Director, Head of Global Strategic Forecasting - Rare Disease

About This Role Global Strategic Forecasting is an advisory group to senior leadership within Biogen that drives strategic decisions and planning for in-line and pipeline products across multiple therapeutic categories using forecast models and insights to inform recommendations.You will play a critical role in Biogen’s future success by leading global strategic forecasting for one of Biogen’s core growth pillars, as a highly visible interface with senior and executive leadership globally and cross functionally. You work with global leaders playing a proactive role in assessing the commercial strategy for Biogen’s key brands, work with senior management on confidential assessments and deals to support decisions and lead the creation of best-in-class forecasts.You are responsible for global long-term forecasts,and further enhancing excellence in overall forecasting capabilities from global through to regional delivery, and you will help guide insights on how opportunities/threats may impact enterprise performance and help to guide the short- and long-term strategy through efficient scenario planning. You will help drive insight generation to support critical assumptions. You will assess life cycle management initiatives and business development opportunities to define their potential impact. You will support Biogen’s most important late stage and inline assets, including market evolution, competitive landscape, target strategic segments and where needed patient flow dynamics. This role reports to the Head of Global Customer & Market Insights.What You’ll Do Orchestrate an effective Biogen forecasting ecosystem in support of the annual long range planning process. Guide the maintenance and building of globally aligned forecast models, epidemiology alignment governance, provide guidance on process and assumptions to support the Biogen forecasting community, with relevant pull through across the organization (e.g. clinical development and sales & operations planning).For your designated categories, be a trusted strategic thought partner to very senior corporate customers (e.g., CFO, EVP of Commercial, Global Asset and Regional Leads, etc.), leveraging expertise and problem-solving to help shape key strategic decisions for franchises and brands. Drive and further enhance GCE&O forecasting capability excellence across global and regional (iCoE) teamsBuild and refine the forecasting models for therapeutic areas/assets within Biogen’s portfolio and continually improve the scope and accuracy (e.g., simulation of complex market dynamics and patient flows, development and communication of good forecasting practices)Generate insights that help refine global Biogen strategies for in-line / pipeline Biogen product(s) through creative targeted analyses of internal Biogen data, primary and secondary data that assess prospective strategic levers and potential risks and opportunitiesPresent the global strategic forecast narrative to senior executives for assigned brand(s) and/or market for Biogen’s long-range planning processAct as a central point of expertise driving collaboration for regional forecasting and insights offering guidance on key strategic questionsProvide context and forecasting support to cross-functional partners (e.g., Finance) to ensure the potential impact of Commercial Biogen strategies are well understood and planned forLeverage innovative new technologies for more effective ways of forecasting at BiogenWho You Are You love forecasting and are passionate about using data to guide key strategic business decisions, including business growth. You love learning new therapy areas, working in a cross functional environment creating strong collaborations and engaging with senior leadership.