Senior Director

Azurity Pharmaceuticals is a privately held, specialty pharmaceutical company that focuses on innovative products that meet the needs of underserved patients. As an industry leader in providing unique, accessible, and high-quality medications, Azurity leverages its integrated capabilities and vast partner network to continually expand its broad commercial product portfolio and robust late-stage pipeline. The company’s patient-centric products span the cardiovascular, neurology, endocrinology, gastro-intestinal, institutional, and orphan markets, and have benefited millions of patients. For more information, visit www.azurity.com.

Azurity Pharmaceuticals is proud to be an inclusive workplace and an Equal Opportunity Employer. Azurity's success is attributable to our incredibly talented, dedicated team that focuses on benefiting the lives of patients by bringing the best science and commitment to quality into everything that we do. We seek highly motivated individuals with the dedication, integrity, and creative spirit needed to thrive in our organization.

Position Summary

The Senior Director, Market Research, Strategy & Competitive Intelligence is a senior commercial leadership role embedded within the Brand organization and reporting directly to Commercial Brand Executives. This role is accountable for driving brand-level and portfolio strategy through insights, analytics, and competitive intelligence, ensuring decisions are grounded in a deep understanding of customers, competitors, and market dynamics. The role serves as a strategic partner to Brand Leadership.

Organizational Positioning

Reports to: Commercial Brand Executives

Key Stakeholders: Brand Marketing, Sales, Market Access, Medical Affairs, R&D, Finance Operates embedded within brand teams

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as primary strategic partner to Brand Executives and contribute to brand decision-making
• Lead primary and secondary market research planning and execution across HCP, payer, and patient segments
• Drive competitive intelligence covering pipelines, clinical, regulatory and market dynamics
• Translate insights into actionable brand strategy, positioning, and lifecycle planning
• Support forecasting, scenario planning, and long-range strategy
• Partner cross-functionally to align insights with execution
• Lead and develop primary and secondary market research and competitive intelligence capability

Qualifications & Experience

• 7-10+ years in pharmaceutical primary and secondary market research, strategy, forecasting, and competitive intel-ligence
• Experience partnering with Brand Leaders and senior stakeholders
• Experience leading cross-functional projects and deliverables
• Strong understanding of pharmaceutical commercialization and lifecycle management
• MBA or advanced degree preferred

Core Competencies

• Strategic thinking and business acumen
• Expertise in data strategy, reporting and analytics
• Expertise in primary and secondary market research methodologies
• Deep understanding of competitive intelligence · Strong communication, presentation, visualization and executive influence skills
• Deep understanding and ability to leverage AI to optimize and insights and analytics

Success Metrics

• Impact on portfolio brand strategy and performance
• Quality of insights and decision support
• Effectiveness of competitive intelligence
• Team performance and stakeholder satisfaction

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Physical & Mental Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Must be able to sit for long periods of time
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; talk and/or hear
• May occasionally climb stairs and/or ride elevators
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
• Employee must be able to manipulate keyboard, operate a telephone and hand-held devices
• Other miscellaneous job duties as required

Benefits We Offer:

• Unlock Your Earning Potential: Join our team and be rewarded with a competitive compensation package, including an annual bonus based on company performance, that recognizes your exceptional talent.
  • Sales - In lieu of annual bonuses, we offer an Incentive compensation program that allows you to earn more - even over plan.
  • Fuel Your Success: *Sales Only* - We understand the value of your hard work and provide a car reimbursement program and gas card for both business and personal use as part of our commitment to supporting you. 
• Comprehensive Health Coverage: We value your well-being and offer excellent medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage to ensure you and your family are always taken care of.
• Flexibility for Your Lifestyle: Achieve work-life balance with our hybrid work model, allowing you to work two days from home and three days in the office. *Excludes Sales, Manufacturing, and some Operations positions*
• Invest in Your Future: Our Retirement Savings Plan (401K) is designed to help you secure a comfortable retirement by matching dollar for dollar up to 5%.
• Time Off That Counts: Take advantage of our generous time off policy, which offers up to 15 vacation days annually + rollover (up to 40 hours) as well as five sick/wellness days. For new employees, vacation accrual will be prorated based on your start date.
• Meaningful Time with Your Loved Ones: We close between Christmas and New Year’s to give you an extra week off to spend quality time with your family and recharge.
• Enjoy the Holidays: Over the course of the year, Azurity recognizes 13 holidays.
• Invest in Your Education: We support your professional growth with tuition reimbursement for undergraduate and graduate level courses or certifications.
• Recognize and Be Recognized: Our Azurity High Five peer recognition platform allows you to celebrate your colleagues' accomplishments and receive recognition for your own outstanding work.

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