Forecasting and Analytics Sr Director

Overview

This role leads enterprise-wide commercial forecasting, demand planning, and revenue analytics across the organization’s portfolio. You will serve as the primary steward of forecast accuracy, partnering with Commercial, Marketing, Finance, Market Access, and Executive Leadership to deliver actionable insights that support business planning, resource allocation, investor communications, and strategic decision-making.

Responsibilities

Commercial Forecasting Leadership

• Lead the development, maintenance, and continuous improvement of short-term and long-range revenue forecasts.
• Own forecast methodology, assumptions, scenario planning, and forecasting governance across all products and business segments.
• Establish forecasting processes, models, and tools to improve forecast accuracy and business predictability.
• Deliver monthly, quarterly, and annual forecast updates to executive leadership.

Demand Planning & Business Analytics

• Analyze market dynamics, customer utilization trends, testing volumes, competitive activity, and commercial performance drivers.
• Translate commercial and market intelligence into revenue implications and forecast adjustments.
• Develop predictive models and reporting to inform growth opportunities, risks, and mitigation strategies.
• Monitor forecast performance and conduct variance analyses.

Strategic & Long-Range Planning

• Partner with Finance on annual operating plans, strategic plans, and long-range financial outlooks.
• Support portfolio planning, new product assessments, pricing initiatives, and commercial investment decisions.
• Build business scenarios and sensitivity analyses to support executive decision-making.

Cross-Functional Partnership

• Serve as the primary forecasting partner to Commercial Leadership, Finance & FP&A, Marketing, Market Access, Business Development, and Corporate Strategy.
• Facilitate consensus forecast reviews and align stakeholders around key assumptions and business risks.

Reporting & Executive Communications

• Prepare forecast packages and executive summaries for leadership reviews.
• Present key insights, risks, opportunities, and recommendations to senior executives.
• Support earnings preparation, Board materials, and investor-related forecasting analyses as required.

Data & Forecast Excellence

• Drive adoption of advanced forecasting methodologies, analytics, and forecasting technology.
• Establish forecast accuracy metrics and KPI dashboards.
• Ensure integrity and consistency of commercial and operational data used in forecasting.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Statistics, Life Sciences, or a related field required.
• 10+ years of experience in commercial forecasting, strategic planning, analytics, finance, or commercial operations within diagnostics, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, healthcare, or related life sciences industries.
• Deep expertise in revenue forecasting, demand planning, business analytics, and scenario modeling.
• Proven experience supporting executive leadership, annual operating planning processes, long-range strategic planning, and investment decision-making.
• Track record of influencing and driving alignment across cross-functional stakeholders.
• Strong executive presence with exceptional analytical, communication, and presentation skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA, Master’s degree, or other advanced quantitative degree preferred.
• Experience forecasting within diagnostics, molecular diagnostics, precision medicine, laboratory services, or healthcare services businesses strongly preferred.

Success Measures

• Forecast accuracy and predictability.
• Quality and timeliness of executive forecasting deliverables.
• Effectiveness of scenario planning and risk identification.
• Stakeholder confidence and adoption of forecast outputs.
• Contribution to commercial and strategic planning decisions.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary is determined with geographic location taken into account to ensure equitable and competitive compensation.

Location

• U.S. citizen or national.
• Green Card holder.
• Living full time in the USA.

Equal Opportunity Employment

The employer is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment on the basis of any protected characteristic under applicable law. Reasonable accommodations are provided for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as any mental health or physical disability needs, in accordance with applicable law.