Sara Saeed
Senior Consultant Product Owner, Market Access Forecasting & Analytics @McKesson Canada
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Senior Consultant Product Owner, Market Access Forecasting & Analytics @McKesson Canada
Act as product owner for multiple healthcare analytics and decision-support products used by pharmaceutical manufacturers to guide market access and reimbursement strategy. Define product requirements, shape functionality, and collaborate with internal teams and external vendors to deliver scalable analytics tools.Develop forecasting frameworks to estimate product uptake, reimbursement timelines, payer restrictions, and coverage likelihood for new therapies entering the Canadian market. Use analog product analysis, payer policy data, claims data, and private adjudication datasets covering 1,400+ pharmacies to model real-world access scenarios.Translate ambiguous commercial and market access questions into structured forecasting and analytical models that inform pricing strategy, negotiation planning, and go-to-market decisions.Own requirements gathering and specification development for external development teams, ensuring business needs are translated into technical product features and data workflows.Deliver decision-support outputs and strategic guidance to clients, enabling prioritization of payer engagement strategies, forecasting of market entry outcomes, and optimization of access pathways.Lead training and enablement for client teams on interpreting forecasting outputs and integrating analytics into market access decision-making processes.
EDUCATION
University of Ottawa
Master of Science - MS
University of Ottawa
Bachelor of Science - BS
SKILLS
ABOUT SARA SAEED
I work at the intersection of healthcare data, forecasting, and product development, building analytics tools that help pharmaceutical manufacturers and healthcare stakeholders understand how treatments will be adopted, reimbursed, and used in real-world settings.My focus is on translating complex, fragmented healthcare data into structured forecasts and decision-support products. This includes estimating reimbursement timelines, payer restrictions, uptake patterns, and market access scenarios using claims data, payer policy inputs, and analog product performance.I currently act as product owner for multiple analytics tools, defining requirements, shaping functionality, and working with internal teams and external vendors to translate business needs into scalable data products. These tools are used to support pricing strategy, market access planning, and commercialization decisions.Across my work in healthcare systems, research, and commercial analytics, I’ve consistently operated in environments where decisions must be made with incomplete data. My role is to structure that uncertainty into usable models, tools, and insights that guide action.
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