Temporary Associate Director, Global Market Insights & Analytics - Neurology

Headquartered in Carlsbad, California, with offices in Boston, Massachusetts, and Dublin, Ireland, Ionis has been discovering medical breakthroughs for over three decades. We are pioneers in RNA-targeted medicines, revolutionizing drug discovery and transforming lives for patients with unmet needs. Our leading pipeline spans neurology, cardiology, and other high-need areas, and we continue to drive innovation in RNA therapies and gene editing.

About the role

Ionis is seeking a market insights and analytics professional to join our rapidly growing Insights & Analytics team. Reporting to the Executive Director, Head of Strategic Market Insights, you will serve as the single point of contact for the Adult Neurology franchise. This role involves developing a deep understanding of the market through research, data analytics, and competitive intelligence, as well as driving data-backed forecast assumptions. You will collaborate cross-functionally with New Product Strategy, Competitive Intelligence, Clinical Development, and R&D teams to shape pipeline strategies, marketing plans, clinical development, and business development initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead end-to-end market insights plans, determining critical business questions, setting the long-term research roadmap for assigned programs, and generating actionable recommendations.
• Serve as the single point of contact and strategic advisor for relevant program leads, driving evidence-based decision-making for program and portfolio strategy.
• Identify and select external partners to support execution of market insights projects and manage processes to achieve quality, cost-effective, and efficient delivery.
• Leverage and synthesize information from multiple sources, including qualitative and quantitative primary market research, data analysis, secondary research, and competitive intelligence.
• Pressure test conclusions and implications from market insight initiatives to ensure assessments are objective, data-driven, and relevant.
• Partner with the forecasting team to develop and pressure test forecast assumptions and models.
• Effectively translate and communicate outputs in the form of actionable insights and recommendations for cross-functional teams and leadership.
• Reconcile dissenting views, negotiate, and persuade others by applying high emotional intelligence to shift thinking on sensitive or complex situations to drive business results.
• Lead ad hoc strategy projects and initiatives (e.g., new indication, product, or market evaluations).

Requirements

• 12+ years of Pharma/biotech experience.
• Bachelor’s degree required; relevant advanced degree preferred.
• Experience with market research across all modalities of market insights along the product lifecycle (pre-/clinical, pre-launch, launch, post-launch), and with key stakeholders (e.g., HCP, patient, payor, pharmacy) in rare disease.
• Experience in the U.S. market required; global market insights experience preferred.
• Experience in Neurology, as well as broad and rare disease markets preferred.
• Strong understanding of design and implementation of cutting-edge market research.
• Experience leveraging complex quantitative data (e.g., claims, EHR), and ability to discern and translate meaningful insights.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong collaboration and interpersonal skills – ability to partner with and influence other data-driven cross-functional teams to gain broader customer perspectives and distill clear, actionable insights, often without direct authority.
• Desire to work in a fast-paced, innovative environment and evolving organization, with the ability to prioritize efforts, solve problems, make tradeoffs and decisions, and manage stakeholder expectations.
• Ability to think big picture while remaining detail-oriented.
• Results-oriented with a bias to act and an innovative approach to addressing business challenges.
• Innate curiosity, with strong personal drive and entrepreneurial spirit.

Pay

The hourly pay scale for this position is $76.92/hour to $100.00/hour.