Market Research Analyst

Details: Market Research Analyst (Pharmaceutical or Biotech)Summary:    Our highly successful client seeks an analyst to support research activities for their syndicated and single client consulting practice.  These research projects will include project management, analysis, and presentation development. ________________________________________Company:Our client is a research and consulting firm that works primarily with healthcare product manufacturers and life science companies. For more than twenty years, they have worked with clients recognizing the ever increasing importance of customer-focused marketing to pharmaceutical manufacturers' success. Their mission is to help clients succeed by anticipating, understanding, and meeting the needs of their customers. They provide ongoing information and analysis services on important customer segments, such as managed care companies and physician organizations.  Their services include concise market intelligence, assessing implications for clients, and providing recommendations for action. Location:  Central New Jersey - Philadelphia area – convenient to many Central New Jersey and Southeastern PA suburban localesPrimary Duties and Responsibilities:        1) Manage Quantitative and Qualitative pharmaceutical research projects:  • Establish and manage project timelines• Assist with development of data analysis plan• Assist in creation surveys and discussion guides• Test web surveys• Conduct phone and in-person interviews (45-60 minutes per interview) and create contact reports with resulting detail from interviews• Assist Project leaders in keeping projects within budget and estimated timeline by anticipating and resolving issues with fielding of surveys via communications with the Research Operations group and sometimes clients2) Data Management & Analysis      • Clean/prepare data in SPSS and/or Excel (e.g., merge, append, check frequencies and de-dupe• Code qualitative survey responses• Manage data in SPSS, Excel and Access • Analyze data in SPSS (utilizing frequencies, crosstabs, sorts, t-tests, regressions etc.)• Analyze data in Excel (creating pivot tables and graphs)• Identify key findings (relevant data results) • Create relevant data results in Excel graphs and charts 3) Assist with pharmaceutical research project results Analysis & Presentation development • Identify key research findings for final deliverable• Assist in creation of small sections of final reports and PowerPoint presentations • Respond to client phone calls and inquiries regarding any aspect of research projects • Contribute at client meetings and presentations4) Conduct Secondary Research• Search Internet for articles, studies, Journals etc. to provide information to assist in the development of single or multi-client deliverables• Search existing HSG documents/deliverables for relevant information• Assemble relevant information into an appropriate format for the project and/or consultant (compile data into spreadsheets, excel, SPSS, and/or PowerPoint)• Conduct secondary research to become knowledgeable about relevant  category, product and company prior to project kick-offSkills & Abilities Requirements: • Strong conceptual and analytic skills • Quantitative skills• A basic knowledge of statistics• Project Management skills• Ability to translate data into meaningful information• Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and knowledge of a statistical package such as SPSS preferred• Willingness and ability to travel approximately 10% of  time

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