad-hoc queries for leadership across all functions; be an internal expert and resource
• Maintaining accountability for high quality, timely service delivery of forecasting analytic service requests, including

Education

Bachelor of Engineering in Statistics

Behavioural Competencies

• Teamwork & Leadership
• Motivation to Learn and Grow
• Ownership
• Cultural Fit
• Project Management
• Communication

Technical Competencies

• Python
• R
• SQL
• EXCEL
• MMx
• Forecasting
• Machine Learning
• Pharma Commercial Know How
• HEOR EPI and Economic Analysis
• HEOR Simulation Analysis
• Patient Data Analytics Know How
• Dataiku
• KNIME
• Others