Overview
Entrepreneurial Spirit, Rooted in Tradition. Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma America, Inc. (MTPA) is a U.S. subsidiary of Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation (MTPC) in Japan, which touts a storied reputation more than 300 years in the making. Our parent company – one of Japan’s most respected – is a research-driven pharmaceutical company that has tirelessly pursued medical breakthroughs with global reach. MTPC has discovered and produced several first-in-class medicines for serious diseases, including multiple sclerosis (MS), diabetes mellitus (DM), and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
MTPA is rapidly expanding its operations across all functional areas. MTPA’s commitment to patients and their communities continues with a robust late-stage pipeline of investigational treatments for difficult-to-treat diseases and commercializing products with significant unmet medical needs in North American markets. In the United States, MTPA launched rare diseases treatments including RADICAVA® (edaravone) injectables in 2017, EXSERVAN™ (riluzole) oral film in 2021, and RADICAVA® (edaravone) oral suspension in 2022. The company handles research, clinical development, sales, marketing, medical affairs, and business development functions. MTPA is dedicated to improving the treatment environment for those with debilitating diseases, researching on real-world evidence, and creating hope for all facing illness.
The Manager, Analytics & Insights is responsible for generating insights, managing market research projects, monitoring competition, finding insights in data, and contributing to forecasts for existing and future brands at Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma America. The position sits within Commercial and reports to the Director, Commercial Analytics & Insights.
This position offers an extraordinary opportunity for individuals interested in growing in a nimble, agile company and contributing to vital initiatives within the Commercial organization, where our focus is therapeutic areas with high unmet needs.
Responsibilities
- Manage market research projects for in-line and pipeline brands for US and/or Canada launch, including message testing, payer/pricing research, physician ATUs, patient ATUs, physician segmentation, patient segmentation, demand research, and patient journey research.
- Conduct data analysis and generate insight on launched products to report on performance and guide management and the field.
- Contribute insights to launch strategies and overall commercialization efforts on in-line and pipeline brands to meet or exceed launch plan objectives.
- Provide pipeline and in-line product forecasts.
- Contribute and/or run projects related to competitive landscape, and possibly sales force sizing, sales force IC design, and ROI analyses of sales and marketing efforts.
- Conduct other analysis as needed.
- Rare disease and CNS experience is a plus.
- Manage vendors with an eye towards bottom-line Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma America profitability.
- Impeccable professionalism, communication skills, organization skills, and ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously and to adhere to tight timelines and ensure deadlines are met with high quality output.
- Work with cross functional teams (Marketing, Sales, Market Access, Finance, Medical Affairs, Clinical, and Regulatory) to create effective, positive partnerships with peers and key internal/ external stakeholders and ensure alignment of business needs and objectives.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree required. Master’s preferred
- Minimum of 5 years of experience, with strong knowledge of pharmaceutical industry commercial analytics and market research, preferably with 3-5 years in a role with market research, data analysis, modeling, and competitive monitoring.
- Knowledge of market research methods and practices.
- Experience with pharmaceutical industry launches, preferably with dynamics related to rare diseases and the Neurology/CNS market.
- Experience with IQVIA and other industry-standard data.
- Leads by example, displaying integrity, collaboration, accessibility, adaptability, sound judgment/decision making, and an entrepreneurial, solutions-oriented attitude.
- Demonstrates responsiveness, attention to detail, and follow-through coupled with ability to prioritize/multi-task effectively.
- The ability to synthesize complex information, distill critical insights to inform commercial strategies, and then translate to tactical level.
- Excellent written/verbal communication and presentation skills.
- Highly proficient in MS Office; skilled at and interested in developing pharmaceutical product forecast models and quantitative analyses.
- Working knowledge and understanding of the Pharma industry, broad therapeutic areas/disease states, drugs/treatments, and related regulatory, commercialization and compliance requirements.
- Must be able to travel 20% domestically and internationally for business and project meetings as require.
Our Value Proposition:
Enjoy the fast-moving, entrepreneurial spirit more typically found in a small biotech, complemented by the benefits of a global pharmaceutical/chemical conglomerate. At this time, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma America offers our employees unparalleled opportunities for career success coupled with a supportive level of employee benefits.
MTP provides a competitive benefits package inclusive of Medical and Dental health benefits, short-term and long-term disability plans, Company Paid and Supplemental Life insurance and additional voluntary benefits such as Critical Illness Insurance, Accident Insurance, Legal Plan, and ID Theft Protection. In addition, we provide a generous PTO policy based on tenure, commencing with 24 PTO days, pro-rated based on hire date.
The salary range for this position is $93,000 – $149,000. Factors such as scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate’s work experience, education/training, job-related skills, internal peer equity, as well as market and business considerations may influence base pay offered. This salary may be subject to a geographic adjustment (according to a specific city and state and depending on the role), if an authorization is granted to work outside of the location listed in this posting.
This position is eligible to participate in our annual Short-Term Incentive (STI) program. Specific information about the plan including eligibility rules and target, will be furnished upon hire.