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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 forecaster 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 individual contributor role is responsible for building, maintaining, and evolving multiple forecast types across Ex-US markets - including short-term in-market demand forecasts, long-term strategic forecasts, patient-based epidemiology forecasts, and launch and event scenarios - in partnership with affiliate forecasting leads. The Senior Analyst is accountable for forecast model integrity, assumption discipline, and the business relevance of outputs delivered into brand planning, S&OP, and portfolio cycles.\nACCOUNTABILITIES\nForecast Model Development and Delivery\nBuild and maintain a portfolio of forecasts across multiple IBU markets and brands, spanning short-term tactical forecasts (24-36 months), long-term strategic forecasts (10+ years), in-line product forecasts, and pipeline and BD forecasts.\nApply the appropriate forecast methodology to each disease area, including patient-based approaches (prevalence, incidence, disease progression), demand-based approaches (trend, time-series, regression, exponential smoothing), and hybrid models that integrate both.\nConduct scenario and sensitivity analyses for market events, competitive entries, LOEs, pricing changes, indication expansions, and access scenarios across IBU geographies.\nMaintain rigorous assumption documentation, version control, and audit trails for every forecast cycle, supporting reproducibility and review by affiliate and global stakeholders.\nTrack forecast accuracy across cycles, perform variance analyses against actuals, and translate learnings into improved drivers and assumptions for the next cycle.\nData, Methodology, and Tooling\nWork 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.\nApply statistical and machine learning techniques where appropriate - including ARIMA, exponential smoothing, regression (single and multivariate), Prophet, and other time-series methods - to enhance forecast accuracy for in-market brands.\nBuild forecast outputs and tracking dashboards in Tableau or Power BI; structure model files in Excel and, where applicable, in Python or R for automation and reproducibility.\nStakeholder Partnership and Communication\nPartner with affiliate forecasting leads, brand teams, finance, and global IBU stakeholders to clarify intake, align on methodology, and walk through outputs, assumptions, risks, and scenarios.\nTranslate model outputs into clear narratives, decision-grade slides, and assumption summaries tailored to commercial, finance, and senior leadership audiences.\nRepresent the GCC forecasting pod in cross-functional working sessions for brand planning, S&OP, LRP, and ad-hoc strategic questions.\nProcess Improvement and Operational Excellence\nIdentify opportunities to automate recurring forecast updates, standardize templates across markets and brands, and build reusable assumption libraries that improve speed and consistency.\nContribute to building capability within the GCC pod, including knowledge sharing, documentation of best practices, and onboarding support for new analysts.\nLeverage AI and GenAI tools to accelerate data preparation, assumption research, deviation reasoning, and narrative generation within forecasting workflows.\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\n3-5 years of progressive experience in pharmaceutical forecasting or related quantitative areas.\nHands-on experience building and maintaining multiple 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 more than one market.\nExperience supporting Ex-US markets is required, particularly EU markets; exposure to Asian or Latin American markets is a strong plus.\nWorking 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.\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 manage multiple forecast cycles simultaneously in a fast-paced, cross-cultural, matrixed environment.\nWorking knowledge of coding techniques such as Python, R, or SAS for data preparation, time-series analysis, and automation is a nice to have, not a mandatory requirement.\nSkills & Competencies\nPharmaceutical Domain Knowledge - Understands demand drivers, patient flow, market events, lifecycle stages, and competitive dynamics across therapy areas and Ex-US markets.\nAnalytical Rigor - Applies disciplined assumption management, sensitivity analysis, and accuracy tracking to every forecast deliverable.\nStakeholder Partnership - Builds trusted working relationships with affiliate forecasting leads, brand teams, finance, and global partners across multiple time zones.\nData Storytelling - Distils forecast outputs, assumptions, risks, and scenarios into clear narratives with practical business implications and decision points.\nOperational Excellence - Identifies and implements opportunities to automate, standardize, and scale forecasting workflows using modern tools and practices.\nCross-Cultural Communication - Fluent communicator across India-EU-Asia-LatAm time zones; 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