Therapeutic Area Analytics & Insights Senior Manager - Respiratory

Why Genentech 

We’re passionate about delivering on Our Promise to improve the lives of patients and create healthier communities for all. We foster a culture of inclusivity, integrity and creativity while boldly pursuing answers to the world’s most complex health challenges and transforming society. 

Who We Are 

Our Data, Digital, and Analytics (DDA) team is dedicated to solving complex healthcare challenges and improving patient outcomes. Data, Digital, and Analytics empowers business partners across Commercial, Medical, and Government Affairs (CMG) to make impactful decisions by leveraging data, analytics, business products, and AI/ML to enable fast, targeted actions in rapidly evolving business contexts. 

Data, Digital, and Analytics fosters a unified understanding of customers, actions, and outcomes by integrating analytics and insights seamlessly into CMG’s evolving digital, data, and automation platforms, creating scalable solutions and eliminating silos. 

In Data, Digital, and Analytics, you will work as a trusted, objective advisor and expert, recommending critical decisions and actions to be taken with credibility and a focus on driving measurable impact. You will be part of a thriving culture built on collaboration and innovation. 

Job Summary 

The Therapeutic Area Analytics & Insights Senior Manager - Respiratory in Data, Digital, and Analytics is a strategic advisor to key stakeholders and an integral contributor to Genentech’s Commercial, Medical, and Government Affairs (CMG) planning efforts. This individual is responsible for developing or supporting the delivery of actionable insights and strategic recommendations to inform timely and critical business decisions across therapeutic areas, ecosystems, and/or business domains. 

A primary responsibility of this role is to lead forecasting activities within the Respiratory portfolio. The individual will develop and maintain short term financial and supply forecast models, long term patient-based models, conduct scenario and uncertainty analyses, and partner with cross-functional stakeholders to inform commercial execution and portfolio strategy decisions. As an Individual Contributor, this individual is responsible for providing strategic recommendations with moderate guidance / supervision, leveraging their capabilities. The Senior Manager works flexibly within a matrix structure, sensing business priorities and reprioritizing work to meet organizational objectives, while delivering tailored, high-impact insights that address complex business questions and align with Genentech’s strategic priorities.

The Senior Manager plays a critical role in integrating analytics products into workflows, promoting a product-first culture, and driving continuous improvement through best practice sharing and automation. 

Key Responsibilities 

Forecasting & Strategic Modeling

• Lead the development, maintenance, and refinement of Respiratory short term financial and supply forecasts.

• Lead long term patient-based revenue forecasting for Respiratory.

• Conduct scenario planning, sensitivity testing, and uncertainty analyses to inform strategic decisions across commercial planning, portfolio prioritization, and lifecycle management.

• Translate complex market dynamics into robust forecast assumptions and modeling frameworks.

• Continuously evolve forecasting methodologies by incorporating new data sources, automation, and advanced analytics approaches.

Strategic Decision Support

• Develop clear strategic recommendations by synthesizing insights across analytics, forecasting outputs, competitive dynamics, and market trends.

• Partner with CMG stakeholders to ensure forecasts and analyses inform key strategic decisions across the product lifecycle.

• Communicate forecast assumptions, risks, and key drivers to senior leadership in a clear and actionable manner.

Product Integration & Operational Excellence

• Promote adoption of Genentech’s analytics products and platforms by integrating them into forecasting workflows and analytic processes.

• Contribute to a product-first analytics culture by participating in product roadmap discussions, providing feedback, and helping scale analytic capabilities across the organization.

• Identify opportunities for automation, standardization, and efficiency improvements in forecasting and analytics workflows.

Stakeholder Collaboration & Influence

• Collaborate closely with cross-functional stakeholders to understand evolving business needs and translate them into analytical questions and modeling approaches.

• Effectively communicate insights and recommendations to both technical and non-technical audiences, influencing key stakeholders and enabling data-driven decision making.

• Partner with offshore or external analytics teams to ensure alignment on modeling approaches, data quality, and deliverables.

Community Leadership

• Contribute to the broader Analytics & Insights community of practice by sharing best practices, mentoring peers, and fostering collaboration across teams.

• Demonstrate an enterprise mindset by linking forecasting and analytics work to broader organizational priorities and patient impact.

• Comply with all laws, regulations and policies that govern the conduct of Genentech activities.    

Who You Are 

Minimum Candidate Qualifications & Experience 

• 5 years of relevant work experience (or equivalent with advanced education) 

• Bachelor's Degree. 

• Experience synthesizing concise summaries focused on the key insights that inform business decisions. 

• Comfortable dealing with uncertainty in a highly-matrixed organization. 

• Strong results orientation and adaptability in a fast-paced environment. 

• Persuasive written and verbal communication skills. 

• Experience with short term and long term revenue forecasting

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Additional Desired Candidate Qualifications & Experience 

• Experience in the Respiratory therapeutic area.

• Degree in Business, Economics, Engineering, Statistics, Life Sciences, Mathematics, Computer or Physical Sciences or related field. 

• MBA or Graduate-level Degree. 

• Proven track record of leadership, time-management, project management, and teamwork. 

• Forecasting 

  • Experience with revenue forecasting, including patient-flow methods, launch forecasting, scenario modeling, statistical methods, and uncertainty analysis.  

  • Experience building and improving forecasting models. 

• Cross-functional insights & analytics experience preferred

  • Experience working across multiple analytics and insights domains to strengthen strategic recommendations and forecasting assumptions, such as:

  • Market Research: familiarity with qualitative and quantitative primary research used to understand patient, HCP, and stakeholder perspectives.

  • Competitive Intelligence: understanding of competitive landscape monitoring and its implications for forecasting and strategic planning.

  • Data Analytics: experience working with structured healthcare datasets (e.g., syndicated sales, patient-level data, claims data) and analytical tools such as Python, R, or SQL.

  • Access & Reimbursement: awareness of payer dynamics, coverage considerations, and reimbursement drivers that may influence forecast assumptions and market access.

  • Digital Measurement: exposure to digital analytics and performance measurement approaches used to inform strategy.

• Proficiency in exploring large amounts of data, identifying important insights and building compelling narratives.

• Proficiency in understanding market landscape and surfacing insights across multiple primary data sources.   

Location 

•  This position is based in South San Francisco, CA and relocation benefits are not available.​

The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of South San Francisco, CA is $153,600 - $285,200 USD Annual.  Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors permitted by law.  A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance.  This position also qualifies for the benefits detailed at the link provided below.

Benefits

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