Associate Director

Overview

Title: Associate Director, Research Insights

Company/Location: THE PLANNING SHOP, NY/PA/Virtual

Are you ready for a new challenge? Then it’s time to act.

We’re looking for an Associate Director with magnetic enthusiasm to help our clients transform research into business building ideas that shape distinctive healthcare brands.

If you have an insatiable curiosity to uncover insights that help pharma to navigate complex brand challenges, then get in touch!

Our company

THE PLANNING SHOP is the insights led brand consultancy for the healthcare industry.

Established in 1987 as an independent agency, we’re now proud to be part of the world’s largest healthcare communications network – the Omnicom Health Group.

With extensive healthcare expertise in virtually every therapy area, we’re trusted to work for the largest pharma companies across the globe to the new players on the block.

Armed with curiosity, a passion for healthcare and a collaborative spirit, we’re logical, lateral, and creative thinkers, proficient in research and brand building across all phases of the pharmaceutical product and portfolio lifecycle.

Your challenge: Join us!

We need an Associate Director to help us:

• Manage and motivate project teams to deliver multiple successful, innovative qualitative and quantitative, local and international insight and branding projects
• Be responsible for delivering high-quality projects in a leadership role
• Effectively manage and develop researchers throughout projects
• Promote and create an environment that encourages repeat business
• Ensure the successful implementation of THE PLANNING SHOP’s insight methodologies
• Deliver projects within budget
• Help promote and grow the Company by being a business leader and a spokesperson within and for THE PLANNING SHOP 
• In person client travel is required 

Your experience:

• A minimum of four years’ experience working in a market research agency with time spent with a pharmaceutical focus
• Client-side experience an advantage
• An expert in ad-hoc qualitative and quantitative market research techniques
• Multiple therapeutic area experience; oncology experience a plus
• Team management and development experience
• Ability to deliver high quality standards to clients
• Strong knowledge of market research methodologies
• A good understanding of the pharma and healthcare industries.

Enthusiasm, proactiveness, a collaborative nature, creativity and an outgoing personality would tick all the boxes!

Is this you? If so, get in touch with us. We’d love to hear from you.

Omnicom Health Group is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is equally distributed, and we’re focused on developing diverse teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us—we look forward to getting to know you!