Market Research & Competitor Intelligence Project Manager
At a glance
Manager-level Market Research role at Sanofi. Shanghai · full-time.
Pay not stated Market Research salary
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What you'll do
- Turn brand teams’ business needs into research questions, then run tailored qualitative and quantitative primary and secondary studies
- Manage market research and competitor intelligence projects for brand strategy and engagement planning, turning findings into recommendations
- Use AI tools to improve research project tracking, insight generation and workflow quality
- Coordinate timelines, milestones, budgets, expenses and deliverables, while managing vendors’ scope, schedules, quality and invoices
- Maintain project records and shared processes, and check that research follows product lifecycle, governance and expense rules
What you bring
- You have a bachelor’s degree and at least three years of project, procurement-process or vendor-management experience
- You understand purchase-order workflows and systems such as iTracker, and can handle confidential information with care
- You can track budgets and expenses, analyze data, and use Excel and other office software
- You communicate well in written and spoken Chinese and English, coordinating across teams and vendors
Who this fits
This manager role suits someone who can coordinate research projects across brand teams, internal partners and external vendors. Pharma experience is a plus. The work calls for careful handling of confidential information and close attention to compliance.
From the employer
Main responsibilities:
Drive insight generation & business impact in BU level
- Understand business needs from brand teams and convert them into clear, actionable research questions
- Design and execute primary and secondary research (qualitative and quantitative) tailored to the business question, covering both PMR and CI
- Execute market research & CI projects supporting Brand level strategy and Customer engagement and patient engagement planning, and translate findings into actionable recommendations with guidance from the Senior Manage
Drive AI integration into the MR workflow
- Apply AI tools to improve project tracking, insight generation efficiency and process quality
Act as a strategic partner to internal key stakeholders
- Serve as the day-to-day coordination point between the MRCI team, Brand partners and external vendors
Support GC MRCI governance
- Ensure research initiatives follow lifecycle management and are aligned with product lifecycle stages
- Plan, track and coordinate project timelines, milestones, budgets, actual expense and deliverables from initiation to closure
- Manage external research vendors on scope, schedule, quality and invoicing
- Support the design and continuous improvement of standardized MRCI processes and templates; maintain project documentation and case library
- Ensure compliance with internal governance, procurement and expense allocation processes
Basic qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree3-5 years+ of experience in project management, procurement process management, or vendor management, pharma industry experience a plus
- Familiar with PO processes and systems such as iTracker, with strong compliance awareness
- Ability to work cross-functionally, strong team player
- Ability to manage confidential information and understand relevance and sensitivity
- Good project management skills with attention to detail
- Good vendor management and cross-functional communication and coordination skills
- Capable of expense/budget tracking and data analysis, proficient in Excel and other office software
- Detail-oriented, highly responsible, with strong team collaboration spirit
- Good written and spoken Chinese and English skills
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