Brand Insights Director CVRM
Wilmington, DE - USA
Job Summary
- Insight Strategy and Research Leadership: Design and deliver primary market research and integrated insight plans that address core business questions across strategy positioning messaging customer experience performance and executionso brand teams move with confidence.
- Decision-Shaping Partnership: Partner with US Marketing to inform annual planning performance reviews tactical optimization and high-stakes decisions with actionable customer and market insight that sharpens strategy and improves outcomes.
- Portfolio Learning and Future Readiness: Identify transferable findings unmet needs evolving market dynamics and team member perspectives that strengthen portfolio strategy and readiness for future opportunities.
- Integrated Analytics Collaboration: Align closely with forecasting and data analytics to connect primary research secondary data business performance indicators and forward-looking assumptions into a cohesive market view that informs strategy and resourcing.
- Evidence Synthesis and Storytelling: Translate diverse evidence sources into clear narratives and recommendations for senior stakeholdersensuring insights lead to decisions action and measurable impact.
- AI-Enabled Insight Innovation: Champion future-ready practices including AI-enabled knowledge discovery insight synthesis signal detection and faster generation of recommendations that elevate decision quality and speed.
- Methodology and Technology Advancement: Evaluate pilot and embed new methodologies data sources and technologies that improve insight quality increase agility and evolve how the organization learns from customers and the market.
- Vendor and Agency Management: Manage external research partners and specialized vendors to deliver high-quality methodologically rigorous work tied directly to business impact.
- Cross-Functional Alignment: Build strong alignment across marketing forecasting analytics and adjacent teams to ensure research agendas are connected non-duplicative and focused on the most important business questions.
- Significant pharmaceutical biotech or healthcare experience in primary market research commercial insights or brand insights with a strong track record of translating research into business action.
- Experience supporting brands across different lifecycle stages with the ability to connect immediate business needs to broader portfolio franchise or pipeline questions where relevant.
- Strong understanding of how primary market research works with forecasting secondary analytics performance tracking and commercial decision making.
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with US marketing teams and cross-functional partners influencing without authority and aligning around shared business priorities.
- Excellent communication and storytelling skills including the ability to synthesize complex evidence into concise persuasive recommendations for senior leaders.
- Strong critical thinking intellectual curiosity and learning agility with the ability to identify emerging market signals and translate them into implications for business strategy.
- Experience evaluating and applying innovative research methods sophisticated analytics or AI-enabled tools to enhance insight generation research efficiency and decision support.
- Comfort working with multiple data sources including primary research syndicated data patient-level data claims EMR and business performance metrics to create integrated insight stories.
- Strong project leadership vendor management and prioritization skills with the ability to manage multiple workstreams in a fast-paced commercial environment.
- AI readiness perspective including interest and experience in how generative AI automation and next-generation research workflows can transform the future of market research and insights.
- Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university.
- 7-10 years of experience in pharmaceutical biotech healthcare or related market research analytics insights or commercial strategy roles.
- An advanced degree is preferred (Masters MBA or PhD).
- Hands-on experience deploying generative AI or automation within research workflows and insight operations.
- Therapeutic area familiarity with cardiovascular renal or metabolic conditions.
- Experience shaping launch readiness and post-launch optimization in complex competitive markets.
Date Posted
13-Jul-2026Closing Date
19-Jul-2026Our mission is to build an inclusive environment where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and furtherance of that mission we welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their protected characteristics. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation please complete the corresponding section in the application form.
Required Experience:
Director
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