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Sr Manager, Market Research

- Tokyo

Posted on April 18, 2026

Marketing, Comm & PR
Job Description

At Gilead, we’re creating a healthier world for all people. For more than 35 years, we’ve tackled diseases such as HIV, viral hepatitis, COVID-19 and cancer – working relentlessly to develop therapies that help improve lives and to ensure access to these therapies across the globe. We continue to fight against the world’s biggest health challenges, and our mission requires collaboration, determination and a relentless drive to make a difference.
 

Every member of Gilead’s team plays a critical role in the discovery and development of life-changing scientific innovations. Our employees are our greatest asset as we work to achieve our bold ambitions, and we’re looking for the next wave of passionate and ambitious people ready to make a direct impact.
 

We believe every employee deserves a great leader. People Leaders are the cornerstone to the employee experience at Gilead and Kite. As a people leader now or in the future, you are the key driver in evolving our culture and creating an environment where every employee feels included, developed and empowered to fulfil their aspirations. Join Gilead and help create possible, together.

Job Description
 

Role & ResponsibilityJob Requirements

  • Primary market research 

  • Secondary data analysis 

  • Providing insights and conducting forecasting for BU LSP/POA

  • Facilitating Business Discussing meeting integrate Field force insight and Digital insight with market insight, working with other analytics team

  • Creating insight reports based on disease knowledge and business understanding 

  • Reflecting disease knowledge into ComOps-owned solutions and supporting improvements 

  • Collaboration with the global market research team

  • Understanding global insights and sharing them domestically, incorporating them into research planning

  • Deliver insight for Omnichannel Execution Support

  • Vendor management (including audit support)

  • For Internal Recruitment candidate must be JG28 or above.

Knowledge and Skills & Competencies

  • Business Acumen:Ability to understand business strategies and challenges, and reflect them in analysis and proposals

  • Requirement Definition:Ability to accurately capture business needs and structure and articulate them

  • Data Source Structure Understanding & Design

  • Insight Generation: Build Hypotheses from Facts and Drive Action

  • Project management and problem-solving skills to manage and lead projects effectively

  • Understanding of pharmaceutical market research responsibilities, industry regulations, data privacy, and compliance, with the ability to design and execute appropriate research

  • Smooth Communication & Collaboration: able to assume full responsibility for accuracy and reliability of complex analyses, collaborating with data scientists and internal data analyst

  • Excel Function Skills: VLOOKUP, PIVOT, IF/SUMIF and DECILE

  • BI tool: Visualize and Analyze Data

  • English Conversation, level of Discussion capability 

Typical Education & Experience

  • 3+ years of relevant pharmaceutical industry experience, including market research, strategic analysis and planning experience and a BA/BS degree.

  • Experience in conducting research activities by leveraging knowledge of assigned disease areas and products, in alignment with business strategies.

  • Experience in franchise-specific market and experience with global sales and marketing organizations is preferred.

  • Working experience with global Sales and Marketing organizations and with pharmaceutical data sources is preferred.


 


For Current Gilead Employees and Contractors:

Please apply via the Internal Career Opportunities portal in Workday.

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17000 employees

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