Sr. Manager, Market Research & Insights (M)

At Alcon, we are driven by the meaningful work we do to help people see brilliantly. We innovate boldly, champion progress, and act with speed as the global leader in eye care. Here, you'll be recognized for your commitment and contributions and see your career like never before. Together, we go above and beyond to make an impact on the lives of our patients and customers. Are you ready to join us? We foster an inclusive culture and are looking for diverse, talented people to join Alcon. The Sr. Manager, Market Research & Insights will manage and guide teams responsible for delivering strategic market research and insights, implementing departmental plans and ensuring team performance and success across global initiatives. You will make decisions affecting team operations and performance, approving team projects and resource allocation, requiring advanced leadership, project management, problem‑solving, and communication skills. You will foster a culture of excellence by leading performance management, driving talent development, ensuring positive employee relations, and enhancing employee engagement and recognition. This role drives business impact by translating complex data into strategic direction. In this role, a typical day will include: Strategic Planning & Forecast Leadership Lead the annual Strategic Plan forecast for the Surgical franchise, including consolidation of actuals, market data, key assumptions, and creation of executive‑level output decks Build and maintain the Surgical Excel master forecasting model with historical actuals, dynamic inputs, and multiyear forecast periods Lead weekly cross‑regional forecast reviews to validate assumptions, challenge inputs, ensure timelines, and incorporate updates across both models Develop ELTready presentations summarizing market outlook, competitive dynamics, and Surgical franchise assumptions Market Modeling - Advanced Analytics & Financial Evaluation Create and maintain annual Surgical market models (dollar and unit forecasts) used for Strategic Plan, scenario modeling, and adhoc analyses Produce quarterly fact books summarizing Surgical market size and Alcon market share using syndicated data sources Conduct adhoc financial and market analyses, including sensitivity modeling and performance drivers, supporting Surgical leadership, ELT, and Board requests Support high‑visibility financial modeling initiatives such as M&A assessments, R&D project evaluations, and strategic business cases Data Infrastructure & Visualization Support quarterly tracking of Alcon's Surgical market share for executive compensation calculations Create and update Tableau dashboards for Surgical market insights, performance tracking, and Strategic Plan revenue forecasts What You Will Bring to Alcon: Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent years of directly related experience (or high school+15 yrs; Assoc.+11 yrs; M.S.+4 yrs; PhD+3 yrs) The ability to fluently read, write, understand, and communicate in English 7 Years of Relevant Experience How You Can Thrive at Alcon: Collaborate with teammates to share standard processes and findings as work evolves. See your career like never before with focused growth and development opportunities Join Alcon's mission to provide outstanding, innovative products and solutions to improve sight, improve lives, and grow your career! Alcon provides a robust benefits package including health, life, retirement, flexible time off, and much more! See your impact at: alcon.com/careers Alcon is an equal opportunity employer and participates in e‑verify. Alcon takes pride in maintaining an inclusive environment that values different perspectives and our policies are non‑discriminatory in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. Alcon is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an email to View email address on click.appcast.io and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. #J-18808-Ljbffr