Associate Director, Business Integrated Insights, Neuroscience

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 CITrack 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 creationDeliver effective presentations of findings and recommendations to multiple levels of leadership, creating visual displays of quantitative and qualitative informationCollaborate with and influence internal stakeholders to process and prioritize new insights and analytics requests, and provide feedback on vendor performanceParticipate as a key thought partner to the brand team by challenging assumptions and identifying key risks and opportunitiesCollaborate closely with the Integrated Insights team and cross-functional partners across the brand and businessDevelop 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 considerationsAbility to anticipate internal and external business challenges and recommend process, product, or service improvementsHigh degree of creativity and innovation in developing new approaches, processes, and methodologiesClear understanding of the changing healthcare marketplaceAbility to effectively perform all functions in adherence with legal, compliance, and regulatory guidelines in the pharmaceutical industryAbility to contribute to the development of functional strategy to assist business areas in defining their information strategyExperience in leading cross functional, matrixed project teams to achieve milestones and objectivesStrong oral and written communication, interpersonal, public relations, facilitation, management, decision making, collaboration, and organizational skillsAbility 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 intelligenceDemonstrated success using research to drive insights and strategic implications that lead to business decisionsThorough 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 requiredMBA 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.