Gallop Research - Associate Consultant/Consultant - Forecasting/Market Research

Associate Consultant/Consultant - Forecasting/Market Research

Brief Introduction :

- The Associate Consultant / Consultant will work directly with customers in the forecasting, market research, market access teams and other cross functional teams.

- The position involves managing client relationships, interaction with and presentations to high-level management and its client stakeholders. The incumbent will need to think both quantitatively and qualitatively. Experience with Pharmaceutical datasets is required. Working knowledge of patient level data is a plus.

Responsibilities :

- Performing in depth market research and analysing data/info to derive insights based on client requirements

- Analyze, interpret and synthesize learnings from primary and secondary research sources, drawing conclusions that are actionable, impactful, and accessible for stakeholders. Monitoring competition/indications/market/regulatory environment that can impact the product of interest

- Representing information and insights into presentable reports (PowerPoint/ Word/ Excel) for effective utilization by clients

- Proactively identify business challenges/opportunities and work closely with the team to develop research objectives, select methodologies, plan research projects, write and program questionnaires, and complete analysis and reporting.

Qualifications :

- General Management / Pharma Management/Masters with Life Science background/Engineers / with 1-2 years of experience in the relevant jobs; with at least 1 years of experience in Pharma forecasting

- Should demonstrate strong fundamentals on domain, project management, client influencing and relationship building skills

- Strong analytical, problem solving (qualitative and quantitative), interpersonal, and presentation skills

- Any past working experience in performing financial analysis or company/asset valuation is an added advantage

- Understanding of forecasting and S&OP processes

- Strong understanding about the healthcare datasets

- Strong understanding of fundamental processes across pharmaceutical commercial business, their interaction, and the impact of external/internal influences on effectively develop and deliver forecasts as well as on decision making

- Extensive understanding of major pharmaceutical market events such as US drug formulary, pricing, inventory challenges and market access implications

- Experience in building sophisticated models to support short-term and long-term strategic forecast requirements

- Experience on modeling and incorporation of standard industry datasets and epidemiology databases

- Experience in Oncology/Specialty Products/Rare disease is preferred

- Strong capability in juggling priorities so that deadlines are met while retaining consistently high-quality outcomes

- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively with others in and across the organization to accomplish team goals

- Ability to think creatively and strategically

- Oncology and/or Specialty Pharma analytics experience highly desired

- Preferably has done analytics work on site at a medium to large pharmaceutical company