Data and Insights Manager

Discover International; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Discover International is hiring a Data and Insights Manager on contract to strengthen UK & Ireland commercial analytics. You will own forecasting, brand planning insights and present recommendations to senior commercial and finance stakeholders.

You will lead market/brand analyses, manage third-party analytics, and drive improvements in reporting and dashboards with the wider insights team, coaching junior analysts along the way.

Qualifications

• Commercial insights or analytics experience within pharma, ideally UK/Ireland market understanding.
• Forecasting capability is a firm requirement.
• Comfort with pharma data sources (IQVIA, NHS data, market data).
• Proficiency with BI tools (Power BI/Tableau/Qlik) and strong Excel.
• Ability to challenge senior stakeholders and explain technical work clearly.

Responsibilities

• Conduct market, brand and competitor analysis to inform planning.
• Track performance against brand KPIs with clear readouts.
• Scope and manage market research and third-party analytics projects.
• Forecast patient numbers, market and revenue with finance partners and present findings.
• Improve reporting and dashboards with the insights team.
• Engage customers analytics including segmentation and next best action, coaching junior analysts.

Skills

Forecasting

Senior stakeholder engagement

Commercial insights

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Qlik

Excel

Job description

Data and Insights Manager | Global Pharmaceutical Business | Contract

End date: 29 January 2027

Sector: Pharmaceutical, commercial and marketing operations

A global pharmaceutical organisation is building out its commercial insights capability and is bringing in a Data and Insights Manager on contract to support its UK and Ireland commercial operations team.

This is a role for someone who wants their analysis to change decisions rather than just report on them. You will sit close to a business unit, own the insight behind brand planning and forecasting, and put recommendations in front of senior commercial and finance stakeholders.

The work

• Market, brand and competitor analysis feeding strategic and operational brand planning
• Performance tracking against brand KPIs, with clear read outs back to the brand teams
• Scoping and managing market research and third party analytics projects
• Patient number, market and revenue forecasting alongside finance and cross functional partners, including presenting the story behind the numbers to senior leadership
• Improving the commercial reporting and dashboarding environment with the wider insights team
• Customer engagement analytics including segmentation and next best action
• Coaching more junior analysts and lifting data capability across the commercial function

What is needed

• Commercial insights or analytics experience within pharma, ideally with UK and Ireland market understanding
• Forecasting capability, which is a firm requirement rather than a nice to have
• Comfort with pharmaceutical data sources such as IQVIA, specialist share data, NHS data and in market or ex factory sales data
• Power BI, or an equivalent such as Tableau or Qlik, plus strong Excel
• Someone credible enough to challenge senior stakeholders and clear enough to explain technical work to a non technical audience

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