Senior Manager, Business Analysis and Insights – Team Lead
Amgen
PythonSQLTableau
Business Analysis & Information Manager
Amgen
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Tokyo • 🇯🇵 Japan
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JuniorMid-Level
Tech Stack
PythonSQLTableau
About the role
- Drive Japan Commercial Insights and forecasting activities for a dedicated Brand 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.)
- Translate primary market research findings into actionable insights and influence team decision making
- Manage several projects; plan and manage work to ensure quality expectations are met on individual projects
- Use insightful, innovative, and practical solutions to complex problems and manage immediate and long-term impact of problems and changing circumstances
- Define the annual research plan; design and execute research in alignment with the business unit and provide actionable insights to accelerate marketing and sales activities
- Apply global forecasting models to Japan and update them using quantitative and qualitative Japanese market data; develop and update local forecasting models if necessary
- Present forecasting results and align them with the Business Unit Director (BUD)
- Define KPIs (lagging, leading, and engagement) in alignment with the business unit and perform regular national and subnational analytics, deep dive/ad hoc analytics, and RWD analytics (MDV, JMDC) leveraging Prospection
- Manage and be the expert of 3rd‑party data (IQVIA, MDV and JMDC)
Requirements
- Experience in sales forecasting for a minimum of 2-3 years in a pharmaceutical company in Japan
- Or experience in a management consulting firm or 2+ years
- Problem-solving skill and decision-making skill
- Analytical skills (statistics, machine learning, Tableau, SQL, and Python)
- Communication skills (interpersonally and organizationally skills with assertiveness)
- English proficiency (business level, including confident and competent presentation skills)
- Project management skills (planning, scheduling, implementation, and stabilization)
- Knowledge of industrial data (JD-Net, IQVIA, Ultmarc, MDV, JMDC, etc.)
- Academic background: Bachelor / master degree (natural science-related field or MBA is preferred)
- Fluency in English, both oral and written communications
- Preferred: Demonstrated ability to translate business questions into research plans and synthesize multiple data sources
- Preferred: Experience in a multinational pharmaceutical company in the Japanese marketplace
- Preferred: Leadership experience in delivering results and developing capabilities in BAI
- Preferred: Expert in market analysis and forecasting (forecasting models, qualitative competitive analysis frameworks, forecasting and analytical tools)
ATS Keywords
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Hard skills
sales forecastingmarket researchanalyticsstatisticsmachine learningTableauSQLPythonforecasting modelsdata synthesis
Soft skills
problem-solvingdecision-makingcommunicationproject managementassertivenessorganizational skillsleadershipcollaborationplanningscheduling
