Consultant / Senior Consultant – Forecasting

PharmaACE is a growing Global Healthcare Consulting Firm, headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey. Our expert teams of Business Analysts, based across the US, Canada, Europe, and India, provide Analytics and Business Solutions using our worldwide delivery models for a wide range of clients. Our clients include established, multinational BioPharma leaders and innovators, as well as entrepreneurial firms on the cutting edge of science. We have deep expertise in Forecasting, Business Analytics, Competitive Intelligence, Sales Analytics, and the Analytics Centre of Excellence Model. Our wealth of therapeutic area experience cuts across Oncology, Immuno- science, CNS, CV-Met, and Rare Diseases. We support our clients' needs in Primary Care, Specialty Care, and Hospital business units, and we have managed portfolios in the Biologics space, Branded Pharmaceuticals, Generics, APIs, Diagnostics, and Packaging & Delivery Systems.

Brief Introduction : The Consultant / Senior Consultant - Forecasting is responsible for developing, delivering, and maintaining forecasts (patient-based, TRx-based, etc.) and business insights for PharmaACE’s clients.

Responsibilities :

• Play an integral role in executing analytics / consulting engagements through effective and efficient project management.
• Generate forecasts, analysis and actionable insights that lead to the achievement of strategic and financial goals for our clients.
• Manage and coordinate complex consulting engagements through strong client and people management, subject matter expertise, communication skills (both written and verbal), and the ability to draw conclusions and recommendations from a variety of evidence.
• Operate effectively as part of a global team, by participating and contributing to client discussions and proactively helping them with their decisions in creating and / or validating assumptions. Provide robust competitive assessments and insights that inform key decision-making processes for clients such as strategic brand planning, forecasting, and lifecycle management.
• Perform in-depth (secondary) market research and data analysis to derive understanding of the disease and patient segments based on client requirements.
• Analyse and integrate primary research and secondary data with other market knowledge to draw inferences and conclusions.
• Identify risks and opportunities for the business and support key decisions on business strategy with customer and market insights.
• Leverage all relevant data such as DRG / IQVIA to provide insights into forecast assumptions.
• Forge effective relationships with various stakeholders (both internal and external), e.g. teams running Market Research initiatives.
• Ensure effective delivery of work (models and presentations) to clients onsite or through video / teleconferences, through self and others in accordance with the project timelines and quality parameters.
• Convert Excel models into presentable reports and PowerPoint slides for effective utilization by clients, focusing on the storyboarding and narrative.

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