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About the Role

The JAPAC Business Analytics & Insights (BAI) Team needs a Manager to drive commercial insights, forecasting, and analytics for products in Australia/New Zealand. This role will deliver market and sales analysis to maximize brand value, coordinate forecasting, and provide strategic insights through market research. You will be a key point of contact for Marketing, Value & Access, and Finance teams, translating business needs into analytical plans, developing product forecasts, tracking brand performance, and collaborating with the JAPAC BAI community.

Responsibilities

Drive Commercial Insights and forecasting activities for key Brands in Australia including primary market research, secondary analytics, short and long-term product forecasts, and brand performance tracking.
Address business issues and opportunities through relevant analytical approaches.
Provide an objective and rigorous point of view to sales forecasting and product performance while collaborating with relevant functions (commercial, medical, V&A, regulatory, etc).
Drive brand specific performance management in JAPAC; ensure that marketing assumptions are appropriately linked to sales performance metrics and targets.
Execute primary market research projects, understanding the needs of the Global Brand team and affiliates and contributing to building the Australian insight generation plan required to meet those needs.
Translate primary market research findings into actionable insights and influence decision making.
Manage several projects, and plan & manage works to ensure quality expectations are met.
Work closely with JAPAC BAI community across the region.
Manage the immediate and long-term impact of problems and changing circumstances.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree and at least 5 years of pharmaceutical market analysis and/or business planning experience.
Demonstrated ability to translate business questions and needs into research plans and synthesize multiple data sources to answer business questions.
Demonstrated ability to deliver results, champion new innovative methodologies and tools.
Expertise in market analysis and forecasting (forecasting models, knowledge frameworks for qualitative competitive analysis, forecasting and analytical tools).
Commercial Analysis, Business Planning experience and strong ecosystem knowledge in Australia.
Deep understanding of the markets, brands and broader context (internal and external) of the business.
Can translate market research insights and findings into realistic, impactful recommendations.
Demonstrated strategic / critical thinking abilities and eye for business.
Ability to dig deep and uncover the “why” beneath the observed behaviors.
Excellent oral and written presentation skills with ability to explain complex concepts clearly to a variety of audiences.
Ability to work collaboratively in a team-based environment.
Ability to balance multiple projects and workstreams simultaneously.
Proficient facilitation, self-driven, analytical thinking and problem-solving.
Project management skills (planning, scheduling, implementation, and stabilization).
Knowledge of industrial data (IQVIA, etc.).

Skills

Market analysis
Business planning
Forecasting
Primary market research
Secondary analytics
Brand performance tracking
Analytical approaches
Sales forecasting
Product performance
Market research insights
Project management
Facilitation
Self-driven
Analytical thinking
Problem-solving
IQVIA data knowledge

Location

Australia /New Zealand

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Manager
At least 5 years of pharmaceutical market analysis and/or business planning experience

Education Level

Bachelor's degree

Benefits

Vast opportunities to learn and move up and across our global organization.
Diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where teammates are empowered to bring ideas to the table and act.
Generous Total Rewards Plan comprising health, finance and wealth, work/life balance, and career benefits.

About the Company

Amgen is committed to unlocking the potential of biology for patients suffering from serious illnesses by discovering, developing, manufacturing and delivering innovative human therapeutics.
This approach begins by using tools like advanced human genetics to unravel the complexities of disease and understand the fundamentals of human biology.
Amgen focuses on areas of high unmet medical need and leverages its biologics manufacturing expertise to strive for solutions that improve health outcomes and dramatically improve people's lives.
A biotechnology pioneer since 1980, Amgen has grown to be one of the world's leading independent biotechnology companies, has reached millions of patients around the world and is developing a pipeline of medicines with breakaway potential.
For more information, visit www.amgen.com and follow us on www.twitter.com/amgen