Director, New Product Planning and Business Development Forecasting, Global Oncology

Takeda • Boston, MA

23d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Director will be a key strategic though partner to the business development and new product planning teams in creating forecasts for pipeline assets and Business Development (BD) opportunities within Takeda's Oncology Business Unit (OBU). The individual will perform strategic market analysis for pipeline assets and BD opportunities through the integration of secondary healthcare data analytics, competitive intelligence, and primary market research, and other data inputs to create quantitative insights and facilitate key business decisions. As part of this role, the individual will be interacting regularly with working with cross functional team across commercial, clinical, medical, and access/pricing teams to perform asset evaluations. The individual will be interacting with senior leadership of the Oncology business unit to present commercial potential and will also work closely with team members from US, Japan, and EU. The individual is expected to be able to regularly synthesize key analytical outputs in management-ready deliverables to help inform and drive strategic business decisions. In addition to strong therapeutic area knowledge, the individual is expected to have a strong grasp of incorporating insights across market research, competitive intelligence and secondary data analytics to drive the commercial assessment.

Requirements

• BA/BS degree, Advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in forecasting, market research, or business analytics in the biopharmaceutical industry.
• Significant experience conducting complex assets valuations in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience with advanced spreadsheets, patient based forecast modeling including dynamic patient models
• Experience in oncology, solid tumors. heme tumors or similar specialty areas
• Experience with quantitative techniques including smoothing, regression, time series analyses, and simulation
• Experience with data analysis and data visualization tools.
• Product launch and Global experience
• Broad working knowledge of commonly used biopharmaceutical industry databases
• Working knowledge of global access and reimbursement policies, and competitive environment and potential impact on product development and commercialization strategy
• Ability to facilitate large meetings and influence senior stakeholders
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team-based environment, including external vendors
• Demonstrated excellence in project management and effectively managing multiple projects/priorities.
• Exceptional oral and written communications skills with the capacity to present effectively to a diverse range of audiences.
• Ability to explain complex concepts to stakeholders in simple language and lead/drive consensus building
• Demonstrated analytical skills combined with a client-service mindset
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically, identify key issues and value drivers, and translate strategic insights into an appropriate analytical framework.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in business development forecasting, preferred
• Consulting experience with forecasting, market research or business analysis firm(s)

Responsibilities

• Ensure that customized, global, strategic forecasts are developed for pipeline assets and BD opportunities with assumptions based on facts and research
• Collaborate with team members from commercial/NPP, market research, analytics, competitive intelligence, global pricing and market access, to make sure all relevant market insights inform the forecasts.
• Lead the consensus-building process to gain alignment and/or endorsement for forecast assumptions with the senior stakeholders and Oncology Leadership Team (OLT)
• Leverage advanced analytics and integrate data available across multiple sources to enhance our understanding of market impact of the assets being considered
• Lead development, training and dissemination of Long Range Forecasting and applicable templates and management summaries for all relevant oncology products to regions and local operating companies of the Oncology Business Unit
• Leverage advanced analytics and integrate data available across multiple sources to enhance our understanding of market impact and as a result, Takeda's brand and business strategy.
• Lead identification, maintenance, and generation of data references/databases, analogs for continuously improving oncology epidemiology and other forecast inputs, across markets
• Create forecasts that are range based, identifying key risk and opportunities of the brands/assets under consideration
• Serve as a strategic thought partner to the commercial/NPP teams and other key stakeholders as they work through the strategy to accelerate pipeline assets and evaluate BD opportunities
• Manage and supervise a team of Takeda resources and vendors (onshore & offshore team) to deliver on key priorities

Benefits

• U.S. based employees may be eligible to participate in medical, dental, vision insurance, a 401(k) plan and company match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, a tuition reimbursement program, paid volunteer time off, company holidays, and well-being benefits, among others.
• U.S. based employees are also eligible to receive, per calendar year, up to 80 hours of sick time, and new hires are eligible to accrue up to 120 hours of paid vacation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees