BAI - Global Forecasting Associate Director, Inflammation and General Medicine

BAI - Global Forecasting Associate Director, Inflammation and General Medicine

Join Amgen's Mission of Serving Patients

At Amgen, if you feel like you're part of something bigger, it's because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do.

Since 1980, we've helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world's toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline of medicines to treat cancer, heart disease, inflammatory conditions, rare diseases, and obesity and obesity-related conditions.

As a member of the Amgen team, you'll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives.

Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you'll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

What you will do

Let's do this. Let's change the world.

The Global Forecasting team at Amgen serves as a strategic partner to Commercial leadership by providing objective, data-driven insights that shape portfolio strategy, investment decisions, and long-range business planning.

As a Global Forecasting Associate Director for Inflammation & General Medicine, you will lead forecasting across a portfolio of global brands spanning pipeline assets and indications. You will partner directly with Marketing, Value & Access, R&D, Medical, Finance, and Manufacturing to develop robust forecasts that inform critical strategic and investment decisions throughout the product lifecycle.

Beyond deeply understanding the market, disease and program, you will provide coaching and day-to-day leadership to another Global Forecaster, helping ensure consistent forecasting approaches, strong business partnership, and high-quality deliverables across the therapeutic area.

This role reports to the Director, Global Forecasting and operates within the broader Business Analytics & Insights (BAI) organization.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Business Partnership & Portfolio Leadership

• Serve as the primary forecasting partner for multiple brands across the Inflammation and General Medicine portfolio
• Partner directly with the Therapeutic Area Vice President, Global Brand Leads, and senior Commercial leadership to shape portfolio strategy, long-range planning, and investment decisions
• Develop objective, data-driven points of view by integrating commercial strategy, competitive dynamics, epidemiology, access, pricing, market research, and financial considerations
• Identify and communicate key risks, opportunities, and strategic trade-offs to support executive decision making
• Influence cross-functional alignment on complex business questions while constructively challenging assumptions and recommendations

Forecast Development & Strategic Analytics

• Lead development of robust global forecasts across inline and pipeline assets using assumption-driven patient-based models
• Apply advanced forecasting methodologies, scenario planning, sensitivity analyses, and simulation techniques to quantify uncertainty and inform business decisions
• Evaluate competitive landscapes, market evolution, analogs, and external market events to continuously refine forecast assumptions
• Ensure forecasts provide transparent, rigorous, and decision-ready outputs for leadership

Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement

• Build strong partnerships across the broader BAI organization, Global Marketing, Finance, Value & Access, Medical, Manufacturing, Commercialization, Pricing, and R&D
• Lead cross-functional discussions to establish alignment on forecast assumptions, scenarios, and business implications
• Present complex analyses to senior leadership, translating technical modeling into clear business recommendations
• Represent Forecasting as a trusted strategic advisor across governance meetings, portfolio reviews, and…