Associate Director, Market Research and Analytics- Psychiatry

Full-time - Senior

Mettawa, IL

Chemical Manufacturing

About the position

This role will be hybrid Tuesday through Thursday in Mettawa, IL - Current local candidates to the office only. 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 counsel 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 Market Research and Analytics-Psychiatry will design, implement, manage, analyze, and effectively communicate market research initiatives across the psychiatry franchise. The individual will derive high-impact learnings from qualitative and quantitative primary and secondary research, behavioral analytics, competitive intelligence, and internal stakeholder initiatives, and partner 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.

Responsibilities

• Act as intelligence partner across Psychiatry Marketing and Leadership, focused on providing strategic insights, forming a trusted relationship, and staying abreast of commercial issues and burgeoning trends within the space.
• 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 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.
• 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.
• Manage and develop direct reports (1-2, with opportunity for team growth over time). Understand where and how to appropriately expose direct reports to Leadership to both accelerate their career growth and maximize team efficiency across meetings.
• Appropriately manage and collaborate with research suppliers.
• Monitor and manage research programs within budget and identify opportunities for cost savings where appropriate.
• Ensure all activities are conducted in accordance with financial and ethical compliance guidelines.

Requirements

• 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.
• Demonstrated project management skills.

Benefits

• Paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick)
• Medical/dental/vision insurance
• 401(k) to eligible employees
• Short-term incentive programs
• Long-term incentive programs