Senior Manager, Global Insights & Analytics

We’re here for one reason and one reason only – to cure cancer. Every moment is dedicated to developing treatments and every action moves us one step closer to our goal. We’ve made incredible scientific breakthroughs and our pioneering personalized CAR T-cell therapies have changed the paradigm. But we’re not finished yet.

Join Kite, as we make even bigger advances in cancer therapies, and help shape where our business and medical science goes next.

We believe every employee deserves a great leader. People Leaders are the cornerstone to the employee experience at Gilead and Kite. As a people leader now or in the future, you are the key driver in evolving our culture and creating an environment where every employee feels included, developed and empowered to fulfil their aspirations. Join Kite and help create more tomorrows.

Job Description

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.

• 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

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

• 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…