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I further attest that all information I submit in my employment application is true to the best of my knowledge.\nJob Description\nThe Future Begins Here\nAt Takeda, we are leading digital evolution and global transformation. By building innovative solutions and future-ready capabilities, we are meeting the need of patients, our people, and the planet.\nBengaluru, the city, which is India’s epicenter of Innovation, has been selected to be home to Takeda’s recently launched Innovation Capability Center. We invite you to join our digital transformation journey. In this role, you will have the opportunity to boost your skills and become the heart of an innovative engine that is contributing to global impact and improvement.\nAt Takeda’s ICC we Unite in Diversity\nTakeda is committed to creating an inclusive and collaborative workplace, where individuals are recognized for their backgrounds and abilities they bring to our company. We are continuously improving our collaborators journey in Takeda, and we welcome applications from all qualified candidates. Here, you will feel welcomed, respected, and valued as an important contributor to our diverse team\nObjectives / Purpose\nWe are seeking a Principal Analyst to join Takeda's GCC Commercial Analytics & Insights (CA&I) organization in India as part of the Forecasting capability supporting International Business Units (IBU). This is a senior individual contributor and technical lead role for analysts who have mastered the full forecasting toolkit and now set the analytical standard for the pod. The Principal Analyst owns the most complex, high-visibility forecasts across Ex-US markets - including patient-based prevalence and disease-progression models, demand-based models, and hybrid launch and long-range forecasts - serves as the go-to methodology expert, and mentors’ junior analysts while remaining hands-on. The role is accountable for model quality, methodology selection, and the analytical credibility of forecasting output delivered into brand planning, S&OP, and portfolio cycles.\nAccountabilities\nAdvanced Forecast Development and Technical Leadership\nOwn the design and delivery of the most complex and strategically important forecasts across multiple IBU markets and brands, spanning short-term tactical, long-term strategic (10+ years), in-line, pipeline and BD forecasts.\nServe as the pod's methodology expert across the full toolkit - patient-based models (prevalence, incidence, disease progression), demand-based models (trend, time-series, regression, exponential smoothing), and hybrid approaches - and set the standard for which method fits each business question and data context.\nLead sophisticated scenario, sensitivity, and risk analyses for competitive entries, LOEs, pricing and access changes, indication expansions, and cross-market events, quantifying uncertainty and framing decision options.\nDefine and enforce assumption documentation, version control, peer-review, and audit-trail standards for the pod, ensuring reproducibility and stakeholder-ready quality.\nOwn forecast accuracy governance - designing variance-tracking approaches, diagnosing drivers of deviation, and institutionalizing learnings into improved drivers and assumption libraries.\nData, Methodology, and Innovation\nEstablish best practices for working with IQVIA MIDAS, local audit data, syndicated subnational data, claims, prescription data, and epidemiology sources to build robust market and patient views across Ex-US geographies.\nEvaluate and introduce advanced statistical and machine learning techniques - including ARIMA, exponential smoothing, multivariate regression, Prophet, and other time-series methods - to improve forecast accuracy and efficiency.\nDesign reusable model templates, assumption libraries, and dashboard frameworks in Excel, Tableau or Power BI, and where applicable Python or R, that raise the productivity and consistency of the entire pod.\nStakeholder Partnership and Influence\nAct as a trusted analytical advisor to affiliate forecasting leads, brand teams, finance, and global IBU stakeholders, shaping how forecasting questions are framed and answered.\nTranslate complex model outputs into decision-grade narratives, slides, and assumption summaries for commercial, finance, and senior leadership audiences.\nRepresent the GCC forecasting pod as a subject-matter expert in brand planning, forecast review, S&OP, LRP, and ad-hoc strategic forums.\nMentorship and Operational Excellence\nMentor Analysts and Senior Analysts through technical coaching, model reviews, and knowledge sharing, raising the analytical bar across the pod without formal people-management responsibility.\nDrive automation and standardization initiatives across recurring forecasting workflows, applying AI and GenAI tools to accelerate assumption research, deviation reasoning, narrative generation, and documentation.\nContribute to onboarding, best-practice documentation, and capability-building programs for the GCC IBU forecasting team.\nKnowledge, Skills & Experience\nEducation\nBachelor's Degree required in Statistics, Economics, Data Science, Life Sciences, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related quantitative field.\nAdvanced degree (Master's or MBA) in Analytics, Economics, Data Science, Business, or a related quantitative field is strongly preferred.\nRelevant certifications in forecasting, analytics, cloud platforms, or statistical methods are a plus.\nExperience\n5-6 years of progressive experience in pharmaceutical forecasting or related quantitative areas, with a track record of owning complex forecasts independently.\nDeep hands-on experience building the full range of forecast types - including prevalence and disease-progression (patient-based) models and demand-based models, across short-term and long-term, in-line and launch horizons - across multiple markets.\nExperience supporting Ex-US markets is required, particularly EU markets; exposure to Asian or Latin American markets is a strong plus.\nStrong working knowledge of pharma data assets such as IQVIA MIDAS, local audit data, prescription and claims data, and epidemiology sources for Ex-US markets.\nAdvanced Excel skills for forecast model construction are required; demonstrated ability to design reusable templates and frameworks.\nStrong experience with Tableau or Power BI for forecast tracking, scenario reporting, and commercial performance dashboard development.\nFamiliarity with cloud analytics environments (Databricks, AWS, Azure) and forecasting platforms (e.g., Anaplan, JDA/Blue Yonder, SAP IBP) is a plus.\nDemonstrated ability to serve as a methodology reference point and to mentor less experienced analysts.\nProficiency in coding techniques such as Python, R, or SAS for time-series analysis, automation, and reproducibility is a nice to have, not a mandatory requirement.\nSkills & Competencies\n Forecasting Methodology Mastery - Recognized expert in selecting and applying patient-based (prevalence, disease-progression), demand-based, and hybrid approaches; 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