Pharma Commercial Forecasting Expert — Launch Curves

Confidential; United States; Remote; USD 55,000 - 124,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote contract

Job summary

Zekai is seeking a pharma commercial forecasting expert for a paid pilot conducted remotely from the United States. The project involves building and critiquing rubrics that analyze drug development programs and commercial drugs, and evaluating forecast assumptions for launch trajectories.

You will assess uptake models, peak share, and LOE considerations across a small set of drug launches, with 10–20 hours of work over 1–2 weeks.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in pharma commercial forecasting, analytics, or strategy.
• Experience building or critiquing drug launch/uptake models.
• US-based pharma commercial/forecasting professional.

Responsibilities

• Create and critique rubrics that analyze commercial drugs and drug-development programs.
• Build or critique a launch curve (uptake, peak share, trajectory).
• Judge whether a commercial forecast's assumptions (analogs, ramp, peak, loss of exclusivity) are defensible.
• Apply this across the pilot's set of drug launches.

Skills

Pharma forecasting

Commercial analytics

Model critique

Education

5+ years pharma forecasting/analytics/strategy

Tools

Excel

Forecasting tools

Job description

our partner is partnering with a biotech and pharma research team on expert human-evaluation work - creating and critiquing rubrics that analyze commercial drugs and drug-development programs. We're seeking a pharma commercial / forecasting expert for a paid pilot, with the potential to continue as the work scales.

Responsibilities

• Create and critique rubrics that analyze commercial drugs and drug-development programs
• Build or critique a launch curve (uptake, peak share, trajectory)
• Judge whether a commercial forecast's assumptions (analogs, ramp, peak, loss of exclusivity) are defensible
• Apply this across the pilot's set of drug launches

Requirements

• US-based pharma commercial / forecasting professional (people from pharma sales teams can work here too)
• Familiarity with biotech/pharma development programs
• Experience building or critiquing drug launch / uptake models
• 5+ years in pharma commercial forecasting, analytics, or strategy

Engagement Details

• Duration: Approximately 10-20 hours over a 1-2 week pilot
• Remote - US-based

Why Participate

• Help improve expert AI evaluation of drugs and drug-development programs
• Recurring engagement for strong contributors

This is a 100% remote contract role. Applicants must be located in: United States.