Associate Director, Forecasting – Rare Disease (RD)

Job Title: Associate Director, Forecasting – Rare Disease (RD)
Location: Cambridge


About the job
We are an innovative global healthcare company, committed to transforming the lives of people with immune challenges, rare diseases and blood disorders, cancers, and neurological disorders. From R&D to sales, our talented teams work together, revolutionizing treatment, continually improving products, understanding unmet needs, and connecting communities. We chase the miracles of science every single day, pursuing progress to make a real impact on millions of patients around the world.​ At Sanofi, we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. We believe our cutting-edge science and manufacturing, fueled by data and digital technologies, have the potential to transform the practice of medicine, turning the impossible into reality for millions of people.

The Associate Director, Forecasting – Rare Disease (RD) will be a key member of the Insights and Analytics (I&A) team, responsible for leading forecasting activities for treatments within the Sanofi Rare Disease portfolio. This individual will be an integral strategic partner to Sanofi US Commercial leadership, collaborating with a range of cross-functional stakeholders (e.g., Finance, Market Access, Digital / IT, Launch Excellence, etc.) to develop accurate, actionable short & long-range sales forecasts for in-line and future indications and deliver proactive, strategic insights on potential threats / opportunities.

This position will report to Senior Director, Insights & Analytics – Rare Disease (RD) and will be based in Cambridge, MA.

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible? Join Sanofi in one of our corporate functions and you can play a vital part in the performance of our entire business while helping to make an impact on millions around the
world.

About Sanofi
We’re an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people’s lives and delivering compelling growth. Our deep understanding of the immune system – and innovative pipeline – enables us to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world. Together, we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives.

Main Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Commercial team, Finance, and other cross-functional partners to develop, document, and communicate accurate patient / volume / revenue forecasts for annual long-term Strategic Planning & Budget cycles, bi-annual medium-term forecast updates, and monthly near-term Rolling Forecast updates
• Coordinate with Finance business partners and forecasters in other therapeutic areas to coordinate forecast cycle deliverables and promote harmonization across assets & functions
• In partnership with Analytics & Finance colleagues, provide key end-of-month closing deliverables (i.e., price / volume & demand / inventory analyses)
• Provide monthly updates to Commercial leadership on performance and near-term forecast outlook, integrating latest actuals, analytics, Market Research, CI, etc.
• Support model enhancements to ensure forecasts for in-line & launch products reflect strategic direction of each brand (e.g., segmentation, patient flow, etc.)
• Collaborate with Market Research to plan & design studies that provide key forecast inputs (e.g., demand study / conjoint exercises)
• Partner with Finance and Market Access to incorporate latest GTN and access assumptions, conduct payer mix analyses, and generate price / volume waterfalls
• Leverage resources such as analogue analyses & external forecasts (e.g., syndicated / analyst reports) to pressure-test and refine forecast assumptions

• Work with Global forecasting to ensure that US forecast deliverables align to Global guidance and properly integrate with Global forecast aggregation process

• Work with Finance and Demand Planning to ensure the most appropriate forecast (by SKU) is delivered for monthly supply chain planning activities

• Collaborate with Marketing, Sales, Patient Support Services and Finance to assess the value of proposed initiatives and / or risks posed by market events; deliver ad-hoc analyses that leverage forecast models to answer key business questions

• Collaborate with Data Management, Analytics, and external data providers to conduct periodic reviews of key model inputs to ensure forecast accuracy
• Coach junior team members for onboarding, upskilling and Sanofi specific processes / data

About You

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree (MBA, MS, MD, PhD) preferred.
• Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in pharmaceutical/biotech forecasting; relevant consulting experience may also be considered.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in rare disease forecasting is a strong plus; relevant forecasting experience in any pharmaceutical therapeutic area is also valued

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