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Jitender in a few words
• +12 years of experience in leading projects and providing tailored insights to global
R&D and commercial teams.
• ≈3 years of experience in Merck in Insights & Analytics team.
• Dual competency in education: Executive MBA; MSc. in Project Management and
Bachelor’s in Pharmacy.
• Trained in various project management methodologies: PMI, Prince 2, Project
Financing, Organizing projects etc.
• Certified in Principles of Pharmaceutical market research (University of Georgia,
US, 2018), certification in Clinical Design and Interpretation.
• Certification in Tableau (Ongoing, 2022).
• Working experience with cross functional team in global matrix organization with
teams such as: Commercial brand teams, R&D, regulatory, Finance, clinical
operations, marketing and senior management.
Experience
- Merck GroupProject operation and Data LeadPHARMACEUTICALS INDUSTRYNovember 2021 - Today (3 years and 1 month)Darmstadt, HE, Germany- Lead cross functional team to automate complex reports for Governance team.- Lead reporting of quality and accuracy indicator to identify the quality issues in drug development project planning tool.- Responsible for executing change request in planisware – generate new reports, automate existing reports etc.
- Merck GroupConsultant (Finance and project planning)June 2019 - July 2021 (2 years and 1 month)Darmstadt, Germany- Prepare the performance slides for the Sr. R&D management.- Lead projects in a matrix team (planning and analysis projects) and provide insights to Sr. management.- Participate in various ongoing project management and financial projects in R&D operations team.
- CSL BehringSenior Business AnalystFebruary 2012 - April 2019 (7 years and 2 months)GermanyCompetitive Intelligence: Responsible for Competitive Intelligence in a $ 7 B company with expertise in Hematology, Immunology, Specialty. Provided competitor insights to support launch of 4 molecules AFSTYLA®,HAEGARDA®, Hizentra® and IDELVION®.•Partnered with therapeutic area teams to understand business needs; developed KITs & top priorities and detailed surveillance plan.•Prepared comprehensive quarterly competitive intelligence report meant for senior executives to make informed project review decisions.•Collected and synthesized report on competitor's pipeline, finances, M&A, strategy etc from primary research at congresses and secondary research from investor events, analyst reports & databases.•Provided threat assessment to teams on potential impact of disruptive therapy (Hemlibra on CSLs inhibitor/ non inhibitor business) by using primary and secondary research. Thus helping team in making the go/no-go decision for its pipeline products.•Expert in providing competitive Landscape for new disease. Helped team in selecting the 5 new indications for business case out of total 20 indications by providing a comprehensive competitive landscape.•Performed quantitative analysis of competitor products to better understand the sales & usage trends using IMS sales data.•Managed external vendors productively to complete primary and secondary market research on time and within budget. Commercial Analytics: Experienced in leading and managing market and commercial analytics.•Business case/ Opportunity assessment: Adept at providing inputs to the commercial assessment of new opportunities: situational analysis, pipeline analysis, epidemiology, treatment flow, diagnosis rate, unmet need & building epidemiology based forecasting model for new molecules. Market Research: Experience in conducting Market Research projects and giving insights to product strategy team. Experience in sharing insights from qualitative and quantitative opportunity research.
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Education
- 2011, Ex MBA in Strategy, Program and Project ManagementSKEMA BUSINESS SCHOOL20112011, Ex MBA in Strategy, Program and Project Management
- Executive MBA, Strategy, Project ManagementUniversity of Texas Dallas2009Executive MBA, Strategy, Project Management
- Bachelor of PharmacyPanjab University2006Bachelor in Pharmacy, Pharmacy