Vice President, Healthcare Market Research

Vice President, Healthcare Market Research

Job Description

The Vice President, Healthcare role is critical as it operates at a senior leadership level within our team, overseeing the entire research lifecycle with responsibilities including profitability for specific clients and studies, driving business growth, and mentoring junior team members. Individuals who excel in strategic thinking, client relationship management, and team leadership will thrive in this position.

As Vice President, Healthcare you are passionate about driving business growth, leading teams, and enabling clients to make confident business decisions in the healthcare sector. This is your opportunity to bring your expertise and leadership skills to help us expand our business further.

Ipsos Healthcare VPs are responsible for maintaining and growing the Healthcare business. They foster strong relationships with existing and new clients by understanding key business challenges and designing programs to address them. VPs are trusted partners who work across teams and service lines to bring the best of Ipsos to our clients. VPs typically oversee people and/or teams and lead by example.

• Develop expertise in Ipsos product offerings & advisory capabilities to bring clients solutions and grow Healthcare business.
• Deeply understand client needs and goals and lead clients as a trusted partner
  • Stay abreast of clients’ broader business issues and anticipate their evolving needs and designs programs to address them
  • Build and maintain relationships with key decision makers within client organization
  • Understand clients’ organization, culture, and how to get things done
  • Uncover clients’ personal goals and needs and leverage to win business
• Establish relationships & networks internally across Ipsos’ levels and service lines.

• Experience across a range of medical therapeutic areas – familiarity and/or interest in oncology is hugely beneficial.
• Willingness to embrace learning about therapy areas to present expertise to clients.

• At least 10 years of experience in quantitative market research and consulting.
• Experience conducting and reporting on quantitative market research studies such as ATUs, demand assessments, segmentations, message tests, etc.

• Manages and updates a portfolio of account plans, forecasts & meets yearly budget targets including profitability and other metrics as defined by management.
• Ensures all clients within portfolio have account plans that are being implemented, and includes client-specific KPIs (including budgets); pivots as appropriate based on changes to clients’ objectives, needs, news.
• Implements strategies to improve Ipsos Healthcare’s profitability.

• Addresses internal resourcing needs by engaging in cross-team resource sharing.
• Engages project team in collaborative problem-solving.
• Identifies & implements efficient procedures.

• Manages and mentors staff.
• Holds individuals accountable for their goals, offers feedback, implements milestone plans, and advocates for experiences and growth for team members.

• Proficiency with MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Superior organizational skills, ability to manage and delegate work effectively.
• Balance of attention to detail with view to bigger picture and overall objectives.
• Strongly developed analytic skills including expertise in survey design, sampling plans, analysis, reporting.
• Strong communication skills.
• Ability to develop strong client relationships.
• Ability to oversee and balance internal and external priorities.
• Superior presentation skills.

At Ipsos you’ll experience opportunities for Career Development, an exceptional benefits package (including generous PTO, healthcare plans, wellness benefits), a flexible workplace policy, and a strong collaborative culture.

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