You Will

• Synthesize complex information (including results from advanced analytics) to drive fact-based recommendations, develops a compelling rationale, and aligns senior leaders on business risks, opportunities, and trade-offs
• Partner with sales, marketing, finance, and market research leaders to ensure robust methodologies and local adoption
• Ensure forecast capabilities support Sales & Operations Planning, pricing, and performance metric reporting needs
• Guide the technical development of forecast models, analytical tools, and data sources
• Ensure forecast platform balances rigor and simplicity, is scalable in terms of business channels, breadth of tumors (or other data points of interest), and geographies, and is user friendly – delivering an efficient and effective forecast process
• Champion the use of analytical insights, drives scenario planning, highlights risks and opportunities, and links forecasts with resources to meet leadership needs.
• Advocate for data-driven decision making to influence Commercial leadership teams
• Prioritize and manages complex forecasting projects with little / no guidance in an evolving, fast-paced, and increasingly complex MCED market environment
• Achieve critical business results while maintaining GRAIL’s Leadership Standards
• Develop project plans and communication materials for successful project implementation
• Proactively research best practices and trends. Perform analysis on effectiveness, competitiveness and fairness of existing programs and tools. Present findings and thoughtful, creative solutions that are aligned with GRAIL’s philosophy
• Communicate updates to the system related to forecasting processes or capabilities to key stakeholders and ensure training and materials are provided to support them
• Maintain excellent data integrity within systems and tools
• Ensure senior leaders, front-line managers, and employees can access business-critical reports and insights in real-time and on a schedule, as needed
• Ensure we are compliant with SOPs and other related policies and significantly raise the bar in terms of data, business process, and access security
•  Identify opportunities for automation and reduction of manual processes and partner with teams across People, Finance, IT and Legal on implementation of solutions
• Perform regular business process reviews to make ongoing suggestions and create action plans
• Partner with business leaders to understand key business questions and design analyses to answer these questions
• Identify and deliver on opportunities to support key Commercial initiatives through robust analyses
• Build capacity within the Commercial organization to utilize data and analytics to drive decision-making and storytelling
• Participate with the Commercial team on ad-hoc projects

Your Background Should Include

• BA/BS degree and 12+ years of relevant work experience
• 3 or more years of successful forecasting experience in a high growth organization and the ability to scale forecasting strategies
• Experience working with multiple data analysis platforms
• Critical thinker with the ability to develop innovative solutions and exercise good judgment and discretion, maintaining confidentiality when required
• Able to proactively identify opportunities to streamline processes and improve data quality
• Customer-focused with effective stakeholder management and influencing skills
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills and excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to adapt to shifting priorities in a fast-paced environment while maintaining a primary focus on core responsibilities
• Excellent ability to prioritize multiple tasks and projects
• Self-directed problem solver with a desire to contribute to the Company and team’s success
• Willing to travel when the business requires it (10-15%)
• Familiarity with Google Suite and Microsoft Office software & documents - preferred
• Experience with DocuSign as admin user - preferred