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As Associate Director, IO Forecasting, you will own the end-to-end forecasting agenda for a flagship Immuno-Oncology brand in the US, delivering the clarity our business needs to invest with confidence and reach more patients. Your work will set the pace for planning, launch readiness, and supply-translating complex signals into a single, credible view of the future.\nYou will be a thought partner to commercial leaders, building short- and long-term outlooks through patient-flow models and statistical trending, and crystallizing risks, opportunities, and scenarios. Working in close partnership with Insights & Analytics, Marketing, Sales, Market Access, Sales Operations, Global Analytics & Insights, Supply Planning, and Finance, you will align assumptions and narrative, then bring them to life for senior stakeholders. Do you thrive at the intersection of analytics, storytelling, and impact?\nIn a dynamic Oncology environment, you will also help advance our AI-enabled forecasting capabilities-accelerating insight generation, improving precision, and scaling best practices across the portfolio.\nAccountabilities:\nUS IO Forecast Leadership: Lead US forecasting and business planning for new Immuno-Oncology products, consolidating the IO portfolio forecast to inform strategy, resource allocation, and performance management.\nForecast Model Ownership: Build, maintain, and continuously refine product-specific short- and long-term models that are transparent, scenario-ready, and grounded in patient and market dynamics.\nMarket Drivers and Scenario Planning: Identify and pressure test key volume and value drivers, quantify risks and opportunities, and translate uncertainty into actionable scenarios for decision-making.\nCross-Functional Alignment: Partner with commercial leaders and forecast collaborators to align on assumptions and performance narrative, ensuring one authoritative forecast informs all planning cycles.\nBrand Performance Analytics: Deliver in-depth analyses for critical business deliverables, connecting the “why” behind performance to strategic choices and next best actions.\nAI-Enabled Forecasting: Incorporate AI analytical tools into forecasting workflows; support ongoing development of the AI forecasting platform to improve speed, accuracy, and automation.\nCompetitive and Market Monitoring: Track the external environment, competitive moves, and market developments; quickly reflect changes in forecast assumptions and guidance.\nEvidence Integration: Consult on primary market research and leverage secondary analytics to strengthen assumptions and validate signals.\nExecutive Storytelling: Create and deliver compelling presentations to senior leaders, highlighting critical insights, implications, and recommended actions.\nC-Level Narrative Partnership: Collaborate with senior US leaders to craft a clear, concise performance narrative for a C-level audience.\nPeople Leadership and Coaching: Guide Forecasting & Performance Senior Managers and Senior Analysts, raising the bar on rigor, clarity, and influence.\nCapability Building and Automation: Advance forecasting capabilities and drive process efficiencies, automation, and innovation that scale across brands.\nEssential Skills/Experience:\nBachelor's degree, preferably in a quantitative field (e.g., Engineering, Data Science, Statistics, Math, Economics, Computer Science, Operations Research).\nproven experience at a pharmaceutical/biotechnology manufacturer or in the biopharmaceutical industry (e.g., forecasting, data/analytics, management consulting, market research, investment banking).\n4 years of experience in forecasting: building models, leading input evaluation, communicating outputs, and guiding business decisions; 2 years specifically in a biopharmaceutical role.\nDeep expertise in building pharmaceutical forecast models and leading/optimizing the full forecasting process.\nExperienced in evaluating analytics from pharmaceutical data sources (APLD, IQVIA, claims) and epidemiological data (Kantar, DRG).\nExperience with primary market research, advanced analytics, and competitive intelligence.\nDesirable Skills/Experience:\nAdvanced Quantitative Degree or Advanced Marketing Degree (e.g., MBA).\nExperience working in Oncology.\nWhen we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.\nWhy AstraZeneca:\nHere you will shape the future of Oncology by pairing commercial excellence with scientific depth, using cutting-edge analytics and AI to guide bold, fast decisions that matter for patients. We bring diverse experts together to solve hard problems, empower people to take smart risks, and learn quickly-valuing kindness alongside ambition. With a broad and advancing pipeline, your forecasting will directly influence launches, access strategies, and investments that bring novel medicines to people who need them most.\nCall to Action:\nIf you are ready to lead IO forecasting that elevates decisions and accelerates patient impact, send us your application and make your mark today!\nThe annual base pay for this position ranges from US $195,468 & $293,203 Our positions offer eligibility for various incentives-an opportunity to receive short-term incentive bonuses, equity-based awards for salaried roles and commissions for sales roles. Benefits offered include qualified retirement programs, paid time off (i.e., vacation, holiday, and leaves), as well as health, dental, and vision coverage in accordance with the terms of the applicable plans.\nDate Posted\n19-Oct-2026Closing Date\n03-Nov-2026Our mission is to build an inclusive environment where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and employees. In furtherance of that mission, we welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of their protected characteristics. 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