Business Planning & Analytics Manager

<p><b>Description</b></p><ul><li>Develop and support strategic business planning in close collaboration with brand teams and Business Units.</li><li>Analyze and synthesize <b>internal and external data</b> to generate <b>actionable, decision-oriented insights</b> for business planning and performance management.</li><li>Act as a <b>Business Insights partner</b>, communicating findings, implications, and recommendations to senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.</li><li><b>Support and mentor BI colleagues</b> on data processing logic, analytical approaches, and <b>dashboard optimization</b>, ensuring consistency, clarity, and business relevance of outputs (without direct people management responsibility).</li><li>Define dashboard objectives, KPI frameworks, and insight storytelling principles, while collaborating with BI Analysts who own dashboard build and maintenance using P<b>ower BI and other analytical tools.</b></li><li>Collaborate closely with<b> Data Engineers</b> to define <b>BI-ready data requirements</b>, including internal and external data profiling, data structure, granularity, and integration logic, to enable meaningful insight generation.</li><li>Support cross-functional and cross-BU discussions on <b>market research topics</b>, including framing business questions, interpreting results, and translating insights into strategic and <b>budget allocation</b> recommendations.</li><li>Support <b>pre- and post-launch strategies</b> for pharmaceutical products through performance tracking, insight interpretation, and portfolio prioritization.</li><li>Support the <b>portfolio prioritization process</b> within brand teams and in alignment with Therapeutic Area (TA) priorities.</li></ul><div></div><p><b>Essential</b></p><ul><li>Excellent communication and interpersonal skills</li><li>Strong strategic thinking and insight-framing capability.</li><li>Proven ability to <b>support and mentor analysts</b> on data handling, analytics logic, and dashboard best practices.</li><li>Proficiency in <b>Microsoft Office and Power BI</b> (experience with R or similar analytical tools is a plus).</li><li>Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a business mindset.</li><li>Solid understanding of <b>forecasts, budgeting, financial processes and tools</b>, and project management skills<b>.</b></li></ul><div></div><p><b>Desirable</b></p><ul><li>MBA or equivalent.</li><li>Minimum of <b>2–3 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry.</b></li><li>Background experience in <b>market research,</b> including insight interpretation and application.</li><li>Experience working with <b>data engineering</b> or<b> data platform</b> teams is a plus.</li></ul><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><b>Date Posted</b></p>11-Mar-2026<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><b>Closing Date</b></p>19-Jul-2026<p></p><p></p><p>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.</p>