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Senior Analyst - ForecastingAstraZeneca · India - Bangalore
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AstraZeneca

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Senior Analyst - Forecasting

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🗓️ Posted 2026-09-25 India - Bangalore Full-time Hybrid Banking Financial Services
💰 Salary Not shared 📊 Market ₹100,000–₹180,000/mo

About the Company

Are you prepared to transform uncertainty into clarity-turning data into evidence-based forecasts that guide investment and accelerate access for patients. In this role, you will build and sustain patient, volume, and revenue forecasts for strategic brands and early assets, partnering closely with Forecast Leaders and Commercial, Finance, and Market Access teams to set performance expectations and influence brand strategy for priority markets. Your work will directly shape how we plan, invest, and mobilize to bring medicines to patients faster. Based at Manyata Tech Park, Bangalore, this hybrid role (three days a week in office) operates 2 PM-11 PM IST to collaborate seamlessly across global time zones. From day one, you will calibrate patient-based models, document clear assumptions, and surface the drivers that change growth trajectories. Can you translate complex market signals into critical guidance that leadership relies on. Accountabilities: Forecast Ownership: Deliver robust, open demand forecasts for strategic brands and key markets, with clear documentation of assumptions and confidence levels to inform decisions. Methodology and Defense: Authoritatively and confidently defend forecast approaches, models, assumptions, and outputs to cross-functional collaborators. Data and Modelling Excellence: Ensure objectivity and difficulty by selecting the right data sources and applying industry-leading modelling techniques; run sensitivity analyses to quantify r

Requirements

  • ● Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in relevant field
  • ● + years of direct Pharmaceutical forecasting experience with an in-depth knowledge of forecasting techniques, models and approaches
  • ● Good understanding of multiple disease areas, with experience in rare diseases/ OBU including how patients move through their respective diagnosis and treatment pathways, including treatment dynamics
  • ● Strong analytical expertise; excellent Excel, financial modelling and forecasting skills
  • ● Ability to build trusted relationships across a range of partner groups including Marketing, Analytics, Operations, and Technology
  • ● Proven experience in problem solving and continuous improvement
  • ● Strong written and verbal communication
  • ● Advanced degree preferred (e.g., PhD, MBA, Masters)
  • ● Early asset forecasting, portfolio/Asset prioritization, Business development & licensing opportunity assessment
  • ● For US forecasting, confirmed understanding of US reimbursement pathways and gross-to- net
  • ● Why AstraZeneca:
  • ● Join a high-performing, digitally savvy team that partners across the enterprise to unlock the power of science and deliver for patients. Here, unexpected teams sit in the same room to unleash bold thinking, combining data-driven decision-making with an ambitious spirit to move quickly and take balanced risks. We are trusted to do the right thing-ethics, compliance, and clarity are front and center-so your analyses become actions that matter. You will shape how the business plans and invests, while growing your craft alongside supportive colleagues who value patience as much as ambition and who share a clear line of sight from your work to patients' lives.
  • ● Call to Action:
  • ● Ready to transform meticulous analysis into decisions that help deliver medicines faster Apply now and make your impact from Bangalore on a global stage
  • ● We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
  • ● Date Posted 25-Sept-2026
  • ● Closing Date 08-Oct-2026
  • ● AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.