Senior Manager, Brand Insights

Job Overview

Otsuka Pharmaceutical Company is a global healthcare company with the corporate philosophy: “Otsuka‑people creating new products for better health worldwide.” As a Senior Manager, Brand Insights, you will play a critical role in advancing drug development by supporting the commercial insights needs for inline brands and early development assets. This position is based in Princeton, New Jersey. Otsuka maintains a hybrid work policy and travel is expected 20% of the time based on business needs.

• Be a strategic partner to the commercial teams to lead the design and delivery of high quality, applicable business insights by conducting market research projects to support pipeline, prelaunch, and inline products.
• Lead and conduct appropriate research and insights using innovative approaches to help shape the best insights.
• Partner cross‑functionally on different strategic and analytical projects to help drive optimal business decisions.
• Lead the design and delivery of cross‑functional secondary analytics reports including leadership KPI dashboards for monitoring market and brand performance.
• Lead in‑depth situation analyses and SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) of relevant disease areas to support the annual brand planning process.
• Lead strategic insights workshops to convert data from primary or secondary market research projects to insights and to uncover Key Business Questions (KBQs) for each brand.
• Manage the contracted vendor and contribute to and lead the development of important insights.
• Partner in annual forecasting cycle working with forecasting team by incorporating demand study or other market research findings.
• Create and manage budgets for the brands.
• Manage and help mentor/develop direct report.
• Proactively take ownership of building internal relationships and learning the Otsuka culture.
• Comfortable working in a dynamic, independent, and fast‑paced environment.
• Represent the Business Analysis team in multiple business meetings.

• Experience working with secondary market research data, including prescription data, patient‑level data, sales data, and payer data.
• Proven experience in high‑performing teams delivering exceptional results.
• Strong analytical, project management, fiscal management and decision‑making skills.
• Positive attitude and adaptability to a dynamic environment.
• Proven expertise integrating primary and secondary data into synthesized information and insights.
• Experience working with third‑party data such as IQVIA, Symphony Health, other claims and EMR data systems.
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills and well versed in Microsoft Office applications.
• Ability to interface with Executive Leadership with confidence and subject‑matter expertise.
• Minimum 7 years of pharmaceutical/biotech commercial experience with at least 1‑2 years in a Data Analytics or Insights / Forecasting / Consulting position.
• Bachelor’s degree or Post‑graduate degree (Master’s/Ph.D.) in a quantitative field highly desired (Public Health, Statistics, Management Science, Operations Research, Engineering, Accounting, Business, Marketing, Economics, etc.).

Minimum $ - Maximum $, plus incentive opportunity.

Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, company‑provided basic life, accidental death & dismemberment, short‑term and long‑term disability insurance, tuition reimbursement, student loan assistance, a generous 401(k) match, flexible time off, paid holidays, and paid leave programs as well as other company‑provided benefits.

Otsuka is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will be given consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity or gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, national origin, veteran status, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristic. If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you may request a reasonable accommodation.