Sr Manager - Incentive Compensation Contest Reporting

The Manager of IC Contest Reporting is responsible for leading the design, development, and delivery of contest reporting across Inflammation, Bone, and Cardiovascular business units. This role oversees end-to-end reporting operations, ensures accuracy and timeliness, partners closely with cross-functional teams, and provides strategic guidance to optimize contest measurement and field engagement. The manager will supervise reporting processes executed by analysts and vendor partners while driving consistency, scalability, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead contest reporting operations across multiple business units, ensuring timely, accurate, and compliant reporting for field teams and leadership.
• Oversee the development of reporting frameworks, dashboards, and data structures that support contest rules, eligibility, and payout mechanics.
• Partner with IC Design, Data management, Field Reporting, and IC platform teams to align requirements, clarify assumptions, and validate outputs.
• Manage and review deliverables from contest reporting team; provide quality checks and strategic guidance.
• Develop and maintain standardized processes, documentation, contest budget trackers, and SLAs to ensure consistency across business units.
• Guide contest reporting team in building analytical reports that provide insights to field teams and progress to contest objectives.
• Translate analytics and reporting insights into clear recommendations for business stakeholders.
• Support contest design discussions by advising on feasibility, reporting implications, and data availability.
• Manage escalations, resolve data discrepancies, and ensure communication to stakeholders is clear and timely.
• Identify automation opportunities and lead initiatives to enhance reporting efficiency and scalability.
• Coach and mentor junior team members; build capability across IC reporting functions.

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The Incentive Compensation professional we seek has these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications

• 9 to 12 years of experience in Incentive Compensation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Relevant Bio/Pharmaceutical industry and/or consulting experience.
• Execution-Focused Delivery: Own and execute day-to-day analytics tasks, reporting development, and field data operations with speed, accuracy, and minimal oversight.
• Analytical and Problem-Solving Abilities: Strong analytical mindset with the ability to interpret large, complex datasets. Demonstrated ability to translate business rules into data logic and calculations. Proven track record of identifying errors, troubleshooting data, and resolving issues efficiently.
• Attention to Detail and Accountability: High degree of accuracy and attention to detail, especially in preparing payment files and reports. Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment. Proven ability to maintain confidentiality and ensure data integrity.
• Critical Thinking: Strong analytical skills to diagnose business issues and incorporate into development or adjustment of strategies, plans and tactics to achieve business objectives
• Communication: Effective communication is key, both in writing and verbally. This includes the ability to present data and findings clearly to stakeholders and team members.
• Oral, written and presentation skills to explain complex concepts and controversial findings clearly to a variety of audiences, including senior management
• Ability to identify areas for process and systems innovation and implement change that will enhance the overall effectiveness of the team
• Understanding of technology platforms and ability to partner with IS/IT and business leaders