Associate- Decision Science (Pune)

Position Summary This role will be responsible for developing commercial forecasts for pipeline and launching products as well as completing chance assessments for life cycle management. This role brings specific therapeutic area in-depth expertise, analytical instinct, strategic thinking, and project management skills to communicate the value assessment of new assets and flag appropriate risks and opportunities Job Responsibilities - Build realistic, transparent, and assumption-driven demand forecasts. Challenge assumptions and apply forecasting methodologies to support the brand strategy - Prepare robust forecast assumptions leveraging expertise and analogs from the in-line Forecasting team and research from the Insights and Analytics team - Ensure objectivity of brand/therapeutic area forecasts by establishing objectives aligned around forecast accuracy - Developing brand volume forecasts, both short-term and long-term, to feed into strategic and operational planning processes - Ensure that value assessment addresses the impact of key market dynamics and internal events, is logically designed and well-documented - Support launch preparations and guide the teams to set up clear post-launch performance tracking by creating and monitoring the short-term revenue forecasts, comparable to actuals in the future, and recommending adjustments when applicable - Consistent delivery of analytics that drive informed decision-making, including the definition and development of models to be used in answering business and operational questions - Adopting and executing new and innovative analytics offerings for untapped opportunities; Enabling automation of routine measurements - Perform ad-hoc queries for leadership across all functions; be an internal expert and resource - Maintaining accountability for high quality, timely service delivery of forecasting analytic service requests, including Education Bachelor of Engineering in Statistics Work Experience Behavioural Competencies Teamwork & Leadership Motivation to Learn and Grow Ownership Cultural Fit Project Management Communication Technical Competencies Python R SQL EXCEL MMx Forecasting Machine Learning Pharma Commercial Know How HEOR EPI and Economic Analysis HEOR Simulation Analysis Patient Data Analytics Know How Dataiku KNIME Others Skills .