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Job Description

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

Takeda Pharmaceutical

Cambridge, MA

About the role:

The NPP-BD Forecasting Lead will be a highly visible team member in the Global Oncology Forecasting function at Takeda Oncology. The Global Oncology Forecasting team is part of the Global Oncology Products, Pipeline and Strategy (GOPPS) group, a strategic advisory group within Takeda that drives global strategic decisions and planning for in-line and pipeline products across Takeda Oncology.

The individual's primary objective is to contribute to the success of the global forecasting function through working with a global cross-functional team to assess commercial potential of early stage pipeline assets and BD opportunities. The individual will be a partner for the Senior Leadership Team in the Takeda Oncology Business Unit (OBU). The individual will proactively advise on the commercial strategy for Takeda Oncology's early pipeline and BD working with the Oncology NPP Marketing and BD leads at Cambridge, MA

The individual will lead the development and refinement of best in class forecasting capabilities, owning and communicating the long-term outlook and vision for Takeda Oncology's early stage pipeline assets and BD opportunities. Lastly the team member will support the generation of content with other members of the GOPPS and global marketing teams to drive effective decision making.

How you will contribute:

• Ensuring that customized, global, strategic forecasts are developed for early stage pipeline assets and BD opportunities of interest with assumptions based on facts and research

• Collaborate with team members from NPP, BD, 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 design, development and adoption of forecasting models that are flexible and appropriate for agile NPP/BD evaluation working with external partners

• Effectively present and explain modeling assumptions to key stakeholders including senior leadership and triangulate assumptions with other data and forecasting model to pressure test them and develop “what if” scenarios.

• Manage evaluations of multiple BD assets across multiple Oncology tumor types at the same time through pre-due diligence and due diligence stages

• Lead identification, maintenance, and generation of data references/databases, analogs for continuously improving oncology epidemiology and other forecast inputs, across markets

• Lead evaluations that provide range based forecasts, identifying key risk and opportunities of the assets under consideration

• Serve as a strategic thought partner to the commercial BD team as they work to identify opportunities for evaluation during the search stage

• Showcase consulting skills, including consultative listening, problem definition, hypothesis generation, data analysis, translation to value, and oral and written presentation for strong business impact and value-ad

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:

• BA/BS degree required, Advanced degree preferred.

• Minimum of 6 years of relevant experience in forecasting, market research, or business analytics in the biopharmaceutical industry.

• Experience with advanced spreadsheets, patient based forecast modeling including dynamic patient models

• Experience in oncology, hematology 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 Consulting experience with forecasting, market resea