Director, Forecasting - US Vaccines

About the role

This position involves establishing and maintaining forecasts for defined brands and products using industry-best practices and tools. The role also includes communicating with senior leadership on the full US Vaccines forecast, aligning on the commercial business model, value drivers, key risks, and strategic assumptions.

Responsibilities

• Set forecasting strategy by defining value drivers, anticipating market dynamics, and recommending trade-offs across near- and long-term horizons.
• Translate analytics into concise decision stories (insight → options → recommendation → implications) and drive alignment across stakeholders.
• Maintain SKU-level forecasts across the portfolio (incl. Puerto Rico), integrating cross-functional inputs and external market/competitive/policy signals.
• Lead monthly LE and CERPS loads; surface risks, opportunities, decision points, and trade-offs; support submissions and earnings processes with executive-ready driver narratives.
• Drive forecast quality using accuracy/bias metrics; diagnose drivers, lead corrective actions, and document assumptions/risks for transparent, audit-ready traceability.
• Deliver brand, therapeutic area, and environmental insights that inform performance, resourcing, and investment decisions.
• Lead launch projections; build decision-grade scenarios and sensitivities across key drivers (e.g., capacity and market access).
• Track policy/regulatory and competitive changes; quantify forecast impacts; partner with Market Access and Legal/Compliance on compliant strategies and mitigations.
• Partner within Finance & Marketing Mix Analytics to model, visualize, and pressure-test scenarios; coach others on interpretation and limitations.
• Lead and develop a small forecasting team; coach performance, standardize playbooks, and scale best practices.

Requirements

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree
• 5+ years of professional experience, full-time employment, of which the most recent three years at GSK, in a peer company of GSK’s, or in a management consulting firm, with focus on Forecasting, Finance, Competitive Intelligence or Analytics roles in the BioPharm industry

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge and experience with GSK U.S. Pharma’s therapeutic areas of commercialization
• Graduate degree in Business (MBA), in Science (M.Sc) (incl. Statistics, Computer Sciences and Operations Research, or in Finance/ Economics (M. Econ.) or related)
• Methodological hands-on proficiency of relevant financial and analytical approaches and models
• Communication and presentation skills as evidenced through experience leading senior management presentations, conference presentations, and/or publications
• Experience driving process simplification and automation, with exposure to AI tools and a willingness to experiment—helping shape the future vision for connected, data-driven capabilities
• Proven and advanced collaboration skills, and cultural sensitivity

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