Akansha Saxena

Akansha Saxena, PhD, is a Data Science and AI leader with extensive experience applying advanced analytics, machine learning, and AI across the pharmaceutical industry. She currently leads a Data Science team at Pfizer working at the intersection of AI and commercial strategy, building AI-powered analytics capabilities that enable smarter, faster, and more human-centered healthcare commercialization decisions.

Across leadership roles at Pfizer, AbbVie, and Astellas, Akansha has built and scaled multidisciplinary data science teams and led transformations spanning commercial strategy, forecasting, real-world evidence, and customer engagement. She has shaped and executed multi-year AI roadmaps, with a focus on translating advances in ML/AI into scalable enterprise capabilities that transform decision-making and deliver measurable business impact.