Posted: September 8, 2010
Title: Manager, Market Research
Location: Cheshire, CT
Summary:
The purpose of the Manager, Market Research is to support Alexion Global Marketing by enabling high quality, objective decision making through the development and execution of insightful primary research and secondary analysis. This position will primarily support the global launch and growth of Soliris in a typical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome(aHUS), market development activities for Soliris in kidney transplant rejection and other new indications, and due diligence assessments for in-licensing opportunities.
The successful candidate for Manager, Market Research, would consistently lead efforts to:
· Conduct qualitative and quantitative primary market research as well as secondary data analyses to support Global Marketing assessments within the nephrology franchise
· Develop solid partnerships with various internal stakeholders in order to provide support on numerous other strategically important projects:
1. …With Clinical and Medical Departments to develop preference share models to evaluate additional indications for eculizamab
2. …With country managers and global project teams to collaborate as needed to enhance global business intelligence and play a consultative role in market sizing/understanding analyses
3. …With Business Development to provide in-depth information about current and future markets, product performance, customers, and competitors, and uncovering critical business issues and identifying opportunities for growth
· Review and assess global third-party data suppliers and analyze additional potential secondary data to increase market insight and customer identification in markets around the world
· Maintain relationships with key vendors of market research, competitive intelligence, secondary data, software, and consulting services
· Effectively and objectively communicate actionable recommendations throughout the organization
· Offer strategic insights from studies and ensure that these insights are integrated into the current knowledge base within the organization
· Work with internal customers to ensure that market research results are being communicated and used effectively to maximize their potential impact
The Manager, Market Research, will report to the Associate Director, Market Research.
* Excellent leadership
* Solid conceptual thinking, with the ability to analyze large amounts of information
* Well developed communication skills both verbally and presentation
* The ability to work in teams and motivate team members
* Developing strong working relationships with peers in the regions as well as senior management both regionally and globally
* Ability to narrow down the key business issues with your team, identifying critical information necessary to answer those issues, select appropriate information collection methodology, and present actionable results
Expertise Required
· Demonstrated experience with 'best practices' in market research is required
· Ability to design creative, custom market research studies that maximize strategic insight obtained within the limitations of numerous variable and constraints; comfort level with making difficult trade-offs in study methodology and administration, often while managing a very substantial simultaneous project load- without making unnecessary quality compromises
· Knowledge of commonly used pharma data sources
· Expertise in longitudinal patient data (claims data)
· Mastery of Microsoft Excel
· Experience in specialty injectable/infusion markets, with nephrology or orphan drug experience highly preferred
· Ability to work effectively in cross-functional environment as well as independently on a consistent basis
Source: CI Radar
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