The Opportunity:

Reporting to the Senior Director of Global Forecasting & Portfolio Analytics, you will lead the short-term forecasting center of Excellence (CoE) at CSL Behring.

In this role, you will build and lead a centralized team of forecasters to drive the 3-year forecasting process at CSL Behring. You will be responsible for timely delivery and consolidation of short-term forecast at the regional/cluster and at the global level.

This role would require a strong consultancy orientation, in-depth knowledge of US and International markets, and the ability to communicate effectively and efficiently with all organizational stakeholders.

As a part of the Global I&A team, you will play a pivotal role in shaping our strategic direction and optimizing our pharmaceutical portfolio.

• Responsible for delivering/supporting all efforts related to short-term or three-year forecasting for all CSL Behring affiliates across all inline products
  
• Standardize the forecast models and ensure consistent reports delivery across regions and CSLB inline assets
  
• Develop and manage the short-term forecasting team's SoPs
  
• Work in close coordination with above market forecast teams to ensure seamless and integrated forecast over both short and long-term planning (LTP) cycle
  
• Create and deliver presentations that address business issues to senior leadership and stakeholders
  
• Provide forecast outputs to Finance, Marketing, Sales Operations, and Supply Planners for use in official financial forecasts, sales quotas and incentive comp, and supply plan forecasts
  
• Stay updated on industry trends, regulatory changes, and advancements in forecasting and analytics methodologies within the biotech and pharmaceutical sectors
  
• Collaborate with new product forecasting & long-term inline forecasting, capacity & network strategy teams to integrate relevant insights into strategic planning, commercial strategies, and decision-making processes.
  

• Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree with preferred focus in a scientific or business field (finance, analytics, economics, analytics/statistics or related).
  
• Post-graduate qualifications preferred.
  
• 10+ years experience in the pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry working across multiple therapeutic areas; plus at least 6+ years or experience running/leading forecasting teams in biotech/pharma industry
  
• Well versed with various forecasting techniques such as time series modeling, statistical trending algorithms, patient-based/TRx modeling
  
• Extensive experience leading planning cycles in commercial, forecasting, or analytical roles
  
• Experienced in multiple forecasting & BI tools including Flexicast, Forecast Pro, Analog planner, @Risk or any monte carlo simulation tool, Tableau, QlikSense etc.
  
• Experience of working with multiple Epi, sales, and patient datasets such as Datamonitor, Evaluate, Globaldata, IQVIA, Symphony, ADIVO, GERS, UNOS etc.
  
• Experience working with Rx, patient claims, pricing (WAC) and managed markets data sources (e.g. IQVIA, SHS, MMIT, Komodo, Clarivate, IPD Analytics)
  
• Strong interpersonal skills to quickly build rapport and credibility with organization leaders and key external stakeholders