Manager, Market Research

Company: Disability Solutions
Location: Philadelphia
Posted on: January 27, 2023

Job Description:

Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc (NASDAQ: JAZZ) is a global biopharmaceutical company whose purpose is to innovate to transform the lives of patients and their families. We are dedicated to developing life-changing medicines for people with serious diseases - often with limited or no therapeutic options. We have a diverse portfolio of marketed medicines and novel product candidates, from early- to late-stage development, in neuroscience and oncology. We actively explore new options for patients including novel compounds, small molecules and biologics, and through cannabinoid science and innovative delivery technologies. Jazz is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland and has employees around the globe, serving patients in nearly 75 countries. For more information, please visit www.jazzpharmaceuticals.com and follow @JazzPharma on Twitter.The Manager of Market Research at Jazz is a strategic thought partner and analytical expert who provides critical contributions to brand team, life-cycle planning, forecasting and senior management decisions requiring primary market research, secondary data analysis and/or competitive intelligence.The Manager integrates business insights across multiple data inputs, leads primary research efforts to support business objectives, and proactively identifies new opportunities for the brand. The Manager will propose and execute a market research plan and inform the team of the key conclusions and suggested applications of market research results, keeping the research actionable and applicable to current business decisions. This role will also be responsible for monitoring development landscape for the franchise. The Manager must quickly establish credibility in order to collaborate with cross-functional teams including Brand Marketing, Forecasting, Global Competitive Intelligence and Life Cycle Management leads, Commercial Development, Medical Affairs, Investor Relations, Senior Management, and others.Essential Job Functions:

• Lead a comprehensive market research process for products within the Sleep Business Unit and contribute to strategic insights sharing across the franchise
• Initiate and facilitate activities that enhance brand teams' knowledge regarding the product attitudes and usage, market dynamics, and competition
• Represent the voice of the customer (e.g., physicians, patients) to the organization by maintaining and communicating a holistic understanding of the marketplace synthesized from an array of primary and secondary sources
• Communicate and align key internal stakeholders around market research objectives and outputs including qualifying the results based on the strength of the data and identifying any limitations and caveats
• Select appropriate research methodology to address business objectives, design qualitative and quantitative research plans for the business unit
• Develop and present timely final reports and actionable recommendations to key stakeholders, focusing on key findings and relevant implications to each stakeholder group, and senior leadership
• Propose and manage yearly market research budgets, identifying efficiencies that can optimize insights generation efforts across the portfolio, where appropriate
• Collaborate with Global Competitive Intelligence team to develop a unified perspective on implications of market activities to the brand when needed
• Partner with Analytics and cross functional team members to utilize secondary data resources to answer business questions from key customers in a holistic manner
• Work with forecasting to provide input on key variables
• Work with cross functional partners to support overall franchise strategy, which includes development and delivery of Situation Analysis to support the annual brand planning cycle
• Exemplify Jazz valuesEssential Qualifications:
  • BA or BS with a concentration in Life Sciences, Business or Mathematics; MBA or other advanced degree preferred.
  • 6 years+ progressive experience in strategic analysis, planning, and primary research.
  • Excellent primary research skills and the ability to translate the data and learning into actionable recommendations for business growth.
  • Track record of being a collaborative team player, and adaptive to meeting the needs of a growing business
  • Deep-experience with a variety of research vendors and study designs and building quality research vendor partnerships
  • Demonstrated ability to influence senior management and key business partnersJazz Pharmaceuticals is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any characteristic protected by law.

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