The Associate Director, Analytics & Performance Excellence (APEX) will design, implement, manage, analyze, and effectively communicate marketing research and analytics initiatives in support of Vyalev, the new asset recently launch in the in Parkinson’s disease space. The individual will derive high-impact learnings from qualitative and quantitative primary and secondary research, behavioral analytics, market intelligence, and internal stakeholder initiatives, and partner across Neuroscience APEX pillars as well as with Brand partners and external agencies to inform strategic and tactical decision-making. The ability to influence decisions based upon careful and strategic thinking and understanding of the business is critical to success.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Act as intelligence partner across Parkinson’s franchise (e.g., Marketing, Leadership Team, Market Access, AbbVie Patient Services, Competitive Intelligence, etc.) focused on providing strategic insights, forming a trusted relationship, and staying abreast of commercial issues and burgeoning trends within the Parkinson’s.
• Be conversant with custom research methods, adept at supplier and stakeholder management, and able to independently lead custom research projects that deliver compelling and actionable learnings.
• Perform thought-provoking and sophisticated syntheses of learning across research, analytics, and market 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.
• Design and execute measurement plans, inclusive of selected operational and performance indicators, to ensure the organization’s understanding of execution of, engagement with, and impact of in market tactics.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure Brand, Market Access, and APS intelligence is leveraged appropriately to inform development of strategies and tactics.
• 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.
• Appropriately manage and collaborate with both onshore and offshore research and analytics suppliers.
• Monitor and manage research and analytics programs within budget and identify opportunities for cost savings where appropriate.
• Ensure all research and analytics activities are conducted in accordance with financial and ethical compliance guidelines.

Qualifications

• BA or BS degree required. Advanced degree (MA, MS, MBA, PhD) preferred.
• ~10 years relevant marketing research and/or analytics experience required.
• Experience in pharmaceutical industry and pharmaceutical data (physician-level prescribing, institutional sales data, payer-prescriber-level data, formulary data, patient-level data, etc.) a must.
• 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.
• Demonstrated project management skills.

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 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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