AstraZeneca is a global, science-led biopharmaceutical company that spans the discovery, development, manufacturing, distribution and worldwide commercialisation of primary care and speciality care medicines. We believe the best way we can help patients is to focus on breakthrough science in order to uncover disease mechanisms and develop novel, targeted therapies that interact with them. This is at the heart of our purpose as a company: to push the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines. We invest in distinctive science in three main therapy areas where we believe we can make the most meaningful difference to patients: oncology; cardiovascular and metabolic diseases; and respiratory, inflammation and autoimmunity. Our science exploits our rare combination of capabilities in small molecules and biologics, immunotherapies, protein engineering technologies and devices. These are reinforced by a strong focus on translational science and personalised healthcare capabilities. We build on our own capabilities by collaborating with world-renowned scientists and academic institutions and partnering with like-minded science-led companies. Through leading in science, we are confident that we can transform the lives of people around the world and deliver value to our shareholders.

What you’ll do?

The Business Insights Manager will plan, direct, and oversee a wide range of analyses, related to the current and future business of the organization and proactively interact with senior commercial leaders to ensure sustainable performance over time. Through partnering within the commercial team, you will aid in managing risks and opportunities as well as strategic decisions through leveraging business insights and competitive / market intelligence.

Some areas of focus for this role will include:

• Proactively identify business information needs/issues.
• Provide brand / market evaluation and interpretation and provide business insights and competitive / market intelligence in aiding strategy decisions by using internal and external datasets.
• Leads the Operational Planning Process, providing analytical expertise to the commercial teams, driving strategic and operational excellence.
• Prepares outputs of the process and participates in presentations and recommendations to leadership through data interpretation, visualization, and insight generation to support business critical decisions.
• Leads the portfolio prioritization process within the brand team and in support of the TA.
• Support launch excellence processes for new products / indications from commercial perspective, managing forecasting models to support in-market cases / new product launch viability.
• Leads patient flow modelling and patient analytics.
• Partner with the commercial team, producing brand volume forecasts, consulting with the team to manage risks and opportunities for the business, leading to objective and accurate forecasts supported by insight & analytics.
• Develop and maintain market research budgets for the brand team, also determining primary market research design and overseeing project / vendor management when needed.

If this sounds appealing, please read on to understand the experience and skills we’re looking for…

ESSENTIAL SKILLS and EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• Business Degree.
• Pharmaceutical marketing and/or sales experience.
• Thorough understanding of the pharmaceutical business (including commercial and development).
• Understanding of the drug development process.
• Comfort with ambiguity/uncertainty and ability to lead teams through situations by providing clarity, structure and focus.
• Knowledge of strategic planning processes and tools.
• Excellent strategic thinking & influencing skills, understanding of forecasts, budgets, financial processes and tools, project management skills and strong interpersonal, communication (written and oral), organizational, relationship building, and consulting skills.
• Cross-functional team experience.
• Strategic influencing skills Analytical thinking skills.