Director of US Forecasting & Business Planning

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Job Description

We are looking for a strategic leader to serve as Director of US Forecasting & Business Planning driving key commercial processes and performance tracking in the person will be a critical business partner with the US Commercial Leadership Team finance and senior leadership to develop forecast for the US market link forecast ambition to business priorities / KPIs and drive key business processes to enable effective monitoring of these KPIs. Through the effective use of data market research forecasting and analytics this individual will lead a team representing the commercial perspective on the short and long-term outlook for the US business and how the business is tracking to realize the outlook.

Key Responsibilities:

• Guides all US demand forecasting activities and processes through proactive strategic alignment with cross-functional stakeholders

• Provides strategic guidance and hands-onsupportto your team todevelopand maintainbest-in-classforecasting methods models and techniques to provide meaningful advances in forecast efficiency and accuracy

• Leverages quantitative expertise tosupportthe Commercial team in making key business decisions; providesproactive strategic guidance tohelplink strategies / tactics to business outlook

• Supportsdevelopment of US Commercial Scorecard to align business KPIs to the business outlook

• SupportsQuarterly Business Reviews tofacilitateconversation on businessfollow throughand tracks realization of the forecast aspiration

• LeadsUS forecastingcollaborationwith GlobalDemandPlanning and Technical Operations tosupportthe S&OP process

• LeadsUS Monthly Business Review (MBR) process

• Ensure systems and processessupportongoing forecasting updates and incorporation of real-time novel information

• Effectively and succinctly communicate forecast updates andanalytics business development assessments andrisksto senior members of the business via meetings presentations and dashboards/reports.

• Ensure forecasts address the impact of criticalevents arelogicallydesigned and well documented in the forecast model and represent consensusdecision-making among key stakeholders
  

Basic Qualifications:

Doctorate degree with 8yearsof experience

OR

Masters degree with 10yearsof experience

OR

Bachelors degree with 12yearsof experience

OR

Associate degree with 14yearsof experience

OR

High School Diploma / GED with 16yearsof experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• 6yearsof experience in pharmaceutical or biotech forecasting anddata

• Prior experience in oncology hematology or rare diseases

• Deepcommand of a variety ofproblem-solvingtechniques tosupportproduct and market forecasting

• Meaningfulcritical thinking abilities geared toward problem-solving

• Highly self-motivated and worksindependentlyacross problem identification designing and executing thesolution as well as drawing meaningful conclusions

• Quickly grasps the big picture and links insights to larger issues

• Ability to thrive in anexcitingmatrixedenvironment and navigate multiple priorities delegate effectively and balance resourcing against planned and unplanned businessneeds

• Excellentoral written and presentation skills with ability to explaincomplexconcepts and findings clearly to a variety of audiences including senior and executive personnel

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Eligible employees may participate in benefit plans subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans.

Kite is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the development of innovative cancer immunotherapies with a goal of providing rapid long-term durable response and eliminating the burden of chronic care. The company is focused on chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) and T cell receptor (TCR) engineered cell therapies designed to empower the immune systems ability to recognize and kill tumors. Kite is based in Santa Monica CA. For more information on Kite please visit . Sign up to follow @KitePharma on Twitter at jobs in the United States:

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