Disease Area Insights Lead

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Position: Disease Area Insights Lead (Neurology)

Job Location: Location Agnostic

A healthier future. It's what drives us to innovate. To continuously advance science and ensure everyone has access to the healthcare they need today and for generations to come. Creating a world where we all have more time with the people we love.  That's what makes us Roche.

The PAN India Insights Partner, Neurology, serves as a strategic lead for all research, analytics and insight generation within the Neurology Disease Area. This role is crucial for driving data-driven decisions by providing a deep understanding of the patient journey, physician behaviors, competitive landscape, and market trends. The ideal candidate will combine expertise in both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies with a strong understanding of the clinical and commercial aspects of Neurology to shape strategy, optimize brand performance, and support new product launches and driving critical projects/initiatives.

The Opportunity

1. Strategic Insights & Research 

• Neurology Market Expertise: Develop and maintain a comprehensive understanding of the market, including key disease areas, therapeutic classes and emerging trends

• Customer & Patient Insights: Conduct and synthesize research to uncover profound insights into the needs, behaviors, treatment pathways, and unmet needs of patients

• Primary & Secondary Research: Design, execute, and manage a wide range of research projects, including patient journey mapping, physician segmentation, HCO segmentation and brand perception studies, using both primary and secondary data sources (e.g., claims data, syndicated reports)

• Competitive Intelligence: Continuously monitor the competitive landscape, including clinical trial developments, regulatory approvals, and commercial strategies of key competitors

• Data Analysis: Lead the analysis of complex data sets, including sales data, market access information, and epidemiological data, to identify business opportunities and risks

• KPI Monitoring: Analyse existing internal data to enable better messaging, call planning, engagement strategies, promotional initiatives, etc. amongst PJPs

2. Business Partnership & Strategy

• Strategic Planning: Act as a trusted partner by providing strategic insights to the Neurology Brand Team, Commercial Leaders, and other cross-functional stakeholders to inform brand strategies, annual business plans, and forecasting

• Launch Excellence: Provide critical insights to support the successful pre-launch and post-launch phases for novel therapies in the Neurology pipeline, including market sizing, pricing strategy, and promotional messaging. Collaborate with Affiliate & Global teams to meet CEETRIS expectations

• Data-Driven Recommendations: Translate complex research findings into clear, concise, and actionable recommendations that drive business results and support decision-making at all levels

3. Knowledge Management & Communication

• Insights Repository: Create and maintain a centralized repository of Neurology specific insights and collateral, such as physician personas, patient archetypes, and disease-state factbooks

• Reporting & Communication: Prepare and present compelling reports, dashboards and presentations to senior leadership, distilling key findings and their implications for the business

• Knowledge Sharing: Foster a culture of insights-driven decision-making by proactively sharing key learnings and best practices across the organization

4. Strategic Project Management 

• Lead key projects and initiatives driven by central team for Key Accounts, Private Health Insurance, Reimbursement Accounts 

• Represent key insights and projects from India in CEETRIS & Global Teams 

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate to ensure a consistent, insights-led approach across all commercial activities

• Internal Stakeholders - DASL, Marketing, TAE, Access COE / Cluster Access, Cluster PJPs, Insight Chapter members, Procurement, Compliance, MAP Lead, Legal & Compliance, Corporate Strategy

• External Stakeholders - Therapy Area Experts, Treating Physicians, Policymakers, Pharmacists, Other HCPs and HCOs, Market Research Agencies

Who you are

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (e.g., Life Sciences, Business, Marketing, Public Health)

• Master's degree (e.g., MBA, M.S. in Health Economics) is highly preferred

Experience:

• 5-8 years of experience in customer insights, market research, or strategic consulting within the pharmaceutical or medical device industry

• Required experience in the Neurology therapeutic area is an advantage not mandatory

• Proven track record of managing end-to-end research projects and leveraging a mix of primary and secondary data to inform business strategy

• Experience with a variety of data sources relevant to Neurology (e.g., claims data, third-party syndicated reports)

Skills & Competencies:

• Deep Clinical Acumen: A strong understanding of Neurological diseases, treatment paradigms, and clinical trial processes

• Analytical Prowess: Excellent analytical and quantitative skills with proficiency in data visualization

• Strategic Thinking: Ability to identify key business questions and design research to answer them, connecting insights to broader commercial objectives

• Communication: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to tell a compelling story with data

• Interpersonal Skills: Strong ability to build relationships and influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization

Mindset & Behavior:

• Patient & Customer  Centric

• Pragmatic

• Experimenting & Risk taking

• Questioning & Challenging

• Networked & Collaborative

A healthier future drives us to innovate. Together, more than 100'000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science, ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Our efforts result in more than 26 million people treated with our medicines and over 30 billion tests conducted using our Diagnostics products. We empower each other to explore new possibilities, foster creativity, and keep our ambitions high, so we can deliver life-changing healthcare solutions that make a global impact.

Let's build a healthier future, together.

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