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Associate Director, Market Research and Analytics - Immunology

AbbVie · Mettawa, IL · Full time · Marketing

Posted Aug 19, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Sep 22, 2026

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About your past

Tell me about an insight that changed a brand decision. How did you make it land?

What they are checking: The insight-driven storytelling this posting names, judged by outcome.

Describe developing a direct report who was strong analytically but not being heard by senior stakeholders.

What they are checking: The people development and exposure this posting specifically describes.

How do you represent the voice of the customer when everyone in the room has their own theory?

What they are checking: Holding the customer view in a room of opinions.

This is a Mettawa role asking for ten or more years in marketing research or analytics with pharmaceutical data experience, with direct reports, inside Immunology. What do you want to know about the team size and how these three indications share resource?

What they are checking: Checking the real team and portfolio behind a broad remit.

What would you do

How do you manage a research supplier so you get insight rather than a deck of charts?

What they are checking: Supplier management, which the posting names as a competency.

A brand team wants research that supports a decision they have already made. What do you do?

What they are checking: The objectivity and lack of bias this posting explicitly requires.

About the work

This covers atopic dermatitis, vitiligo and alopecia areata. What is different about researching a condition that is visible to other people?

What they are checking: Genuine understanding of the patient experience in these specific conditions.

Walk me through designing a custom research study for a business question your brand team has not been able to answer.

What they are checking: Custom research design, which this posting asks you to lead independently.

How do you synthesize primary research with prescribing, payer and patient-level secondary data when they tell different stories?

What they are checking: The synthesis across evidence sources this posting makes a defining duty.

How do you design a measurement plan that shows whether brand execution is actually working?

What they are checking: The measurement planning this posting includes beyond research.

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The full job description

As published by AbbVie.

The Associate Director of Market Research & Analytics for Atopic Dermatitis, Vitiligo & Alopecia Areata will design, implement, manage, analyze, and effectively communicate market research and analytics initiatives for each of the businesses on behalf of APEX. The individual will derive high-impact learnings from qualitative and quantitative primary and secondary research, behavioral analytics, market and competitive intelligence, and internal stakeholder initiatives, and partner across APEX verticals as well as with Brand partners, Medical partners and external agencies to inform strategic and tactical decision-making. The ability to influence decisions based upon careful and strategic thinking and understanding of the business is critical to success. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: • Proactively identify primary research and analytics opportunities to ensure that decision-making is based on the most current, objective and comprehensive insights across HCPs and patients. • Be conversant with custom research methods, adept at supplier and stakeholder management, and able to independently lead custom research projects. • Deliver compelling, actionable learnings with strong ability to influence through insight-driven storytelling. • Serve as the lead for business questions that require synthesis across multiple evidence sources — particularly primary and secondary data. Own business framing, cross-source synthesis, implications, and recommendations. • Perform thought-provoking and sophisticated syntheses of learning across primary research, analytics, and market intelligence sources to develop actionable insights and recommendations that shape strategies and tactics. • Demonstrate analytics fluency to engage credibly across data types • Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure Brand, Field Planning & Analytics, Market Access and Patient Services intelligence is leveraged appropriately to inform brand strategies and performance expectations. • Maintain organizational knowledge of the market, competitive trends, and industry developments and effectively communicate this knowledge to internal stakeholders. • Design and execute against measurement plans, inclusive of selected operational and performance indicators, to ensure the organization’s understanding of execution, engagement, and impact of brand programs and tactics. • Coordinate and manage monthly program performance assessments (i.e. business reviews) on topics that will make the highest impact on the business. • Build solid relationships as a team player, while maintaining objectivity and lack of bias to represent the voice of the customer. • Manage and develop direct reports, identifying opportunities for growth over time. Understand where and how to appropriately expose direct reports to Leadership to both accelerate their career growth and maximize team efficiency across meetings. • Balance business needs with strategic projects to advance the capabilities of Immunology APEX. • Promote a culture of proactive communication, appreciation of diverse points of view, and recognition to facilitate psychological safety across the team. • Demonstrate thoughtful confidence in presentation of learnings across all levels of the organization. • Monitor and manage research and analytics programs within budget and identify opportunities for cost savings where appropriate. • Ensure all research and analytics activities are conducted in accordance with financial and ethical compliance guidelines. • BA or BS degree required. Advanced degree (MA, MS, MBA, PhD) preferred. • 10+ years relevant marketing research and/or analytics experience required. • Experience in pharmaceutical industry and pharmaceutical data (physician-level prescribing, institutional sales data, payer-prescriber-level data, formulary data, patient-level data, etc.) preferred. • Analytical reasoning abilities, intellectual curiosity, strong business acumen, superior organizational skills, meticulous attention to detail, and creativity in problem-solving. • Ability to interact effectively with/present to (verbally and in writing) all levels of the organization. • Proven experience as an integral member of a high-performing work team. • Experience with and strong aptitude navigating a heavily matrixed and fast-paced environment. • Strong leadership skills and the ability to collaborate effectively cross-functionally within the organization and with external agencies. • Demonstrated project management skills. Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​ • The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of thisposting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location,and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. ​ • We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.​ • This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs. ​ Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission,incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless anduntil paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.​ AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community.  Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more, visit https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html US & Puerto Rico applicants seeking a reasonable accommodation, click here to learn more: https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/reasonable-accommodations.html