.Global Insights & Forecasting Leader - Early Assets & Business Development in Respiratory and Immunology At AstraZeneca, we're not afraid to do things differently. We're resetting expectations of what a bio-pharmaceutical company can be. This means we're establishing new ways to work, with ground-breaking and pioneering methods, and bringing unexpected teams together. Global Insights & Business Excellence (GIBEX) is a strategic function, critical for enabling success in the growth of the Biopharma Business Unit (BBU) business. Our ambition is to build an industry-leading organization, empowering our Commercial teams through the generation of compelling evidence and insights, while ensuring they have the tools and skills to deliver impactful launches that change the practice of medicine for the benefit of patients. Within GIBEX, the Insights, Analytics, and Forecasting (IA&F) function is organized across two teams and supports both the US and Global organizations: Respiratory & Immunology IA&F, and CVRM (Cardiovascular, Renal, Metabolic) IA&F. The Global Insights, Analytics & Forecasting team serves as a strategic business partner to the Global Commercial Biopharma Business Unit, providing market insights that drive launch and in-line brand performance, global strategy and key commercial investment decisions. Together we strive to uncover deep customer insights to drive improved decision-making and business impact. We are looking for leaders who have the passion to drive business results and bring innovation to what we do for greater impact. In the role of Early Assets & Business Development Global Insights & Forecasting Leader – Respiratory & Immunology, you will serve as a strategic business partner to Early Asset Commercial and the Global Product Team, providing market insights that drive key business investment decisions and TA Strategy development, including business development transactions. The role is accountable for providing leadership and strategic direction to deliver competitive advantages through the application of end-to-end insights, analytics, and forecasts across Global markets to support AstraZeneca's industry-leading R&I pipeline. Our mission as a team is to accelerate business impact through insights and capability transformation. To achieve this, the Global Insights & Forecasting team is tasked with delivering excellence in market research, customer and competitor insights, analytics, and forecasting. In addition to strong analytical and forecasting skills, the Global Insight & Forecasting Lead should have excellent communication skills with a demonstrated track record of effective business partnership as demonstrated by material business impact and influencing. This position may be required to manage contractors and vendors to complete projects but will have no direct reports