About Astellas
Astellas is a global life sciences company committed to turning innovative science into VALUE for patients. We provide transformative therapies in disease areas that include oncology, ophthalmology, urology, immunology and women's health. Through our research and development programs, we are pioneering new healthcare solutions for diseases with high unmet medical need. Learn more at Astellas.com (https://www.astellas.com/en) .
Are you driven to make a real difference in the lives of patients
We're seeking passionate individuals who thrive in dynamic environments, embrace new ideas, and aren't afraid to take intelligent risks. People who act with unwavering integrity and are deeply committed to making a tangible impact.
Purpose And Scope
The Brand Insights – Global Market Research and Forecasting Chapter Lead plays a pivotal role in delivering high-quality insights to support global decision-making at Astellas. Reporting to the Insights Practice Lead within the Customer Engagement Excellence (CEE) team, this position is responsible for building and leading a team of global technical experts, ensuring capability development, and fostering a collaborative, positive team environment. The Global Chapter lead can shift between hands-on execution and leadership altitude, identifying and managing critical risks and issues while maintaining strategic direction and team cohesion.
Operating within an Agile model, the Chapter Lead acts as a player-coach—both managing resources and contributing directly to Value Teams and Pods across the organisation. Pods and Value Teams will be established and evolve in line with business during defined planning cycles. These teams may focus on brands, pipeline assets, or strategic initiatives, and the Chapter Lead ensures their needs are met through effective resourcing, action planning, and cross-functional collaboration. This global role delivers cross-functional coordination and innovative solutions across brand teams and markets and focuses on systems-driven thinking that identifies and addresses root causes of issues (workflow, governance, tooling) rather than treating symptoms.
Responsibilities And Accountabilities
- Developing team capabilities through coaching, mentoring, and onboarding new talent
- Managing resource allocation and supporting professional growth within the Chapter
- Representing the Insights Practice as a subject matter expert and contributing to Pods and Value Teams as needed
- Demonstrating a Growth Mindset that seeks feedback, adapts quickly, and models continuous improvement
- Collaborative and Outcomes Focused proactively seeking the questions to bring the right answers and solutions across brands.
- Focused on team goal achievement and impactDriving continuous improvement, best practice sharing, and innovation in methodologies and ways of working
- Work globally to provide also services locally
- Overseeing vendor projects and ensuring alignment with organizational objectives
- The Global Market research and forecasting Chapter lead is responsible for developing the capabilities and skillsets of their teams, providing coaching and mentoring, managing team resource capacity, supporting the learning and career development of their Chapter team, managing the teams compliance with standards and leading practices, continuous improvement and shared learning.
Leadership And Strategy
- Collaborate with the Insights and Pipeline Chapter Lead to define the strategic direction of the Chapter, in alignment with the broader VALUE Delivery strategy
- Develop and implement best practices in Brand and Pipeline Insights based on market and value team feedback
- Collaborate actively with the CDs Chapter Leads to ensure the Global and Local alignment.
- Capable of building capabilities and recognizing skills gaps of chapter members and translating gaps into targeted coaching, upskilling, training, and hiring.
Expertise Development
- Seeks opportunities to develop team members and elevate their Brand and Pipeline Insights skillsets while continuing to refine their own personal expertise
- Searches for innovative solutions and projects to improve the Brand Teams ways of working and to grant access to the best data and insights to make global decisions.
- Gather feedback and various inputs to assess skillset maturity of team members
- Participate/lead training programs, workshops, and mentorship opportunities to enhance team capabilities and knowledge
Delivery
- Lead / contribute to cross-functional Pod and Value Team delivery.
Agile Leadership
- Facilitate the interface and communication with teams across brands, acting as a steward of agile methodology to facilitate ways of working
- Ensure that the team understands and utilizes agile ways of working, providing skills development as needed
- Foster a culture of collaboration, flexibility, and responsiveness to change, enabling the team to thrive in an agile environment
- Understands relevant compliance, regulatory, policy, and privacy issues required within the scope of their Chapter.
Resource Allocation:
- Collaborate with the Insights Practice Lead and with the other Chapter Leads to align resource capacity with demand from the business and Pods/Value Teams
- Collaborate with Insights Practice Lead to manage capacity and workload, making adjustments as necessary to meet demand and timelines
Stakeholder Management
- Engage with key internal stakeholders to drive strategy and outcomes, as well as key external stakeholders based on Chapter-specific objectives.
- Collaborate with other Chapter Leads to support internal and external customer needs
Performance And Team Management
- Work with Insights Practice Lead Team to facilitate performance management process, identify high-potential resources, and support short- and long-term succession planning
- Address and communicate team performance challenges to Insights Practice Lead.
Working Environment
At Astellas we recognize the importance of work/life balance, and we are proud to offer a hybrid working solution allowing time to connect with colleagues at the office with the flexibility to also work from home. We believe this will optimize the most productive work environment for all employees to succeed and deliver. Hybrid work from certain locations may be permitted in accordance with Astellas Responsible Flexibility
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in science, engineering, mathematics, decision science, or analytics
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in forecasting, market research, competitive intelligence, and/or decision sciences role at a pharmaceutical company, or a consultancy focused on the biopharmaceutical industry
- Demonstrated experience building, managing, training teams around a specific area of SME expertise such as marketing research, forecasting, analytics, or decision sciences
- Understanding of the role of Insights function within broader enterprise strategy
- Demonstrated ability to develop talent and foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement
- Previous experience working with Global cross-functional teams across multiple brands/TAs
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at the executive level
- Exceptional people leadership, mentorship, and coaching skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree in Statistics or Economics
- Pharmaceutical Industry Experience in global mid-cap/large-cap company
What Awaits You At Astellas
Global collaboration: Become part of a connected global business of like-minded life science leaders, all dedicated to improving patients lives worldwide.
Real-world patient impact: Contribute to transformative therapies that reach patients around the world, knowing your work makes a difference every day.
Relentless Innovation: Join a company at the forefront of scientific breakthroughs, where you'll have the opportunity to shape the future of healthcare.
A Culture of Growth: Chart your own course within a supportive environment that values your contributions, champions your development, and empowers you to pursue your passions.
Our Organizational Values and Behaviors
Values:Innovation, Integrity and
Impact sit at the heart of what we do.
Behaviors: We come together as
One Astellas , working with
courage and a
sense of urgency . We are
outcome focused and consistently take
accountability for our personal contribution.
Category Strategic Insights
Astellas is committed to equality of opportunity in all aspects of employment.
EOE including Disability/Protected Veterans
