Senior Manager, Global Insights & Analytics

Gilead Sciences•Foster City, CA

About The Position

We have an exciting opportunity at Kite for a Senior Manager, Global Insights & Analytics. This position will be on the Pipeline & Portfolio team and will support Kite’s commercialization efforts for CAR-T, inform the lifecycle management process, and collaborate with key stakeholders to guide product and disease area strategy. In this role, you will participate actively in commercial efforts by providing an objective and detailed understanding of current and future markets, product performance, customers and competitors. You will also be responsible for generating foundational market understanding within the Cell Therapy area through the execution of market research and forecasting activities.

Requirements

Master’s Degree and 6+ years of experience OR Bachelor’s Degree and 8+ years of experience OR High School Degree and 12+ years of experience

Nice To Haves

Experience in forecasting and market research within the biotech / pharmaceutical industry
Understanding of the hematology / oncology / autoimmune clinical landscape and the business of cell therapy
Demonstrated ability to collaborate and work cross-functionally
Strong communication skills (both verbal and written)
Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-moving entrepreneurial environment, with changing priorities and significant time pressures
Strategic agility to adapt expertise in forecasting and primary market research to a biopharmaceutical field where standard frameworks do not exist
Demonstrated ability to extract business insights and provide strategic recommendations based on analysis findings

Responsibilities

Leverage primary and secondary research insights and cross-functional partners’ inputs to design and build, maintain, and track robust, actionable and evidence-based forecasting models
Produce analogues, formulate assumptions and define opportunities and risks associated with the forecast
Conduct forecast scenario analysis to inform and support decisions by cross-functional partners (e.g., BD, Commercial leadership, Marketing, R&D, Finance)
Provide guidance and input for short-term demand planning
Synthesize market dynamics to identify potential drivers impacting performance and develop communications materials to inform marketing and sales decisions
Able to assume full responsibility for accuracy and reliability of analyses
Independently lead projects, coordinating input from the cross-functional team to scope, design and manage the execution of qualitative and quantitative market research studies with physicians, patients, and payers
Integrate results of market research, latest competitive intelligence, as well as secondary analytics into actionable insights
Manage vendors to determine appropriate research methodology, ensure project alignment to business objectives and guide execution and reporting
Effectively partner with and communicate to key stakeholder groups to support strategic and tactical decision making (e.g., opportunity assessments, brand planning) with insightful analysis that accurately and objectively reflect the current market dynamics, product performance, customers, and competitors to maximize the potential of cell therapy
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