Associate Director, Market Research and Analytics - GIC

Illinois, USA (Hybrid)

$142K/yr – $269K/yrSenior Level10+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Lead strategic analytics and insights for GIC, turning research into actionable business guidance across HCPs and patients.

  • Own design and execution of cross-functional research and analytics programs.
  • Must-have: 10+ years in pharma marketing research/analytics.
  • Standout: Manage onshore/offshore suppliers and lead senior cross-functional collaboration.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Act as an intelligence partner focused on providing strategic insights, forming a trusted relationship, and staying abreast of commercial issues and burgeoning trends within the GIC space.
  • Proactively identify primary research and analytics opportunities to ensure that decision-making is based on the most current, objective and comprehensive insights across HCPs and patients.
  • Be conversant with custom research methods, adept at supplier and stakeholder management, and able to independently lead custom research projects that deliver compelling and actionable learnings.
  • Perform thought-provoking and sophisticated syntheses of learning across primary research, analytics, and market intelligence sources to develop actionable insights and recommendations that shape strategies and tactics.
  • Maintain organizational knowledge of the market, competitive trends, and industry developments and effectively communicate this knowledge to internal stakeholders.
  • Design and execute against measurement plans, inclusive of selected operational and performance indicators, to ensure the organization’s understanding of execution, engagement, and impact of GIC brand programs and tactics.
  • Coordinate and manage monthly program performance assessments (i.e. business reviews) on topics that will make the highest impact on the business.
  • Help manage data strategy efforts to ensure accurate and reliable data assets are incorporated within agile analytics capability to enable seamless, codeless, visualization-enabled analytics.
  • Leverage innovative, sophisticated analytic models that address critical issues, but also meet key business criteria. Be able to effectively communicate the results of these complex analytic models and influence action to improve brand performance.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure Brand and Market Access intelligence is leveraged appropriately to inform performance expectations.

Requirements

  • BA or BS degree required.
  • Advanced degree (MA, MS, MBA, PhD) preferred.
  • 10+ years relevant marketing research and/or analytics experience required.
  • Experience in pharmaceutical industry and pharmaceutical data (physician-level prescribing, institutional sales data, payer-prescriber-level data, formulary data, patient-level data, etc.) preferred.
  • Analytical reasoning abilities, intellectual curiosity, strong business acumen, superior organizational skills, meticulous attention to detail, and creativity in problem-solving.
  • Ability to interact effectively with/present to (verbally and in writing) all levels of the organization.
  • Proven experience as an integral member of a high-performing work team.
  • Experience with and strong aptitude navigating a heavily matrixed and fast-paced environment.
  • Strong leadership skills and the ability to collaborate effectively cross-functionally within the organization and with external agencies.
  • Demonstrated project management skills.

Preferred

  • Advanced degree (MA, MS, MBA, PhD) preferred.

Benefits

  • We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
  • This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs.
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AbbVie is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on creating medicines and solutions that put impact first — for patients, communities, and our world. We aim to address complex health issues and enhance people's lives through our core therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, aesthetics and other areas of unmet need. Learn more about us at www.abbvie.com and review our community guidelines at https://www.abbvie.com/social-media-community-guidelines.html.

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