Business Analytics and Insights Manager

**HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?**

Amgen is one of the world’s leading independent biotechnology companies. For over 4 decades, Amgen has pioneered biotechnology breakthroughs, to bring state-of-the-art medicines from laboratory to the patient. Amgen has not only discovered and developed innovative human therapeutics but has invested in cutting edge manufacturing capability and support services to deliver these exciting therapies to medical teams around the world. Japan and Asia Pacific (JAPAC) are the fastest growing region in Amgen. Now we are hiring a Business Analytics & Insights Manager in Singapore.

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**What you will do**

The Business Analytics & Insights Manager will drive the commercial insights, forecasting and analytics efforts for several inline and pipeline products in the SEA (South East Asia) region with key focus on Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia.

The main purpose of this role is to deliver market and sales analysis to improve brand value, coordinate the forecasting process relative to the allocated brand and deliver strategic insights (via market research) to the relevant teams. This individual will be one of the key point of contact with a diverse set of affiliate partners (Marketing, Value & Access, Finance, and Manufacturing).

They will have responsibilities to translate business needs into analytical plans for primary market research, developing unbiased short and long-term product forecasts, tracking brand performance, and work closely with the BAI community across the JAPAC region. This role will report to the JAPAC BAI Director with key business partners across the SEA affiliates (GMs, BUDs, etc).

**Responsibilities**:

- Drive Commercial Insights and forecasting activities for key Brands in SEA region including primary market research, secondary analytics, short and long-term product forecasts, and brand performance tracking.
- Address business issues and opportunities through relevant analytical approaches
- Provide an objective and rigorous point of view to sales forecasting and product performance while collaborating with relevant functions (commercial, medical, V&A, regulatory, etc)
- Drive brand specific performance management in JAPAC; ensure that marketing assumptions are appropriately linked to sales performance metrics and targets
- Implement primary market research projects, understanding the needs of the Global Brand team and affiliates and contributing to building the SEA insight generation plan required to meet those needs
- Work to translate the primary market research findings into actionable insights and be able to influence the team’s decision making accordingly
- Manage several projects, and plan & manage works to ensure that quality expectations are met on individual projects
- Work closely with JAPAC BAI community across the region
- Manage the immediate and long-term impact of problems and changing circumstances

**Win**

**What we expect of you**

**Qualifications**

**Basic Qualifications**
- Doctorate degree and 2 years of pharmaceutical market analysis and/or business planning experience OR
- Master's degree and 4 years of pharmaceutical market analysis and/or business planning experience OR
- Bachelor's degree and 6 years of pharmaceutical market analysis and/or business planning experience
- Fluency in English, both oral and written communications

**Preferred Skills /Qualifications**
- Demonstrated ability to translate business questions and needs into research plans and synthesize multiple data sources to answer business questions
- Demonstrated ability to deliver results, champions new innovative methodologies and tools
- Expertise in market analysis and forecasting (forecasting models, knowledge frameworks for qualitative competitive analysis, forecasting and analytical tools)
- Commercial Analysis, Business Planning experience and strong ecosystem knowledge in at least one of the key SEA market (Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand)
- Deep understanding of the markets, brands and broader context (internal and external) of the business. Can translate market research insights and findings into realistic, impactful recommendations
- Demonstrated strategic / critical thinking abilities and eye for business
- Ability to dig deep and uncover the “why” beneath the observed behaviors (go beyond the rationale)
- Excellent oral and written presentation skills with ability to explain complex concepts clearly to a variety of audiences
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team-based environment
- Ability to balance multiple projects and workstreams simultaneously
- Proficient facilitation, dedicated, analytical thinking and problem-solving
- English proficiency (business level, including confident and competent presentation skills)
- Project management skills (planning, scheduling, implementation, and stabilization)
- Knowledge of industrial data (IQVIA, etc.)

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**What you can expect of us**

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