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About the Role

The Insight Generation Manager supports business unit growth strategies through data and insights, leveraging market, sales, research, and digital data to provide analysis and suggestions for critical business issues. This role drives data-driven decision-making and contributes to business growth through predictive analytics, advanced analytics, market research, and performance management in collaboration with business units and global teams.

Responsibilities

Support decision-making through data analysis by understanding business unit challenges and needs.
Plan and execute analysis projects utilizing market and sales data.
Lead problem-solving and opportunity identification using Advanced Analytics.
Interpret analysis results from a business perspective and propose actionable insights.
Develop short-term and long-term sales forecast models to support business planning.
Analyze market environment and key driver changes to visualize their impact on performance.
Design and monitor KPIs, reporting to management and global teams.
Support optimization of digital strategy by measuring the effectiveness of omnichannel initiatives and promotional activities.
Generate customer and market insights through market research design and analysis.
Build optimal analytical frameworks for business challenges using data sources like IQVIA, JMDC, and MDV.
Lead and facilitate all analytical projects in Japan.
Gather and interpret stakeholder needs into business questions.
Determine the proper approach and assign suitable members for analytics projects (e.g., advanced analytics, market research, SFE, secondary data delivery).
Proactively share analytics knowledge with global members.
Build clear, accurate, and well-structured forecast models that align with marketing strategy.
Determine assumptions for building sales forecasts (short-term to long-term).
Quantify the sales impact of each critical business factor.
Prepare documents to explain forecast logic for business review.
Develop solid analytics logic and conduct analysis to solve business questions.
Connect and interpret analytical results with the business situation and explain results with a business story.
Understand AI capabilities and limitations to communicate smoothly with AI engineers.
Define and monitor KPIs for Omni-channel projects to track progress.
Manage promotion data (physical + digital) analysis projects to evaluate promotion effectiveness.
Deliver insights to improve/enhance digital initiatives through data analysis.
Identify metrics that drive performance against strategic priorities.
Analyze and report performance metrics to management.
Share KPI reports with global stakeholders at fixed intervals.
Understand the definitions of data sources (e.g., IQVIA, JMDC, MDV).
Identify the ideal data source for each business question.
Propose the best method and create questionnaires to answer business questions.
Analyze primary data to quantify needed aspects.

Requirements

Practical experience in a pharmaceutical company or consulting firm.
Experience in Business Intelligence, Insight Generation, Commercial Excellence, business planning, or marketing analysis within the pharmaceutical industry.
Experience in generating insights and proposing strategies using various data held by pharmaceutical companies.
For candidates from consulting firms, experience in projects for pharmaceutical companies.
Experience in analysis using secondary data in the pharmaceutical industry, such as IQVIA, JMDC, and MDV.
Experience connecting data analysis results to business strategy.
More than 5 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry is preferable.
Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills.
Business-level Japanese and English language proficiency.
Working experience in a Commercial Excellence department in pharma is preferable.
Collaborative and respectful mindset, able to promote collaboration with various departments.
Ability to understand stakeholder needs correctly and quickly.
Ability to explain analysis results understandably to business unit personnel.
Challenging spirit, demonstrating initiative in new areas.
Enterprise thinking, providing value to the whole company or business units.
Resilience and flexible thinking to deliver value in a rapidly changing environment.

Skills

Data Analysis
Business Insights
Predictive Analytics
Advanced Analytics
Market Research
Performance Management
Forecasting
AI
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Digital Strategy
Omni-channel Analysis
KPI Design and Monitoring
Data Source Understanding (IQVIA, JMDC, MDV)
Project Management
Communication
Stakeholder Management

Location

Japan

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

More than 5 years experience in pharmaceutical industry
Experience in pharmaceutical industry or consulting firm

Education Level

Bachelor's Degree
Post Graduate Qualification in Relevant Discipline Preferred (e.g. MSc, PhD, MBA)
Project Management Certification or Qualification Preferred (e.g. PMP, APM, Prince 2, Agile etc)

Benefits

Opportunity to be involved in a wide range of activities from data analysis to business strategy.
Close proximity to management and business leaders, allowing for significant influence.
Opportunities to utilize the latest analytics, including AI and machine learning.
Potential for international career development through collaboration with global teams.
Enhancement of expertise in business intelligence and commercial excellence within the pharmaceutical industry.
A culture of compassion and support where everyone is respected, accepted, and can do their best.
Opportunity to grow, build a career freely, and maximize potential at UCB.

About the Company

UCB is a global biopharmaceutical company focusing on the neurology and immunology fields.
Approximately 8,500 employees worldwide are inspired by patients and driven by science.
At UCB, creating value is prioritized over simply completing tasks.
We aim to achieve results for patients by embracing challenges, collaborating, and pursuing innovation.
We consistently aim for 'beyond,' delivering human-centered value to patients, employees, and the planet.

Equal Opportunity

UCB values equal opportunity.
All hiring decisions are made regardless of any legally protected attribute.
Please contact EMEA-Reasonable_Accommodation@ucb.com for any necessary accommodations during the selection process.