Associate Director, Forecasting, Neuroscience

Title:

Associate Director, Forecasting, Neuroscience

Company:

Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals Inc.

 

About Ipsen:

Ipsen is a mid-sized global biopharmaceutical company with a focus on transformative medicines in three therapeutic areas: Oncology, Rare Disease and Neuroscience. Supported by nearly 100 years of development experience, with global hubs in the U.S., France and the U.K, we tackle areas of high unmet medical need through research and innovation.

 Our passionate teams in more than 40 countries are focused on what matters and endeavor every day to bring medicines to patients in 88 countries. We build a workplace that champions human-centric leadership and fosters a culture of collaboration, excellence and impact. At Ipsen, every individual is empowered to be their true selves, grow and thrive alongside the company’s success. Join us on our journey towards sustainable growth, creating real impact on patients and society!

For more information, visit us at https://www.ipsen.com/ and follow our latest news on LinkedIn and Instagram.

Job Description:

Reporting to the Senior Director, Forecasting, the Associate Director, Forecasting, Neuroscience will play a key support role in developing and communicating global forecasts across Ipsen’s Neuroscience Franchise in North America. The AD will oversee budget management and forecasting, manage strategic initiatives, perform data analysis and oversee critical internal/external partnerships.

The AD will liaise with key stakeholders in marketing, finance, and market access to ensure cross-functional alignment on forecasting assumptions and inputs. The AD will ensure and prepare monthly forecasting analysis to review with the cross functional US team. In addition, the AD will collaborate with project and department leaders to manage budgets on an on-going basis and will prepare analysis and present forecast results at key planning sessions such as budget planning, current year planning, and 5 Year plan.

The AD will possess a strong combination of technical, problem solving, communication, and interpersonal skills. This individual will optimize existing models, collaborate with the Global Forecasting COE to share best practices in forecasting and be able to partner with US New Product Planning on Business Development Commercial Assessments.

Main Responsibilities & Job Expectations

• Develop commercial sales unit forecasts taking into consideration supply chan inventory fluctuation and non-demand related adjustments to the unit-based forecast
• Refresh models with latest actuals at the product or patient level as they become available
• Assess existing forecast models across franchise, and prioritize areas for improvement
• Design and build improved tools (with or without support from vendors) to meet customized needs of each franchise
• Demonstrate comfort with various types of sales audit, patient hub, and specialty pharmacy data
• Work with New Product Planning and Global Forecasting on Business Development Commercial Assessments.
• Work closely with franchise teams and other stakeholders to incorporate latest thinking in forecast assumptions such as launch timing, patent expiry, and competitive entry
• Collect forecasting inputs, elaborate on forecasting assumptions and facilitate the cross-functional forecasting process
• Determine short-term and long-term forecasts for inline and pipeline products to determine mid-term planning and product valuations
• Oversee a repository of product forecasts and help create simple, standardized output tools for fast, clear communication to stakeholders
• Engage in official forecast readouts with senior management
• Respond to ad hoc scenario requests related to business development and other strategic initiatives
• Deliver effective presentations of findings and recommendations to multiple levels of leadership, creating visual displays of quantitative information
• Collaborate with and influence internal stakeholders to process and prioritize new insights and analytics requests, provide feedback on vendor performance, and review data quality assurance policies and proced