Associate Director, Forecasting, Commercial Analytics

Associate Director, Forecasting, Commercial Analytics & Promotional Analytics - US Integrated Insights, Data and Digital
United States - California - Foster City

Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a research-based bio-pharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercializes innovative medicines in areas of unmet medical need. With each new discovery and investigational drug candidate, we seek to improve the care of patients living with life-threatening diseases around the world. Gilead's therapeutic areas of focus include HIV/AIDS, liver diseases, cancer and inflammation, and serious respiratory and cardiovascular conditions.

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At Gilead, we're creating a healthier world for all people. For more than 35 years, we've tackled diseases such as HIV, viral hepatitis, COVID-19 and cancer - working relentlessly to develop therapies that help improve lives and to ensure access to these therapies across the globe. We continue to fight against the world's biggest health challenges, and our mission requires collaboration, determination and a relentless drive to make a difference.

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Job Description

Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company that has pursued and achieved breakthroughs in medicine for more than three decades, with the goal of creating a healthier world for all people. The company is committed to advancing innovative medicines to prevent and treat life-threatening diseases, including HIV, viral hepatitis, and cancer. Gilead operates in more than 35 countries worldwide, with headquarters in Foster City, California.

The Associate Director, Forecasting, Commercial Analytics & Promotional Analytics - US Integrated Insights, Data and Digital within Gilead's Liver, COVID, and Emerging Therapies Integrated Insights team will be responsible for leading the forecasting, customer analytics, promotional analytics, and advanced analytics for the COVID-19 therapeutic area. This role will contribute by managing projects of significant complexity requiring cross functional collaboration. The role will also participate in shaping the roadmap for the US Forecasting and Analytics function across business units.

This role requires leveraging a broad and deep skill set (functional expertise, therapeutic area knowledge, communication skills, leadership and influencing, executive presence, etc.) to help drive the success of work across a variety of key stakeholders - including VP, Business Unit Executive Leaders, Brand Marketing and Managed Markets, Field Sales, Commercial Operations, Finance, Medical, and Global.

This role is based in Foster City, California

As the Associate Director you will:

Strategic Planning and Performance Tracking:

Leverage market intelligence and cross-functional expertise to develop robust short- and mid-term (0-2 year) demand forecasts informing comprehensive revenue plans. Analyze primary and secondary data to identify trends and pinpoint key risks, opportunities, and growth drivers for executive decision-making, while providing market and competitive insights to support strategic planning.
Lead performance excellence by conducting national-level reporting, reconciling results with forecasts, and driving continuous improvement in forecast accuracy. Communicate findings and recommendations clearly to senior executives and partners. Design and implement a performance management framework that links forecasts to strategic initiatives across Commercial, Marketing, Finance, and Manufacturing.
Lead development of data-based insights to inform brand, and business unit strategy.
Conduct analytics to inform a range of customer and consumer issues, including physician and patient segmentation, customer journey and treatment flow analytics, etc.
Leverage data and analytics to develop key insights to inform brand strategy through the annual BPOA (Brand Plan of Action) process.
Lead performance/KPI development and reporting, enabling a thorough understanding of brand opportunities based on a variety of inputs.
Develop Marketing Mix models and influence optimal tactic spend.
Collaborate with teams on key market research and field-force insights and analytics.
Identify opportunities to integrate new capabilities from the AI/Predictive Analytics Lab. Leverage non-traditional and innovative analytical approaches, such as the use of new AI and predictive analytics techniques, to improve efficiency and effectiveness strategy and operations.

Actionable Insights:
Lead the integration of insight and analysis from a variety of sources to inform material decisions through the delivery of robust opportunities and market context. Consolidates a variety of data and information into actionable brand opportunities.
Provide objective quantitative analyses and leads the development of business cases to determine key opportunities and address critical business issues for the brand and/or TA.
Deliver effective presentations of findings and recommendations to multiple levels of leadership through various communication channels

Leadership, Influence and Communication:
Engage with a broad range of internal customers ranging from VP, executive directors of brand, marketing team, and IT.
Establish and maintain business relationships in key segments of the Commercial organization, and consistently demonstrating a thorough understanding of internal customers' business needs.
Lead quarterly functional review with VP, Senior Director, and business unit stakeholders.
Manage of external consulting resources from a project delivery perspective.
Demonstrate strong Gilead core values - Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, Teamwork, and Inclusion.

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree and 10 years of experience or

Masters' Degree and eight years of experience or

PhD and two years of experience

Preferred Qualifications:
BA/BS degree with 10 years of experience or MS/MBA with 8 years of experience in commercial pharma and biotech analytics, data sciences, and digital technologies.
Strong commercial analytics experience; promotional analytics and consultant background desirable.
Experience with inpatient, DRG payment, hospital setting nuances. Proficiency in secondary data analysis with intimate knowledge of a variety of industry secondary data sources (e.g., IQVIA, SHA, HealthVerity, Komodo, Premier, and Lab Data)
Demonstrated ability to pull together insights from a variety of sources and develop strategic guidance for brand teams that result in a business decision or action.
Successful track record of leading, coaching, and maintaining high-performing teams; regarded and well respected as a strong leader with cross-functional teams.
Strong working knowledge of relevant software systems (e.g., MS Excel, MS Word & PowerPoint, Tableau, Databricks etc.) is required.

People Leader Accountabilities
Create Inclusion - knowing the business value of diverse teams, modeling inclusion, and embedding the value of diversity in the way they manage their teams.
Develop Talent - understand the skills, experience, aspirations, and potential of their employees and coach them on current performance and future potential. They ensure employees are receiving the feedback and insight needed to grow, develop, and realize their purpose.
Empower Teams - connect the team to the organization by aligning goals, purpose, and organizational objectives and holding them to account. They provide the support needed to remove barriers and connect their team to the broader ecosystem.

The salary range for this position is: $191, $247, Gilead considers a variety of factors when determining base compensation, including experience, qualifications, and geographic location. These considerations mean actual compensation will vary. This position may also be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus, discretionary stock-based long-term incentives (eligibility may vary based on role), paid time off, and a benefits package. Benefits include company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans*.

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* Eligible employees may participate in benefit plans, subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans.

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