The Senior Manager, Commercial Insights is responsible for providing market and customer insights to help drive key strategic and tactical decisions across Sobi.As a member of the Insights & Analytics team, this individual will be an integral strategic thought partner to the US Commercial Brand team, leveraging a strong understanding of the market and customer needs to inform decisions related to launch and brand strategy, stakeholder communications and other initiatives. Key responsibilities include primary market research, competitive intelligence, demand forecasting, and business understanding of Key Performance Indicators to facilitate decision making and fuel performance.At this time, we are only considering candidates who reside within a commutable distance to our Waltham, MA office, as this role requires a hybrid onsite presence.  Key ResponsibilitiesDemonstrated ability to think creatively and strategically, to build relationships cross-functionally, and to work in a dynamic and fast-paced environmentPartner with franchise teams to guide market research efforts, including providing results associated with strategic implications to the key internal stakeholdersPartner with franchise leaders and cross functional partners to understand trends, root cause, countermeasures, proactively identify needs and recommend solutions to address needsBe the single point of contact of Insights for the Franchise Leadership by understanding business performance and insight generationAct as Competitive Intelligence subject matter expert, demonstrating awareness and understanding of appropriate CI applications and key internal and external data/information sourcesLead thinking and support for data and analytical requirements for key business projectsUnderstand the forecasting model and the rationale behind current assumptions for both short term and long-term forecastsCommunicate clearly and concisely complex analyses to all levels of the organizationDeep dive analysis in secondary analytics as required to uncover and understand market and competitive dynamics to identify opportunities and risks in a timely manner.Cultivate strong partnerships across a matrixed internal environment (e.g. US commercial, the Insight & Analytics Team and Global), including alignment and coordination of projects
