Senior Manager Market Insights (Project Manager)

Our client, a big pharma client based in the Zug area is looking to hire a Sr Manager Market Insights (Project Manager).

This is a 6 - 12 month contract.

The Sr Market Insights Project Manager provides high quality insights on the patient experience, market environment and brand perception in a variety of orphan and rare diseases. The insights will be based on primary and secondary market research, publicly available brand and market information, and non-publicly available patient, stakeholder, brand and market intelligence. The candidate should be sufficiently knowledgeable in each of these areas with the goal to bring together and interpret matters to provide insight into business performance.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

- Identify critical business issues and opportunities for growth; collaborate with key stakeholders; and work to embed a patient point-of view into the strategic direction of the brands and company
- Proactively seek deep insights into patient experience; barriers to treatment; and unmet needs through assessment of external marketplace/other related factors to support strategic decision-making
- Define/oversee various projects and other work completed by external vendors, agencies and consultants
- Deliver insights to positively impact business decisions
- Participate actively in commercial projects by providing unbiased, objective, in-depth analysis and insights on current and future markets, product performance, customers, patients and competitors
- Work cross functionally with Global Insights team and effectively interface with the Brand Leaders, Medical Affairs, Patient Advocacy, Expertise Areas and Countries to develop and direct International Market Research and Competitive Intelligence projects and Forecasts accordingly
- Ensure that market needs are addressed, well documented and communicated to Senior Management
- Collaborate with Market Access for the development and implementation of Payer and Pricing research
- Ensure the Company is maintaining pace with current industry best reporting practices
- Ensure the Company is fully compliant with European Market Research Codes of Conduct (EPhMRA etc.) and the Research is fully compliant with the company's Codes of Conduct (Pharmacovigilance etc.)

Experience Requirements:

- 10 years' Pharma/Biotech Market Insights experience
- 5 years orphan/rare disease experience
- 5 years' experience in marketing, business development, strategic consulting or other analytical work
- You are experienced in conducting qualitative and quantitative primary market research
- You are experienced in procuring and managing IMS data
- You have experience in creating and using Excel-based forecasting models
- Familiarity and experience with more modern, advanced qualitative and quantitative market research techniques especially for patients with rare/orphan diseases
- Ability to present to senior management with exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience of outsourcing and managing third party vendors
- Ability to work in a Matrix environment

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