Director, Commercial Insights & Analytics

Job Summary

Director, Commercial Insights and Analytics is a key member of the Commercial Operations Team and is responsible for creating, measuring and tracking the key performance metrics for the company. The role provides leadership in developing and executing the branded commercial planning, market research, forecasting and competitive intelligence efforts of company.

In partnership with each BU's Brand Marketing, Sales leadership, Finance, Market Access and other key stakeholders, the Business Insights lead is responsible for using expert analytics to provide meaningful market insights that enable effective, data driven decision-making.


The Director must also demonstrate the ability to work independently with a proactive approach to meet business needs and deadlines in order to drive company/business.

Job Description

• Provide franchise and brand specific Insights and Analytics (I&A) leadership: Become the key problem-solving partner to the relevant franchise and brands by establishing strong relationships with key business leaders and collaborating with them in understanding their unique business challenges. Translate the business needs into actionable analytic-focused initiatives to provide solutions and/or recommendations to enable the business excellence.
• Lead team and market research projects to support the brand strategy, including vendor selection and management, design, and execution of market research studies.
• Partner closely with other senior leaders and departments to understand their business reporting an analytical KPI needs.
• Coach, guide and manage Insights and Analytics work-streams: Ensure analytics team focuses on critical business questions, drives towards strategic and synthesized insights, and suggests ideas and recommendations that enable better decision-making for the business.
• Demonstrates data translation into insight; demonstrates ability to monitor performance across brands.
• Steward Insights and data spend (market research budget, data spend) for the BU: Maintain transparency into market research budgets, optimize deployment of resources, identify areas of improvement/productivity, and impact. Also prioritize data spend (current and requested), challenge areas for continuous improvement.
• Maintain full compliance with internal and external guidelines: Stay current on external and internal guidelines, develop training and approaches for Integrated Team (where needed) to understand and fully comply with compliance requirements. Collaborate with relevant internal departments and make sure to communicate information across all the key stakeholders

Qualifications/ Required

Knowledge/ Experience and Skills:

• Bachelor's Degree required; Masters Degree or MBA desired.

Educational Qualifications

• Solid understanding of market research methods, experimental design.
• Experience in Brand Marketing and/or other Business areas preferred (e.g., Managed Markets, Sales, BD, Sales Ops)
• Experience with pharmaceutical data sources such as IQVIA, SHS, Claims, and other syndicated resources; strong understanding of Patient/Claims data (APLD) preferred
• Overall minimum 8 years of business experience required, with a minimum of 5 years of pharmaceutical industry experience, majority in the US
• Minimum 8 years in marketing and/or marketing research and/or analytics or related experience involving: framing of strategic questions to be solved, generating insights (primary research or secondary analytics), synthesizing implications, driving for practical/actionable solutions, measuring impact
• Demonstrated partnering and influencing skills, stakeholder management, and project management
• Experience launching products in the US (preferred)
• Cross-functional experience preferred (e.g., managed markets, pricing, medical, analytics, sales, marketing)
• Leverage solid biopharma environment understanding to deliver brand and asset level insights from analytics and forecasts

Competencies
Accountability for Results - Stay focused on key strategic objectives, be accountable for high standards of performance, and take an active role in leading change.
Strategic Thinking & Problem Solving - Make decisions considering the long-term impact to customers, patients, employees, and the business.
Patient & Customer Centricity - Maintain an ongoing focus on the needs of our customers and/or key stakeholders.
Impactful Communication - Communicate with logic, clarity, and respect. Influence at all levels to achieve the best results for Otsuka.
Respectful Collaboration - Seek and value others' perspectives and strive for diverse partnerships to enhance work toward common goals.
Empowered Development - Play an active role in professional development as a business imperative.

Minimum $186,489.00 - Maximum $278,875.00, plus incentive opportunity: The range shown represents a typical pay range or starting pay for individuals who are hired in the role to perform in the United States. Other elements may be used to determine actual pay such as the candidate's job experience, specific skills, and comparison to internal incumbents currently in role. Typically, actual pay will be positioned within the established range, rather than at its minimum or maximum. This information is provided to applicants in accordance with states and local laws.

Application Deadline : This will be posted for a minimum of 5 business days.

Company benefits: Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, company provided basic life, accidental death & dismemberment, short-term and long-term disability insurance, tuition reimbursement, student loan assistance, a generous 401(k) match, flexible time off, paid holidays, and paid leave programs as well as other company provided benefits.

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Disclaimer:

This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by the people assigned to this position. It is not intended to include every job duty and responsibility specific to the position. Otsuka reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet business and organizational needs as necessary.


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