Responsibilities:
Key responsibilities include and are not limited to the following:
1. Market Research & Analytics:
- Develop and oversee execution of an assigned portion of the global market research plan for a specific tumor (bladder) with a strategic mindset and minimal supervision.
- Provide Leadership and strategic thinking for assigned primary market research projects, including framing critical business questions, identification of information needs, identifying considerations from other data sources, development of research/analysis plans and management of the research process to deliver an objective understanding of key customers, competitors, products and current/future market developments.
- Take full ownership of understanding the business challenges/information needs, consider alternatives, propose appropriate methods/approach, apply best practices, and proactively consider and/or develop new techniques and innovations to meet objectives.
- Proficient in various market research methodologies and research techniques to design effective research studies
- Complete analyses using available secondary data, syndicated reports and databases and integrate findings into primary market research efforts to build and tell a compelling story and deliver concise and actionable results
2. Project Management:
- Implement market research studies and manage budget of projects; brief agencies to deliver what is required (e.g. objectives, timeline, compliance requirements, actionable insights and recommendations); understand vendor capabilities, quality requirements, and recommend innovative options.
- Articulate the rationale, hypotheses, and methodology of research approaches to both the manager and the franchise/client team proactively and ensure the business objectives are met and communicated effectively.
- Able to assess and direct vendor technical capabilities and manage risks in the analytic process
- Proactively communicate and facilitate discussion with marketing / commercial teams to ensure that insights are considered in decision-making and planning; integrate a variety of sources/studies to present strategic options to the extended team; provide consultative guidance to marketing / commercial team(s).
3. Proactive Collaboration:
- Collaborate proactively with cross-functional business partners including marketing communications, market access, commercial team, and the advertising agency to ensure optimal integration for launch and post-launch activities.
- Work with the forecasting team to Assist with analysis to inform the strategic assumptions that are built into brand forecasts and tracking of key performance indicators and bench-marking dashboards.
Education (Min Req): BA/BS
Required Experience and Skills:
- Minimum of five (5) years’ experience in pharmaceutical market research with oncology-specific experience.
- Project management expertise.
- Past roles in market research, analytics, sales, forecasting, marketing, or competitive intelligence.
- Well-developed analytical and problem-solving skills; demonstrated ability to think strategically and objectively.
- Expertise in quantitative and qualitative research methodologies and understanding of secondary data sets/analytics and epidemiology data.
- Proven analytical expertise and ability to communicate research outputs with effective storytelling that turns data into actionable insights.
- Act as a strategic consultant with the ability to quickly establish relationships of trust and credibility and develop effective partnerships with multiple stakeholders and team members.
- Proficient technical aptitude to build expertise with various current and innovative market research techniques to provide unique solutions in a rapidly evolving therapeutic area and market landscape.
- Ability and comfort in prioritizing and managing multiple requests from both marketing points and extended team members.
- Ability to communicate effectively and a strong desire to lead change.
Preferred Experience and Skills:
- Bladder cancer experience.
- Launch preparation experience.
- Familiarity with marketing strategy development.
- Strong leadership skills around customer focus, decision-making, courage & candor, and collaboration/teamwork.
- Ability to motivate without authority.
- Ability to work transformationally in a fast-paced environment.