Senior Director, Forecasting

Location:

Los Angeles, CAPosted:
Posted 1 day ago Salary: $210,000 - $290,000

Recruiter:
Paul Chatlos, VP Technology RecruiterA leading global biopharmaceutical company at the forefront of innovative therapies is seeking a Senior Director, Forecasting to lead forecasting strategy for a major portfolio. This is a highly visible leadership opportunity for an experienced forecasting professional who wants to influence major portfolio, investment, launch, and long-range business decisions across a dynamic and rapidly evolving healthcare environment.
The role combines sophisticated commercial forecasting with strategic leadership. You’ll work across Commercial, Finance, Market Access, Medical, R&D, Market Research, Analytics, Competitive Intelligence, and regional leadership to turn complex market dynamics into clear, actionable business recommendations.

Why This Opportunity?
• Lead forecasting strategy for a major portfolio spanning pipeline assets, launches, lifecycle opportunities, and long-range therapeutic-area planning.

• Have a direct influence on high-value decisions involving portfolio strategy, investment, launch planning, resource allocation, market expansion, and lifecycle management.

• Work at the intersection of science, commercial strategy, market access, competitive intelligence, and advanced analytics in a highly dynamic area of healthcare.

• Partner directly with senior and regional leadership and serve as a trusted advisor on market outlook, forecast risk, opportunity, and strategic trade-offs.

• Build and shape forecasting capabilities, methodologies, governance, and best practices across a global organization.

• Join an environment that values analytical rigor, strategic thinking, collaboration, and the ability to turn complex information into clear business decisions.

What People Are Saying About the Opportunity• “This is the kind of forecasting role where your work actually influences major business decisions. You’re not simply maintaining a model—you’re helping leadership understand where the market is going and what the organization should do next.”
• “The breadth of exposure is tremendous. You’re working with Commercial, Finance, Market Access, Medical, R&D, and senior leadership, so you really get to see how the entire business comes together.”
• “It’s a great environment for someone who enjoys solving complex problems, challenging assumptions, and building forecasts when the future isn’t perfectly clear.”

Title:

Senior Director, Forecasting

Location:

Los Angeles, CA — Hybrid
Salary: $210,000–$290,000

What You’ll Do
• Lead forecasting strategy and execution for a major portfolio, including pipeline assets, launch brands, lifecycle opportunities, and long-range therapeutic-area planning.

• Develop short-, mid-, and long-range forecasts that support strategic planning, investment decisions, portfolio prioritization, launch planning, and business performance.

• Build sophisticated forecasts incorporating treatment adoption, patient flow, diagnosis and treatment rates, payer dynamics, adherence, persistence, capacity constraints, competitor entry, and evolving standards of care.

• Evaluate key commercial drivers including patient segmentation, demand generation, product differentiation, market expansion, switching, discontinuation, competitive response, pricing, reimbursement, and access.

• Develop scenario analyses that clearly communicate upside potential, downside risk, sensitivities, and the assumptions driving the forecast.

• Translate complex forecast outputs into clear strategic recommendations for senior leadership.

• Partner with Finance to align forecasting with financial planning, revenue expectations, annual operating plans, and long-range business planning.

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