Associate Director - Business Integrated Insights, Neuroscience

Title:

Associate Director, Business Integrated Insights, Neuroscience

Company:

Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals Inc.

About Ipsen:

Ipsen is a mid-sized global biopharmaceutical company with a focus on transformative medicines in three therapeutic areas: Oncology, Rare Disease and Neuroscience. Supported by nearly 100 years of development experience, with global hubs in the U.S., France and the U.K, we tackle areas of high unmet medical need through research and innovation.

 Our passionate teams in more than 40 countries are focused on what matters and endeavor every day to bring medicines to patients in 88 countries. We build a workplace that champions human-centric leadership and fosters a culture of collaboration, excellence and impact. At Ipsen, every individual is empowered to be their true selves, grow and thrive alongside the company’s success. Join us on our journey towards sustainable growth, creating real impact on patients and society!

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Job Description:

The Associate Director, Business Integrated Insights, Neuroscience serves as a strategic partner to the Neuroscience Business Unit and Brand Teams by generating customer, market, and product insights derived from primary market research, secondary data analytics, and competitive intelligence. This position will report to the Director, Integrated Insights, Neuroscience.

The person in this role will identify, prioritize, execute, and present the analyses and corresponding insights needed to make strategic decisions that improve the performance of aligned brands. The role will also measure brand performance, support brand planning, and act as a key stakeholder in developing and executing brand strategy.

This is a critical role in helping the Integrated Insights team to deliver on its mission to provide not only facts and data, but insights and implications that drive growth.  This role will directly contribute to the performance of the inline business and pre-launch activities for Dysport and represent the voices of our stakeholders (patients and HCPs) in making critical business decisions.

This is an exciting opportunity for an individual to work across a brand at different lifecycle stages and actively participate in a potential launch.

WHAT - Main Responsibilities

• Define and manage scope of work and budget for primary market research and CI
• Track the Neuroscience learning agenda to ensure research and analytics needs are executed in a timely manner 
• Lead projects and coordinate project logistics, timelines, research materials development, and deliverable creation
• Deliver effective presentations of findings and recommendations to multiple levels of leadership, creating visual displays of quantitative and qualitative information
• Collaborate with and influence internal stakeholders to process and prioritize new insights and analytics requests, and provide feedback on vendor performance
• Participate as a key thought partner to the brand team by challenging assumptions and identifying key risks and opportunities
• Collaborate closely with the Integrated Insights team and cross-functional partners across the brand and business
• Develop and maintain a market intelligence repository to serve as a single source of truth for the Neuroscience team

How - Behavioral Competencies Required

• Ability to transition easily from data and observations to insights and practical business considerations
• Ability to anticipate internal and external business challenges and recommend process, product, or service improvements
• High degree of creativity and innovation in developing new approaches, processes, and methodologies
• Clear understanding of the changing healthcare marketplace
• Ability to effectively perform all functions in adherence with legal, compliance, and regulatory guidelines in the pharmaceutical industry
• Ability to contribute to the development of functional strategy to assist business areas in defining their information strategy
• Experience in leading cross functional, matrixed project teams to achieve milestones and objectives
• Strong oral and written communication, interpersonal, public relations, facilitation, management, decision making, collaboration, and organizational skills
• Ability to work in a hybrid structure, including working from our Cambridge, MA office multiple days per week

How - Knowledge & Experience

Knowledge & Experience (essential):

• Minimum 8+ years of pharmaceutical and/or life sciences experience,
• At least 3 years of client-side (or in-house) experience in data analytics / forecasting, primary market research, and/or competitive intelligence
• Demonstrated success using research to drive insights and strategic implications that lead to business decisions

• Thorough understanding of the commercialization of biopharmaceuticals, including brand management, sales planning and execution, market access, and regulatory environments

Knowledge & Experience (preferred):

• Experience in Neuroscience is a plus, ideally in movement disorders, and/or migraine
• Mix of Life Sciences/BioPharma consulting and in-house experience would be a plus

Education / Certifications:

• Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) is required
• MBA or MS in Business Analytics or other quantitative field is a plus

Compensation

The annual base salary range for this position is $153,000 - $215,000

This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentives program. At Ipsen we are proud to offer a comprehensive employee benefits package, including 401(k) with company contributions, group medical, dental and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, short- and long-term disability insurance, as well as flexible spending accounts. Ipsen also provides parental leave, paid time off, a discretionary winter shutdown, well-being allowance, commuter benefits, and much more.

The pay range displayed above is the range of base pay compensation within which Ipsen expects to pay for this role at the time of this posting. Individual compensation within this range depends on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, prior education and experience, job-related knowledge and demonstrated skills.

We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels heard, valued, and supported; where we embrace “The Real Us”. The value we place on different perspectives and experiences drives our commitment to inclusion and equal opportunities. When we include diverse ways of thinking, we make more thoughtful decisions and discover more innovative solutions. Together we strive to better understand the communities we serve. This means we also want to help you perform at your best when applying for a role with us. If you require any adjustments or support during the application process, please let the recruitment team know. This information will be handled with care and will not affect the outcome of your application. Ipsen is an equal opportunity employer that strictly prohibits unlawful discrimination. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to an individual’s race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin/ancestry, age, mental/physical disability, medical condition, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.