Obesity Forecasting, Associate Director

Position: Obesity Forecasting,  Associate Director
** 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.

** Obesity Forecasting, Associate Director*
* The Obesity Forecasting Associate Director will lead forecasting for the Obesity brand. This role will report to the Obesity Forecasting Director within the Obesity Intelligence & Analytics organization in Thousand Oaks, United States.

Specifically, this person will:

+ Provide an objective and rigorous point of view to demand forecasting and product performance, while collaborating with disciplines including forecasting/insights, marketing, finance, value and access and other functions.

+ Lead the development of the obesity forecasts and ad-hoc forecasting requests

+ Perform analyses and assessments in the area of product performance relative to expectations, estimating revenue potential, sales coverage, market size, penetration etc.

+ Leveraging various physician, patient, and transactional internal and external data sets (Xponent, NPA, LAAD, 852, etc.) to develop and explain forecast assumptions.

+ Supporting the Quarterly Business Review, Situation Analysis, and Brand Plan by providing objective, data-driven insights

+ Coordinate with marketing, finance, and other cross-functional teams to develop analytics and forecasting inputs and assumptions.

+ Work with clients in the assigned team(s) to develop service level agreements outlining forecasting/analytics requirements and deliverables.

+ Independently lead quick turnaround projects and deliver quality assessments, collaborating with Senior Leadership with limited guidance or oversight.

+ Demonstrate strong project management, prioritization and timeline execution across projects when working independently as well as when working with the vendors or internal teams.

+ Manage professional relationships with internal stakeholders and external vendors.

+ Demonstrate excellent communication, presentation, MS PowerPoint & Excel skills.

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* Basic Qualifications:

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* Doctorate degree and 3 years of analytics and/or forecasting experience

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Master's degree and 5 years of analytics and/or forecasting experience

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Bachelor's degree and 7 years of analytics and/or forecasting experience

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Associate's degree and 12 years of analytics and/or forecasting experience

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High school diploma / GED and 14 years of analytics and/or forecasting experience

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* Preferred Qualifications:

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* + 8 years of forecasting, market research, or business analytics experience

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Experience with advanced spreadsheets, patient based forecast modeling including dynamic patient models, and common forecasting tools such as Forecast Pro

+ Proficiency in SQL, and experience working with analytics tools like SAS, or R

+ Experience in developing marketing analytics using visualization tools such as Tableau

+ Working knowledge of forecasting inputs and structure, global access and reimbursement policies, and competitive environment and potential impact on product development and commercialization strategy

+ Strong oral, written and presentation skills; able to explain complex concepts clearly to a variety of audiences

+ Strong project management skills-able to organize and complete multiple projects efficiently and on time

+ Demonstrated analytical skills combined with a client service orientation

+ Ability to work collaboratively in team-based environment

+ Good understanding of the latest developments in the biopharmaceutical industry, and unmet medical needs and opportunities in the assigned therapeutic area

+ Broad, working knowledge of commonly used biopharmaceutical industry databases

+ Demonstrated ability to think strategically to support key business decisions  

+ Business analytics or forecasting experience in the biopharmaceutical or other healthcare industries

** What you can expect of us*
* As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture,…