Principal Business Product Manager, Forecasting

F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG; South San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Genentech in South San Francisco is seeking a Principal Business Product Manager (Director-level) for Forecasting to transform pharmaceutical forecasting into a unified, data-driven platform. You will lead a cross-functional team spanning product, data science, IT, and end-user champions to modernize tools and processes.

The role requires 8+ years of experience in pharmaceutical analytics and strong strategic vision to translate domain knowledge into scalable solutions, while maintaining

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Technology, Data Science, or a quantitative field.
• 8+ years of total professional experience, with pharmaceutical analytics exposure.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Define product vision and roadmap for forecasting products.
• Lead cross-functional teams including data science, IT, and business activation.
• Translate forecasting dynamics into scalable platform capabilities.
• Oversee end-to-end product lifecycle from ideation to launch.
• Ensure compliance and alignment with regulatory and company policies.
• Partner with Finance and Forecasters to enable data-driven decision making.

Skills

Pharmaceutical analytics

Cross-functional leadership

Product management

Stakeholder management

Agile methodologies

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business/Technology/Data Science (quantitative field)

Job description

Principal Business Product Manager - Forecasting

Why Genentech, DDA, and I&A We're passionate about improving patient lives and building healthier communities—leading with inclusivity, integrity, and creativity to tackle the world's most complex health challenges. Our Data, Digital, & Analytics (DDA) team is at the heart of this mission, partnering with the Commercial, Medical, and Government Affairs (CMG) organization to turn data, analytics, and AI/ML into fast, high-impact decisions.

The Insights & Analytics (I&A) Product Suite team builds scalable, enterprise-wide product solutions that eliminate silos and give CMG teams a unified view of customers, actions, and outcomes—serving as a trusted advisor with a clear focus on measurable results. The I&A Product Suite team is organized across four pillars: 360 Insights, Forecasting, Targeting & Recommendation, and Measurement & Optimization.

The Opportunity

We are looking for a visionary, highly strategic and technical Business Product Manager (Director-level) to join our Insights & Analytics product suite within the Forecasting pillar. In this role, you will be the domain expert translating complex pharmaceutical forecasting dynamics into a scalable, modern forecasting products and platform. You will lead the evolution of our Commercial Forecasting ecosystem, moving our organization from a fragmented and semi-manual process across multiple tools, into a unified, predictive, and data-driven forecasting product/platform that enhances transparency, accuracy, and modeling agility. You will lead a cross-functional team spanning product activation, end-user champions, data science, AI/ML, and technology (RDT/IT) to bring these products to life and bridge the gap between forecasting tools, process, strategy, technology and our forecasters.

Key Responsibilities

• Product Strategy and Roadmap: Partner with the Business Product Owner and/or Executive Director of Product Suite to support the definition of the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for forecasting products in your remit
• Translate deep pharmaceutical and forecasting domain knowledge into scalable forecasting solutions that will enable strategic investment decision making at the brand and portfolio level to drive top line growth, while simultaneously reimagining our approach to forecasting transparency, accuracy, fluency, and efficiency
• Product Development & Execution: Manage advanced data and analytics products through their full lifecycle: from initial ideation and complex requirement definition to launch, scaling, and ongoing performance optimization. Partner closely with Technical Product Managers, Data Leads, Data Scientists, and IT engineering to steer the development, deployment, and optimization of sophisticated analytical models, API service layers, and intuitive UI/UX capabilities.
• In close partnership with business activation teams, oversee end-to-end business process mapping, user feedback compilation, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) to ensure high-velocity feature rollouts and immediate end-user adoption.
• Establish robust agile operational standards, backlog management rigor, and reusable product templates to ensure seamless pull-through and efficient execution.
• Cross-Functional Partnership: Work closely with Forecasters, Finance partners,, Data Science, RDT/IT, Field Analytics, and Digital Experience teams to deliver comprehensive forecasting tools.
• Drive cross-functional consensus and actively evangelize the product’s strategic value proposition to executive stakeholders across diverse organizational channels.
• Serve as the primary liaison between business stakeholders, finance stakeholders and technical teams, ensuring delivery consistently aligns with user needs and organizational priorities.
• Champion a practice-based apprenticeship model, actively coaching, mentoring, and upskilling cross functional product teams including program managers, operations managers, and peers within the broader product community.
• Compliance: Ensure strict adherence to all laws, regulations, and policies governing Genentech's business activities.

Who You Are

Minimum Qualifications & Experience:

Minimum Qualifications & Experience

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Technology, Data Science, or another quantitative field.
• Experience: 8+ years of total professional experience, with at least 5 years dedicated to pharmaceutical analytics or business