Remote Senior Market Research & Analytics Lead

Sumitomo Pharma; Montpelier (VT); Remote; USD 163,000 - 203,000; Full time

Job summary

Sumitomo Pharma is seeking a Market Research & Analytics Senior Manager to lead design, execution, and delivery of primary market research across the commercial portfolio. You will translate business questions into rigorous research programs, partner with Commercial Analytics, Brand Teams, Marketing, and Forecasting, and oversee external partners to deliver actionable findings that inform decisions.

The role requires leading multiple initiatives, strong vendor oversight, and executive-ready

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in market research, statistics, psychology, public health, life sciences, or related disciplines; MBA/ MPH/ MS/ PhD preferred.
• Minimum 6 years of relevant experience in biotech or pharmaceutical industry with Bachelor’s Degree.
• Expertise in qualitative and quantitative primary research design, methodology, analysis, and reporting across healthcare stakeholder audiences.
• Demonstrated success managing research agencies, vendors, project timelines, budgets, and multiple complex initiatives.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and written, verbal, presentation, and data visualization skills, including executive-ready PowerPoint reporting.
• Proficiency executing market research data analysis using tools such as SPSS or SAS.

Responsibilities

• Develop market research strategy and surveys; partner with stakeholders to define objectives.
• Lead quantitative and qualitative research across healthcare professional, patient, payer, caregiver audiences.
• Oversee programming testing, fieldwork, and QA; resolve vendor and stakeholder issues to maintain quality.
• Analyze primary quantitative research and deliver executive-ready reports and presentations.
• Collaborate with Commercial Analytics to integrate findings into business insights and decisions.
• Manage concurrent research initiatives across brands with plans, budgets, and milestones.
• Support brand and launch planning, forecasting, and lifecycle management through evidence and guidance.

Skills

Market research design

Cross-functional collaboration

Data visualization

Executive reporting

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in market research or related

MBA/ MPH/ MS/ PhD preferred

Tools

SPSS

SAS

Python

SQL

Sawtooth

Job description

Sumitomo Pharma is seeking a Market Research & Analytics Senior Manager to lead design, execution, and delivery of primary market research across the commercial portfolio. You will translate business questions into rigorous research programs, partner with Commercial Analytics, Brand Teams, Marketing, and Forecasting, and oversee external partners to deliver actionable findings that inform decisions.

The role requires leading multiple initiatives, strong vendor oversight, and executive-ready