Associate Director, Market Research - Rheumatology

Allergan; Greenlawn (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Associate Director of Market Research to drive growth in the Rheumatology sector. This role involves collaborating with the marketing team to develop strategic insights that influence key business decisions. The ideal candidate will possess extensive market research experience, strong analytical and communication skills, and the ability to thrive in a dynamic environment. Join a vibrant team dedicated to innovation and excellence, where your contributions will directly impact patient outcomes and business success. If you are passionate about making a difference in healthcare, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Paid time off

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) plan

Short-term incentive programs

Long-term incentive programs

Qualifications

• 10 years of market research experience in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to present insights effectively.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic insights for the Rheumatology Commercial team.
• Synthesize market research and analytics to shape strategies.

Skills

Analytical reasoning

Business acumen

Problem-solving creativity

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Education

BA or BS degree

Advanced degree (MA, MS, MBA, PhD)

Tools

Market research methodologies

Data analytics tools

Job description

Company Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Job Description

The Marketing Analytics and Business Insights (MABI) team supporting AbbVie’s US Commercial organization is 200+ members strong and growing every day. We comprise highly respected researchers, analysts, and strategists striving to be the gold standard Research & Analytics organization within the biopharmaceutical industry. We serve as strategic in-house advisor and pragmatic compass to Marketing, Sales, and Leadership – ensuring that all decisions are grounded in rigorous intelligence and earned intuition. We look at ‘data’ differently – as an input into insight generation, not an endgame. We appreciate ambiguity but recognize the need for clarity. We work tirelessly to build new capabilities and skill sets, encouraging our team members to pull up a chair, be themselves, be creative, speak their minds, and do good work. Patients depend on us, and we take that very seriously – without taking ourselves too seriously. We are smart, fun, quirky, and innovative – and we’d love for you to join us.

The Associate Director of Market Research will act as a strategic partner for the Rheumatology Commercial team, with a focus on driving growth for the Rheumatology business including the launch of RINVOQ in Lupus. This associate will design and implement a thorough Learning Plan to build the team’s foundational understanding of the market. These learnings, along with strong Business Acumen are required to successfully partner with Marketing around key decisions in areas such as Positioning, Targeting, Campaign, Brand Story, and Interactive Sales Aid development. The ability to influence decisions based upon thorough insights, strategic thinking and understanding the business is critical to success.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Act as intelligence partner across Lupus Marketing and the Cross Functional Team, focused on providing strategic insights, forming a trusted relationship, and highlight burgeoning trends within the space.
• Perform thought-provoking and sophisticated syntheses of learning across market research, analytics, and competitive 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.
• Be conversant with custom research methods, adept at supplier and stakeholder management.
• Build solid relationships as a team player, while maintaining objectivity and lack of bias to represent the voice of the customer.
• Demonstrate thoughtful confidence in presentation of learnings across all levels of the organization.

Qualifications

• BA or BS degree required. Advanced degree (MA, MS, MBA, PhD) preferred.
• ~10 years relevant market research experience required.
• Experience in pharmaceutical industry 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.

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law:

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.
• 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 short-term incentive programs.
• This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.

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