Associate Director, Marketing Analytics at Allergan Aesthetics, an AbbVie Company in Mettawa, IL, United States

Job description

• The Associate Director, Marketing Analytics, will develop and deploy analytic solutions based on business needs for Dermatology Rinvoq new launch indications - Vitiligo & Alopecia. The individual will be responsible for pulling through brand strategy and tactics at a national and sub-national level.
• This position’s primary objectives: Lead the US Rinvoq Vitiligo & Alopecia Analytics team to ensure successful execution of the analytical plan, derive findings and implications from physician and patient analytics to strengthen commercial understanding of subnational dynamics and performance, and use analytic insights to identify actionable opportunities to enhance performance.

Responsibilities

• Develop fact-based promotional investment strategies and guide investment decisions from marketing mix/business optimization and other analysis to optimize performance, influence business growth & inform the annual financial forecasting and brand planning process
• Develop near-term KPIs and longer-term ROI measurements that will inform recommendations to optimize personal and non-personal promotional channels
• Closely involved with financial planning process, responsible for input into financial planning process & key conduit to Forecasting for all monthly estimates, annual plan and long-range plan deliverables
• Understand sub-national drivers of cross-brand performance, providing more granularity to performance dynamics across distribution channels and customers
• Leverage innovative, sophisticated analytic models that address critical issues but also meet key business criteria (e.g. cost, risk, business impact) and key technical criteria (e.g. reliability, validity, and predictability)
• Build, coach, and maintain a high-performing and diverse team of analytical, quantitative, and business-minded individuals that collectively extract business insights that drives better business outcomes
• Effectively work with cross-functional partners to deliver integrated analytics reflecting the diverse contributions across the functions
• Lead contract support, and external suppliers to increase and enhance the use of advanced modeling and analytic methods and produce results that fully leverage available data and analytics

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree (Business Administration, Statistics, Economics) required, with a concentration in marketing/sales/quantitative analysis. Master’s Degree preferred.
• 8-10 years of relevant experience in quantitative analysis of sales and marketing information is required, including use of this information in the development of business plans and strategies. Experience within in the Pharma/BioTech industry is strongly preferred.
• Strong analytical reasoning abilities, intellectual curiosity, strong business acumen, and creativity in problem solving. Experience with current methods Analytics/Machine Learning.
• Advanced experience with 3rd party pharmaceutical data sources like IQVIA/SHS Sales Data (APLD, DDD, Xponent, NSP, NPA), and Specialty pharmacy data and one or multiple analytic domains (promo optimization, digital, launch support, etc)
• Deep hands-on expertise in current analytical methods & tools (including machine learning)
• Advanced communication and influencing skills
• Advanced agility, project management and prioritization skills
• Advanced vendor management skills
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively and to influence in a matrixed organization
• High motivation, strong work-ethic and positive attitude while working under tight timelines

Skills

Required

• Strong analytical reasoning abilities
• Intellectual curiosity
• Strong business acumen
• Creativity in problem solving
• Advanced vendor management skills

Benefits

• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.​
• This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs. ​
• Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law. ​
• Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​
• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. ​