Director - Resource Forecasting & Analytics

Biopharma Careers; Billerica (MA); Hybrid; USD 172,000 - 258,000; Full time

Job summary

EMD Serono is seeking a Director, Resource Forecasting & Analytics to act as a senior strategic advisor, shaping portfolio decisions through sophisticated forecasting and analytics. The role emphasizes autonomy, governance, and global collaboration across R&D leaders.

The position is hybrid with 3 days per week onsite at Billerica, MA or Darmstadt, Germany, offering exposure to world-class science and technology in healthcare, life sciences, and beyond.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of biopharma R&D resource forecasting, analytics or portfolio management.
• Experience in data science and cross-functional portfolio decisions.
• Fluency in English; German a plus.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior business partner and trusted advisor to R&D leaders on resource allocation and portfolio trade-offs.
• Lead design, development and delivery of forecasting models and analytics solutions for high-complexity questions.
• Drive evolution of forecasting methodologies and analytical capabilities across R&D operating models.
• Own data governance, quality standards, and cross-geography data integrity.

Skills

8+ years experience in biopharma R&D

Education

Advanced degree in science/business/data

Master/MBA/PhD preferred

Tools

Planisware

Tableau

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Work Your Magic with us! Start your next chapter and join EMD Serono.

Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more? We know you’ve got big plans – so do we! Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us.

United As One for Patients, our purpose in Healthcare is to help create, improve and prolong lives. We develop medicines, intelligent devices and innovative technologies in therapeutic areas such as Oncology, Neurology and Fertility. Our teams work together across 6 continents with passion and relentless curiosity in order to help patients at every stage of life. Joining our Healthcare team is becoming part of a diverse, inclusive and flexible working culture, presenting great opportunities for personal development and career advancement across the globe.

Your Role

The Director, Resource Forecasting & Analytics is a senior business partner role at the forefront of data-driven decision-making within our global Healthcare R&D organization. You will operate with high autonomy as a trusted strategic advisor to senior R&D leaders, translating complex resource data into actionable intelligence that directly shapes portfolio decisions and drives operational performance. You will own the design and delivery of sophisticated forecasting models and analytics solutions, influence senior stakeholders across functions and geographies through the strength of your expertise, and play a central role in evolving the analytical frameworks that underpin R&D-wide resource management. This is an exceptional opportunity for an analytically excellent, strategically minded professional to operate at the heart of one of the world's leading science and technology companies, driving meaningful impact on how we plan, allocate, and optimize our most critical R&D asset: our people.

Location: Hybrid, 3 days per week from our Billerica, MA or Darmstadt, Germany office

Key accountabilities include

• Strategic Advisory: Serve as a senior business partner and trusted advisor to R&D functional leaders, providing expert guidance on resource allocation, capacity planning, and portfolio trade-offs
• Advanced Analytics Delivery: Lead the design, development, and delivery of sophisticated analytics solutions and forecasting models that address high-complexity, cross-functional business questions
• Forecast Methodology: Drive continuous evolution of forecasting methodologies, algorithms, and analytical capabilities to meet changing R&D operating models and stakeholder needs
• Data Governance: Own the quality, integrity, and governance of resource forecasting data, defining and enforcing standards across functions and geographies
• Insight Generation: Translate complex portfolio assumptions and resource demand signals into robust, scenario-based forecasts that support senior leadership decision-making
• Cross-functional Alignment: Lead cross-functional working groups to align forecasting practices, resolve data quality issues, and drive adoption of best practices across R&D
• AI & Innovation: Integrate advanced analytics, AI, and data science approaches into existing business processes to enhance insight generation and operational efficiency
• Systems & Data Quality: Manage and evolve time tracking quality and role breakdown structures, ensuring reliability, compliance, and organizational alignment
• Training & Literacy: Lead the evolution of resource management literacy across selected R&D functional lines of business, fostering a culture of data-driven decision-making
• Stakeholder Partnerships: Cultivate trust-based relationships with teams responsible for upstream and downstream processes, including Planning, Controlling, and HR
• Matrix Influence: Deliver outcomes across multiple R&D functions and regions without formal line authority, building coalitions and driving alignment through expertise and credibility
• Thought Leadership: Contribute to external thought leadership and represent the function in relevant industry forums and expert networks

Who You Are

You are an analytically exceptional, intellectually curious professional who combines deep technical expertise with the strategic mindset and interpersonal credibility to influence at the most senior levels. You are energized by complexity, driven by impact, and passionate about transforming data into decisions.

Minimum Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant experience in biopharma R&D resource forecasting, business analytics, data science, or R&D project and portfolio management

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience as a strategic business partner to senior leaders in a complex, matrixed R&D environment
• Track record of delivering high-complexity analytics initiatives with measurable business impact, from problem framing through to insight delivery and stakeholder adoption
• Deep understanding of the biopharma R&D value chain and portfolio management , with the ability to connect resource data to broader pipeline strategy and investment decisions
• Hands-on expertise with Enterprise Project Portfolio Management tools , particularly Planisware or equivalent platforms
• Advanced proficiency in analytics and data visualization platforms (e.g., Tableau) and/or predictive modeling, combined with strong Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Familiarity with AI/ML methodologies and a genuine appetite for integrating emerging technologies into forecasting and analytics workflows
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills , with demonstrated ability to address high-complexity, cross‑functional challenges with rigor and clarity
• Outstanding communication and storytelling skills , with the ability to translate complex data into clear, compelling narratives for senior and executive audiences
• Proven ability to influence and drive outcomes through matrix authority across multiple functions and geographies, without relying on formal line management power
• Strong organizational discipline and quality focus , with the ability to manage multiple high-priority workstreams simultaneously
• Academic degree in a scientific, medical, business, or data science-related field; Master's degree, MBA, and/or PhD strongly preferred
• Fluency in English required, additional language skills (e.g., German) are a plus

Pay Range for this position

$172,000 - 258,000

The offer range represents the anticipated low and high end of the base pay compensation for this position. The actual compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, level of experience, education, skills, and other job-related factors. Position may be eligible for sales or performance-based bonuses. Benefits offered by the Company include health insurance, paid time off (PTO), retirement contributions, and other prequisites. For more information.

What we offer

We are curious minds that come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe that this variety drives excellence and innovation, strengthening our ability to lead in science and technology. We are committed to creating access and opportunities for all to develop and grow at your own pace. Join us in building a culture of inclusion and belonging that impacts millions and empowers everyone to work their magic and champion human progress!