Associate Director, Primary Market Research & Analytics - Oncology

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Job Description
All prospective hires will be required to demonstrate that they have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19 or intend to be vaccinated for COVID-19 by November 1, 2021, or qualify for a medical or religious accommodation to this vaccination requirement. Hired candidates who are not vaccinated by November 1, 2021, and who have not been approved for a legally-required medical or religious accommodation will be subject to disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment, in accordance with applicable law.
Our Marketing team is passionate about bringing our medicines and vaccines to our customers around the world. Through digital listening and patient analytics, we are able to understand our customers' needs and strive to provide solutions to meet them.
Primary Responsibilities:
The Market Research Associate Director will be a main point of contact for the Marketing/Commercial Team and sits within the Oncology Franchise. The position will plan, manage, and execute a scope of work in Oncology Market Research that spans multiple indications and both pre-launch and post-launch projects. Responsible for providing strategic input to the extended global team via primary market research projects, secondary data analysis and ad-hoc requests by proactively identifying strategic insights, answering key business questions, and applying all available resources to produce actionable business solutions and recommendations.
Key responsibilities include and are not limited to the following:

  • Develop and oversee execution of an assigned portion of the global market research plan and timeline for all aspects of Oncology with a strategic mindset and minimal supervision.
  • Leadership and/or involvement in primary market research projects for Oncology including framing critical business questions, identification of information needs, identifying considerations from other data sources, development of research/analysis plans and management of the research process to deliver an objective understanding of key customers, competitors, products and current/future market developments.
  • Implement market research studies & manage budget of projects; brief agencies to deliver what is required especially strategic business insights in a compliant manner- understands vendor capabilities, quality requirements, and recommends innovative options.
  • Articulate the rationale, hypotheses, and methodology of research approaches to both the manager and the franchise/client team proactively and ensure the business objectives are met and communicated in an effective way.
  • Explore alternative/creative ways of meeting an information need, considering new techniques alongside more traditional approaches to address business requests quickly and efficiently.
  • Complete complex analyses using available secondary data, syndicated reports and databases and integrates findings into primary market research efforts to tell and evolve the "story".
  • Proactively communicate and facilitate discussion with Marketing/Commercial Teams to ensure that insights are considered in decision-making and planning; integrates a variety of sources/studies to present strategic options to the extended team; provides consultative guidance to Marketing/Commercial Team(s).
  • Collaborate proactively with cross-functional business partners including marketing communications, market access colleagues, commercial team, and the advertising agency to ensure optimal integration for the launch and post-launch activities.
  • Assist with analysis to inform the strategic assumptions that are built into brand forecasts and tracking of key performance indicators and benchmarking dashboards.
  • Independently manage competing priorities and demands from within a product team/franchise applying best practices and innovative techniques maximize value and actionable output.
  • Take full ownership of understanding the business challenge/information needs, considers alternatives, proposes appropriate method/approach, applies best practices, and proactively considers and/or develops new techniques and innovations to meet objectives.
  • Work on and lead ad-hoc franchise wide initiatives and/or projects as needed.


Education Minimum Requirements:

  • BA/BS


Required Experience and Skills:

  • This individual is expected to be an exceptional team player who can comfortably interact with and add value to the existing team of multiple market research team members working on Oncology and who also can comfortably partner with extended oncology team members including pricing and access, sales, marketing, and other market research colleagues responsible for specific indications
  • The individual should also be able to pro-actively identify business opportunities for the Oncology Franchise
  • At the same time, the Associate Director will have demonstrated consistently strong leadership skills with an ability to work independently in a rapidly changing environment with a transformational mindset, cultural awareness, and resiliency to change that enables them to effectively produce results for individual areas of responsibility
  • Minimum of (3) years' experience in Pharmaceutical US Market Research experience using both primary and secondary data sets
  • Past roles supporting sales, forecasting, access and pricing, marketing, competitive intelligence, early indications
  • Knowledge of Oncology or other Specialty Therapy areas as well as prior experience on a Global Launch
  • Well developed analytical skills, strong problem-solving and demonstrated ability to think strategically and objectively
  • Orientation toward collaboration/ teamwork, ability to lead teams in execution of market research, interest in ongoing learning
  • Demonstrates strong leadership skills around customer focus, decision making, courage & candor, and fostering collaboration
  • Ability and comfort in prioritizing and managing multiple requests from multiple marketing points and extended team members
  • Ability to communicate effectively and a strong desire to lead change in terms of developing Best Practices
  • 10% Travel


Preferred Experience and Skills:

  • Requires a strong understanding of primary market research methodologies and secondary data sets (minimum of 3 years), with new product launch and multiple customer segments within the specialty arena experience preferred
  • Past Market Pharmaceutical Commercial roles (Sales, Marketing, Access/Reimbursement etc.) and/or early indications experience is preferred
  • Experience in Oncology or other specialty therapies is strongly preferred
  • Oncology experience
  • Launch preparation experience
  • Familiarity with the Monitor process
  • Comfort with analytics
  • Ability to work in fast paced environment


Our Human Health Division maintains a "patient first, profits later" ideology. The organization is comprised of sales, marketing, market access, digital analytics and commercial professionals who are passionate about their role in bringing our medicines to our customers worldwide.
Who we are ...
We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.
What we look for ...
Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us-and start making your impact today.
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Employee Status:
Regular
Relocation:
Domestic
VISA Sponsorship:
No
Travel Requirements:
25%
Flexible Work Arrangements:
Not Specified
Shift:
Not Indicated
Valid Driving License:
Yes
Hazardous Material(s):
No
Number of Openings:
1

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