Global Forecasting & Insights Director

Location: Barcelona - Spain (3 days working from the office and 2 days working from home)

About the role:

The Global Forecasting & Insights Director for Forxiga and the Dapagliflozin combinations is a highly visible strategic role at the intersection of brand growth, lifecycle planning, and pre-launch preparation. 

In this role, you will develop product-specific long-term forecasts reflecting current data. Lead the forecasting and business planning processes, identify key business issues that impact short-term and long-range product and market forecasts, and appropriately incorporate primary research into forecast models to reflect anticipated risks and opportunities on sales outlook. 

Success in this role requires deep expertise in forecasting methodologies, scenario planning, and assumption setting, along with experience supporting both inline brand execution and pre-launch or lifecycle activities. The ideal candidate combines strategic range with executional discipline, works effectively across Finance, Payer, Insights, Data Analytics, and Commercial partners, and embraces modern analytics and AI-enabled approaches to strengthen decision-making. Through a close partnership with the Global Brand Team and a strong understanding of the therapy area, you will translate the insight gaps into the correct questions, and with a technical expertise in research design and interpretation—generate the relevant answers. 

The Global Forecasting & Insights Director owns forecasting leadership end to end—from model design and governance to scenario planning and communication of business implications—ensuring forecasts reflect the best available inputs and support confident enterprise decision-making. The role is also expected to strengthen forecasting capabilities through continuous improvement, thoughtful adoption of digital tools, and selective use of AI-enabled methods where appropriate. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead global forecasting for Forxiga and the dapagliflozin combinations delivering timely, accurate, and decision-ready projections that support inline brand management and pre-launch activities 

• Own forecast development and communication, including assumptions, scenarios, sensitivities, key business drivers, and the implications of market events, competitive dynamics, and strategic choices 

• Support core planning processes, including annual planning, long-range planning, and quarterly business updates 

• Partner closely with Finance, Payer, Insights, Data Analytics, Commercial, and strategy leaders to align on assumptions, risks, opportunities, and business implications 

• Integrate market research, analytics, and business insights into forecasts and lead scenario planning to inform investment choices, risk mitigation, and strategic decisions 

• Partner with Brand Analytics and data scientists elsewhere in the business to leverage real world data for insights generation to better understand physician and patient behavior and drive strategic implementation within the brand 

• Ensure objectivity and robustness around the forecast via identification of the appropriate data sources and application of industry-leading modeling approaches, with sensitivity analyses around key variables to assist in opportunity and risk management and championing the use of local customer insights 

• Summarize and clearly present forecasts, including methodology assumptions and recommendations to senior stakeholders and continuously improve forecasting approaches, tools, and AI-enabled ways of working 

Required experience:

• 8+ years of direct pharmaceutical experience in forecasting, business planning, market modeling, or related strategic decision-support roles 

• Strong experience leading forecasts in complex business environments, including scenario planning, sensitivity analysis, and assumption development 

• Experience supporting both inline brand management and pre-launch, or lifecycle activities is strongly preferred 

• Experience supporting Global or US business planning and decision-making is strongly preferred 

• Demonstrated ability to connect forecast outputs to strategic, commercial, payer, and financial decisions and communicate implications clearly to senior stakeholders 

• Strong business acumen, intellectual curiosity, and the ability to synthesize multiple data sources into clear assumptions, forecast narratives, and actionable recommendations 

• Collaborative leadership style with the ability to work effectively across a matrixed organization, including close partnership with Finance, Payer, Insights, Data Analytics, and Commercial teams 

• Comfort with digital tools, advanced analytics, and emerging AI applications that can strengthen forecasting efficiency, insight generation, and decision quality 

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in business, economics, statistics, life sciences, finance, or a related field; advanced degree (MBA, PhD) a plus 

• Occasional travel may be required.

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