Knowledge, Experience & Skills
· Educated to degree level or above
· Extensive experience of forecasting and analytics in the pharmaceutical industry
· Experience in specialty markets and in-depth knowledge of sales and marketing organizations and pharmaceutical data sources, e.g. IQVIA
· Experience in one or more of Gilead’s core markets of hospital-based anti-fungals, liver diseases, inflammation, oncology/haematology and HIV preferred.
· Capable of building analytical models to evaluate business situations and provide recommendations.
· Ability to assume full responsibility for accuracy and reliability of complex analyses.
· Strong project management skills - planning, prioritization, organizational ability, objective setting, meeting management and plan execution; making things happen and quickly is important in this role.
· Able to prioritize and utilize limited resources to manage multiple and/or conflicting requests from a variety of internal customers, manage peak workload periods and ad hoc requests.
· Strong interpersonal skills with ability to interact cross-functionally, esp. global to local affiliates interactions, and at all levels of the organization.
· Potential leadership skills with an ability to set a vision, exercise sound business judgment and clear decision-making and problem-solving skills.
· Excellent communication skills with an ability to efficiently communicate technical information to non-technical members of senior management.
· High attention to detail together with an ability to understand the ‘big picture’.
· Proactive, self-starter with the ability to learn quickly.
· Has an opinion, is a part of the team that decides on commercial strategy and is not just a provider of information.
Specific Requirements – Business Analytics
· Knowledge of MS Excel and business intelligence systems and tools, e.g., Microstrategy and Tableau, and their application in the pharmaceutical industry.
Specific Requirements – Forecasting
· Knowledge of and experience in forecast modelling techniques and the application to a particular business problem.