Executive Director Insights & Analytics

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the CSI&A New Products and Rare Disease teams in providing business analytics, customer insights, and competitive intelligence to address launch planning and pipeline commercialization needs.
• Set the strategic I&A direction that aligns with CBU priorities and helps drive launch excellence.
• Serve as a member of the New Products CBU Leadership Team and Rare Disease CBU Leadership Team, providing I&A expertise.
• Serve as a member of the CSI&A leadership team to drive cross-commercial innovation and best-in-class delivery.
• Foster innovative solutions and a design-thinking approach aligned with strategies for the New Products and Rare Disease CBUs.
• Develop people from both a functional skills and leadership perspective, with the goal of growing internal talent.
• Assess and implement novel methodologies and frameworks to garner meaningful insights to inform development plans and enhance brand differentiation at launch.
• Collaborate with the New Products CBU, Rare Disease CBU, and other senior leadership to influence data capabilities and stay informed on the competitive outlook.
• Develop and maintain mutually beneficial partnerships with CBU stakeholders to ensure insight generation and feedback are embraced.
• Lead efforts to identify and crystalize insights that inform strategic plans for the CBUs.
• Work with other CSI&A leads to develop standardized adoption of capabilities such as marketing mix, promotional optimization, data science, market structure analysis, patient/treatment flow modeling, and ML/AI methodologies.

Requirements

• Proactively communicate with the New Products and Rare Disease CBUs and provide strategic recommendations and insights.
• Construct and deliver integrated business reviews and I&A summary overviews with the CBUs and CSI&A leadership.
• Proven ability to influence, communicate, and negotiate with all levels of management across functional and business unit boundaries.
• Extensive experience managing numerous projects concurrently against stringent deadlines.
• Prior experience working with I&A projects and initiatives balancing project rigor and timeliness.
• Ability to think strategically and execute with hands-on experience in implementing large initiatives with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the legal and regulatory environment related to pharmaceutical/biotech commercialization.
• Familiarity with commercialization and clinical trial stage gates.
• Knowledge of data industry standards.
• 20+ years of pharmaceutical/biotech commercial experience, including roles of increasing accountability.
• Prior experience with oncology and new products/rare disease preferred.
• Functional expertise in business analytics, customer insights, analog forecast development, market access, and competitive intelligence.
• Prior experience managing I&A groups responsible for analytics, customer insights, market access analytics, and competitive intelligence, preferably for pipeline/early commercial assets.

Nice to Have

• Experience with behavioral science, tradeoff studies (conjoint and discrete choice), and methodologies to shape brand benefits.
• Experience with data science, market structure analysis, patient/treatment flow modeling, and ML/AI methodologies.

Qualifications

• Educational background not explicitly specified, but extensive pharmaceutical/biotech experience required.

Benefits & Perks

• Comprehensive benefits which may include health and wellness programs, fitness centers, equity awards, annual bonuses, and paid time off.
• Inclusive and diverse culture.