Senior Manager, Analytics and Strategy Manager

Job Description:

Purpose of the Job Support-numbers has driven decision-making across commercial/overall business.  This position will lead key projects supporting global business success such as Strategic Planning.

Tasks & Responsibilities:  

• Business Strategic Planning, Commercial Strategy & Pricing, Global market models, and supporting and driving (where applicable) Marketing initiatives.
• Commercial Strategy and Excellence / Commercial Strategy and Excellence Lead
• Lead Annual Business strategic planning process. 
• Aligning on the overall process and strategy with VP of Marketing, Division President, and with other key leaders from business Sr. Leadership Team. 
• Lead the process and engagement across subject matter experts across functions in order to perform the necessary analysis and create strategies that roll up to a final plan. 
• Lead Commercial strategy and Pricing
• Lead Competitive Intelligence process development to identify, analyze, and evaluate market opportunities with strong potential for customer/consumer value creation and provide the framework for evaluation
• Maintain view of the competitive market and product-market fit
• Lead efforts with the Franchise Leadership Teams to drive a strong product roadmap, by aggregating and analyzing competitive actions and providing Competitive strategies.
• Use competitive intelligence analyses to provide strategic insights and recommendations at PSG for product-market fit assessments of product roadmap
• Develop Global Market and competitive pricing strategy
• Understand the market and competitive pricing trends and work with cross-geo and external best practices to drive increased pricing strategy on a global basis.
• Spearhead creation and measurement of commercial excellence metrics to help identify key trends relating to commercial success (financial data to put together simple tracking reports). This data will focus but will not be limited to tracking pricing among various global geographies and market segments. 
• Assess internal and external data sources to represent AB performance relative to the market and key competitors both in terms of acute and long-term performance. 
• Be responsible for all Investor Relations business analysis and inputs in line with Finance leadership.
• Lead and support Marketing initiatives
• Promote and mentor other marketing personnel as they drive revenue and business forecasting relating to new products and other commercial initiatives.
• Manage functional metrics and drive assessment of key marketing initiatives – Own L2 Daily Management process for Marketing and ensure that each Marketing subfunction is appropriately tracking actions and measuring success with appropriate metrics. 
• Work with Marketing subfunctions to understand how marketing initiatives/investments affect both B2B and B2C funnel advancement.  This will involve working with CRM, market development, and Product Management teams​​​​​​.

Qualifications/Experience:

• Basic Education    
  • BS    
• Further Education    
  • MS / MBA / PhD      
• Work Experience   
  • 5-10 years  

Social Competencies       

• Strong demonstrated communications ability, experience and comfort communicating to executive audiences
• Strong natural curiosity with demonstrated ability to quickly learn and come to speed with new responsibilities and material      

Professional Competencies       

• Class 3 implantable device experience a must, ideally brings both commercial and technical experience
• Demonstrated experience in analytical roles such as consulting or other strategy-oriented jobs