Senior Market Research & Analytics Leader - Remote

Sumitomo Pharma; Lansing (MI); Remote; USD 163,000 - 203,000; Full time

Job summary

Sumitomo Pharma America (SMPA) is seeking a Market Research & Analytics Senior Manager to lead end-to-end primary market research across our commercial portfolio. The role collaborates with Commercial Analytics, Brand Teams, Marketing, Forecasting, and Market Access to translate business questions into rigorous studies.

You will manage external partners, deliver evidence-driven insights, and support decision-making at leadership levels.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in market research, statistics, psychology, public health, life sciences, or related disciplines; advanced degree 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, 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

• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to clarify business questions and define focused research objectives.
• Lead quantitative and qualitative research across healthcare professional, patient, payer, caregiver, and relevant office staff audiences.
• Develop questionnaires, discussion guides, sampling plans, and measurement frameworks; recommend methodologies based on business needs.
• Oversee programming testing, fieldwork, and QA with vendors and stakeholders to maintain quality and timelines.
• Analyze primary quantitative research and develop executive-ready reports and presentations.
• Direct external vendors conducting analyses and developing reports to ensure methodological soundness.
• Collaborate with Commercial Analytics to integrate findings into broader business insights.
• Manage concurrent research initiatives across brands and therapeutic areas; oversee timelines and budgets.
• Set vendor expectations and provide feedback to strengthen partnerships.
• Translate stakeholder needs into effective research solutions and communicate findings to leadership.

Skills

Market research

Qualitative research

Quantitative research

Vendor management

Data visualization

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive reporting

PowerPoint

SPSS

SAS

Python

SQL

Sawtooth

Education

Bachelor's degree in market research / statistics / life sciences

MBA / MPH / MS / PhD (preferred)

Tools

SPSS

SAS

Python

SQL

Sawtooth

Job description

Sumitomo Pharma America (SMPA) is seeking a Market Research & Analytics Senior Manager to lead end-to-end primary market research across our commercial portfolio. The role collaborates with Commercial Analytics, Brand Teams, Marketing, Forecasting, and Market Access to translate business questions into rigorous studies.

You will manage external partners, deliver evidence-driven insights, and support decision-making at leadership levels.