
Associate Director, Forecasting & Analytics Biosimilars
Job Description
We Are Teva
Our Team, Your Impact
The Associate Director, Forecasting & Analytics is responsible for leading forecasting, business analytics, and strategic insights generation across the Biosimilars portfolio. The role serves as a trusted business partner to Commercial, Portfolio, Finance, Market Access, Supply Chain, and Senior Leadership teams, ensuring robust demand forecasts and actionable insights that drive growth, profitability, and informed business decisions.
This role combines deep analytical expertise with strong business acumen to support portfolio strategy, launch planning, lifecycle management, and performance optimization across multiple markets and products.
How You’ll Spend Your Day
Forecasting & Business Planning
- Lead development and maintenance of short-, medium-, and long-term forecasts for the Biosimilars portfolio.
- Build and continuously refine forecasting models incorporating market dynamics, competitive intelligence, tender activity, patient flows, pricing changes, and market access developments.
- Partner with Commercial, Finance, Supply Chain and S&OP teams to ensure forecast alignment and transparency.
- Develop scenario-based forecasts and sensitivity analyses to support strategic planning and risk management.
- Provide portfolio outlooks for annual operating plans, strategic plans, budget cycles, and leadership reviews.
Commercial Analytics & Insights
- Generate actionable insights from market, customer, sales, pricing, and competitive data.
- Monitor business performance against targets and identify opportunities, risks, and emerging trends.
- Develop business performance dashboards and KPIs for leadership teams.
- Translate complex analytics into clear business recommendations for senior stakeholders.
- Support launch readiness assessments and post-launch performance evaluations.
Strategic Decision Support
- Support portfolio strategy, business development assessments, and lifecycle management initiatives.
- Evaluate market attractiveness, competitive positioning, and demand potential across biosimilars markets.
- Conduct opportunity assessments related to new product introductions, indications, and market expansions.
- Partner with Market Access teams to assess pricing and reimbursement scenarios.
Cross-Functional Leadership
- Act as a key strategic partner to Biosimilars Leadership Team members.
- Collaborate with Global and Regional Commercial teams to align forecasting methodologies and assumptions.
- Facilitate discussions with Finance, Supply Chain, Market Access, Medical Affairs, and Portfolio teams.
- Influence decision-making through data-driven recommendations and compelling business cases.
Analytics Excellence
- Drive standardization and continuous improvement of forecasting methodologies and analytical tools.
- Promote best practices in forecasting governance, data quality, and performance measurement.
- Explore advanced analytics techniques including predictive modeling and AI-enabled forecasting capabilities.
- Champion a culture of fact-based decision making across the business.
Your Skills and Experience
Education
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Data Analytics, Life Sciences, or related field.
- Advanced degree (MBA, MSc, Economics, Analytics, Data Science, or equivalent) preferred.
Experience
- 8+ years of experience in forecasting, commercial analytics, business insights, strategic planning, or related roles.
- Experience within pharmaceuticals, biosimilars, biotechnology, healthcare, or life sciences required.
- Demonstrated expertise in demand forecasting and commercial analytics.
- Experience supporting senior commercial leaders and strategic business decisions.
- Experience working across multiple countries and markets preferred.
Skills & Competencies
- Strong communication skills in English language
Technical Expertise
- Forecasting methodologies and statistical modeling.
- Commercial analytics and business intelligence.
- Market and competitive analysis.
- Financial and strategic planning.
- Advanced Excel, Power BI, Tableau, or similar visualization tools.
- Experience with IQVIA and pharmaceutical market datasets preferred.
Leadership & Business Partnership
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
- Ability to challenge assumptions constructively.
- Excellent communication and executive presentation skills.
- Strong business acumen and strategic thinking capability.
- Ability to manage ambiguity and operate in a dynamic environment.
Personal Attributes
- Curious and insight-driven.
- Results-oriented with strong execution focus.
- Collaborative and highly cross-functional.
- Comfortable operating at both strategic and operational levels.
- Resilient and adaptable in a rapidly evolving competitive environment.