Associate Director, NA Pain Market Research

Vertex Pharmaceuticals • Boston, MA

13d • Hybrid

About The Position

Vertex is seeking to hire an Associate Director, NA Pain Market Research to join the North America Forecasting, Analytics and Insights team. The Associate Director will be responsible for overseeing and delivering commercial insights to inform strategic choices and commercialization decisions for the Pain business unit (BU). Market research workstreams will span functions within the BU including Marketing, Field, and Patient Support. The Associate Director will work alongside the Director of NA Pain Market Research to provide integral support primarily for the US Pain BU and Patient Support team. This person will maintain a pulse on critical business questions and formulate and execute an insights plan (involving either primary market research and/or data analytics) to answer them. Primary focus will be on supporting the US team, but duties may expand to cover Canada.

Requirements

• Depth of knowledge in a variety of primary market research methodologies; substantial experience managing design and execution of primary market research projects
• Strong quantitative analysis skills; experience running own analyses as well as partnering with advanced analytics professionals, and interpreting results
• Domain knowledge real-world data (large scale open or closed insurance claims, EHR), and/or other related data sources from providers and health systems
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills – able to synthesize and distill complex information into a compelling narrative
• Proactive orientation - able to anticipate issues, engage with stakeholders and plan accordingly
• Demonstrated experience as a trusted advisor and thought partner to stakeholders
• Comfortable with ambiguity; able to effectively structure problems and solution approaches
• Bachelor’s Degree in relevant discipline
• Typically requires 8 or more years in bio-pharma marketing, market research and/or analytics, or the equivalent combination of education and experience

Responsibilities

• Work with the Director, NA Pain Market Research and Pain BU stakeholders to formulate a comprehensive insights generation plan to address a spectrum of business questions using the appropriate methodology
• Function as a key partner to Marketing and other BU functions to provide objective perspective and insights
• Independently design and execute primary market research that addresses key business questions
• Define data analytics needed to answer ongoing business questions and oversee its execution
• Maintain a current summary of all the insights supporting a disease area in the form of an Insights book
• Develop the situation analysis for the Brand Planning process

Benefits

• This role is eligible for an annual bonus and annual equity awards.
• Some roles may also be eligible for overtime pay, in accordance with federal and state requirements.
• At Vertex, our Total Rewards offerings also include inclusive market-leading benefits to meet our employees wherever they are in their career, financial, family and wellbeing journey while providing flexibility and resources to support their growth and aspirations.
• From medical, dental and vision benefits to generous paid time off (including a week-long company shutdown in the Summer and the Winter), educational assistance programs including student loan repayment, a generous commuting subsidy, matching charitable donations, 401(k) and so much more.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees