Germany Insights & Strategy Partner

About Astellas :

At Astellas we are a progressive health partner, delivering value and outcomes where needed.

We pursue innovative science, focussing initially on the areas of greatest potential and then developing solutions where patient need is high, often in rare or under-served disease areas and in life-threatening or life-limiting diseases and conditions.

We work directly with patients, doctors and health care professionals on the front line to ensure patient and clinical needs are guiding our development activities at every stage.

Our global vision for Patient Centricity is to support the development of innovative health solutions through a deep understanding of the patient experience.

At Astellas, Patient Centricity isn’t a buzzword - it’s a guiding principle for action. We believe all staff have a role to play in creating a patient-centric culture and integrating an awareness of the patient into our everyday working practices, regardless of our role, team or division.

We work closely with regulatory authorities and payers to find new ways to ensure access to new therapies. We deliver the latest insights and real-world evidence to inform the best decisions for patients and their care-givers, to ensure the medicines we develop continue to provide meaningful outcomes.

Beyond medicines, we support our stakeholder communities to drive initiatives that improve awareness, education, access and ultimately standards of care.

The Opportunity :

As a Lead Affiliate Commercial Insights Manager, your role will provide forward-looking insights to enhance understanding of the relevant markets, competitors, and customers, aiming to deliver a significant competitive advantage for Astellas’ products.

Hybrid Working :

At Astellas we recognise the importance of balancing your work and home life, so we offer a hybrid working solution allowing time to connect with colleagues in person at the office alongside the flexibility to work from home;

optimising the most productive work environment for you to succeed and deliver.

Key Activities for this role :

Insights and Strategy Partner activities for assigned product (s) and provide forward looking insights to advance understanding of the relevant markets, competitors, and customers with the aim of delivering major competitive advantage for Astellas’ products.

Delivery and execution of insights plans that are aligned with global counterparts and address Affiliate specific strategic objectives, tactical requirements, and decision-making needs.

Includes annual business planning activities and additional strategic exercises.

Develop deep understanding of the market landscape which includes market potential, market trends, unmet medical and patient needs, market access challenges and competitors’ trend for each of the assigned products.

Provide assumptions and inputs to inform analytics plans (executed by separate team) to inform market and response models such as forecasting, identification of data sources, and another secondary research.

Prioritize resources and projects to effectively and efficiently deliver I&S support to Affiliate commercial stakeholders and align to global CI roadmap.

Serve as the primary strategic partner and point of accountability to Affiliate commercial leadership, providing thought leadership and insight to drive business decisions and outcomes.

Essential Knowledge & Experience :

Strong financial acumen and a good understanding of the Business Planning Process in a pharmaceutical organization (Strong analytical, problem-solving, and quantitative skills).

Strong ability to work effectively and collaboratively across a global organization, both cross- functionally and cross-culturally

Strategic thinking : quickly discerns patterns and trends and understands their implications.

Ability to understand, translate and integrate multiple data sources (across primary and secondary data sources) into actionable insights to drive decision-making.

Ability to define / scope projects effectively and propose a structured and practical approach to solving complex and ill-defined problems.

Preferred Knowledge and Experience :

Experience of project management, able to manage multiple, complex projects.

Strong interpersonal, collaboration and partnering skills with demonstrated ability to lead and work in a team-based, global environment.

Previous experience in Consultancy.

Advanced Excel skills

Significant presentation skills

Previous experience in a similar role such as Business Insights or Business intelligence.

Educations / Qualifications :

Bachelor’s degree; or equivalent.

Extensive experience in the pharmaceutical industry.

Additional information :

This is a permanent fulltime position.

Fluent in written and spoken business English and German.

This position is based in the Munich, Germany.

This position follows our hybrid working model. Role requires a blend of home and minimum 1 days per week in our Germany office.

Flexibility may be required in line with business need. Candidates must be located within a commutable distance of the office.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.