Senior Manager, Market Analytics and Insights

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Jazz Pharmaceuticals is a global biopharma company whose purpose is to innovate to transform the lives of patients and their families. We are dedicated to developing life-changing medicines for people with serious diseases — often with limited or no therapeutic options. We have a diverse portfolio of marketed medicines, including leading therapies for sleep disorders and epilepsy, and a growing portfolio of cancer treatments. Our patient-focused and science-driven approach powers pioneering research and development advancements across our robust pipeline of innovative therapeutics in oncology and neuroscience. Jazz is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland with research and development laboratories, manufacturing facilities and employees in multiple countries committed to serving patients worldwide. Please visit www.jazzpharmaceuticals.com for more information.

Job Description

The Senior Manager of Analytics and Insights at Jazz is a strategic thought partner and analytical expert who provides critical contributions to brand team, life-cycle planning, forecasting and senior management decisions with a focus on primary market research and secondary data triangulation.

The Senior Manager integrates business insights across multiple data inputs, leads primary research efforts to support business objectives, and proactively identifies new opportunities for the brand.  

The Senior Manager will propose and execute a market research plan and inform the team of the key conclusions and suggested applications of market research results, keeping the research actionable and applicable to current business decisions. The Senior Manager must quickly establish credibility by demonstrating a deep understanding of the therapy area and data nuances across primary and secondary data sources in order to collaborate with cross-functional teams including Brand Marketing, Sales Leadership, Forecasting, Global Competitive Intelligence and Life Cycle Management leads, Commercial Development, and others.

About the Job

• Lead a comprehensive market research process for product(s) within the Oncology Business Unit and contribute to strategic insights sharing

• Initiate and facilitate activities that enhance brand teams’ knowledge regarding the product attitudes and usage, market dynamics, and competition

• Represent the voice of the customer (e.g., physicians, patients) to the organization by maintaining and communicating a holistic understanding of the marketplace synthesized from an array of primary and secondary sources

• Communicate and align key internal stakeholders around market research objectives and outputs including qualifying the results based on the strength of the data and identifying any limitations and caveats

• Select appropriate research methodology to address business objectives, design qualitative and quantitative research plans for the brand

• Develop and present timely final reports and actionable recommendations to key stakeholders, focusing on key findings and relevant implications to each stakeholder group, and senior leadership

• Propose and manage yearly market research budgets, identifying efficiencies that can optimize insights generation efforts across the portfolio, where appropriate

• Help execute secondary data analysis projects in close collaboration with intelligence lead to triangulate insights and address key business questions in an integrated manner.

• Work with forecasting to provide input on key variables

• Collaborate with Global Competitive Intelligence team to develop a unified perspective on implications of market activities to the brand when needed

• Work with cross functional partners to support overall franchise strategy, which includes development and delivery of Situation Analysis to support the annual brand planning cycle

• Exemplify Jazz values

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• BA or BS with a concentration in Life Sciences, Business or Mathematics; MBA or other advanced degree preferred.

• 4 years+ of pharmaceutical or biotech industry experience conducting primary market research with physicians and/or patients.

• Excellent primary market research skills and the ability to translate the data and learning into actionable recommendations for business growth.

• Proven strength in strategic in