Director, Global Analytics & Forecasting - Eisai

At Eisai, satisfying unmet medical needs and increasing the benefits healthcare provides to patients, their families, and caregivers is Eisai’s human health care (hhc) mission. We’re a growing pharmaceutical company that is breaking through in neurology and oncology, with a strong emphasis on research and development. Our history includes the development of many innovative medicines, notably the discovery of the world's most widely-used treatment for Alzheimer’s disease. As we continue to expand, we are seeking highly-motivated individuals who want to work in a fast-paced environment and make a difference.  If this is your profile, we want to hear from you.

Primary Responsibilities

• Global Analytics:
  • Design and implement analytics solutions to globally monitor market and health system trends.
  • Lead historical analog projects including search, evaluation, and benchmarking recommendations.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to understand business challenges and translate data into actionable insights.
  • Lead identification of information needs and development of project plans to address those needs.
  • Update and manage global performance dashboards.
  • Connect reporting insights together to tell a compelling and persuasive story and deliver clear and actionable recommendations to senior leadership.
  • Continuously enhance analytics capabilities through new techniques, data sources, and tool deployment.
  • Manage and deepen alignment with analytics matrix partners around the world.

• Global Forecasting:
  • Lead quarterly global patient, sales, and manufacturing forecast update process, with strong focus on documentation and governance, creating robust, data-driven forecasting scenarios. Manage global forecast reconciliation and perform ‘what if’ sense-checks.
  • Conduct ad hoc scenario and profitability analyses quickly and accurately.
  • Maintain competitive pipeline potential assessments for drug classes relevant to Eisai’s dementia portfolio.
  • Participate in cross-functional brainstorming sessions to inform commercialization strategy and other business needs.
  • Update and refine forecasting governance processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required., Advanced degree in Statistics, Math, Computer Science, Operations Research, or related quantitative field is preferred.
• 8+ years relevant analytics/forecasting experience in pharmaceutical and/or biotechnology. Experience supporting forecasts in realms of high challenge, such as banking is preferred.
• Mastery of data mining, forecasting methodologies, predictive modeling, and data visualization with strong analytical, coding skills (such as: Python, R, SQL, etc.) plus MS Excel and PowerPoint.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to tie analytics to corporate strategy.
• Comfort working independently on projects with clear goals but without pre-defined steps or processes.
• Strong organizational, prioritization and analytical skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Exceptional communication and people skills to build relationships across the organization and the ability to influence without authority, setting business direction, priorities, and action plans.
• Experience working on global cross-functional teams across development phases from discovery through launch and initial product uptake. History of working in complex team environments with numerous/diverse stakeholders, including alliance partners.
• Track record of contributing to high-performing analytics teams.
• Knowledge of Alzheimer’s Disease and other types of dementia is preferred.
• Experience supporting global biologic pharmaceutical products is preferred.
• Ability to travel on an as-needed basis to Eisai offices, market research or conference locations.

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