Executive Director, Specialty Data

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor the CSI&A Market Access Analytics team of data analysts and scientists in providing actionable insights to inform key market access decisions for existing and pipeline products.
• Lead thinking, development and delivery of potential analytics approaches to deliver rich insights to solve business problems.
• Serve as a member of the CSI&A leadership team to drive cross-commercial innovation and best-in-class delivery.
• Translate complex analyses into compelling insights and recommendations for business decision-making.
• Develop people from both a functional skills and leadership perspective, with the goal of growing internal talent.
• Continue development and optimization of the Market Access Performance (MAP) platform to deliver insights for internal and field stakeholders.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Market Access teams (including Strategy, Pricing, Field Reimbursement, Trade, Patient Support Services), Brand teams and IT to align insights with business needs; ensure insight generation and feedback are embraced; strike a balance between project rigor, timelines and ability to influence decisions.
• Serve as a strategic partner to senior leadership and contribute to long-term data and analytics roadmap.
• Oversee analytics to support market access and GPO contracting needs within the Commercial Business Units (CBUs).
• Lead the development of standardized adoption of capabilities such as data science, patient/treatment flow modeling, analog modeling, and AI/ML methodologies across Regeneron's commercial business.
• Manage third-party vendor relationships.
• Leverage prior experience with integration and provisioning of specialty pharmacy and market access data sources to make it analytics-ready.
• Use AI/ML models to identify access barriers, patient adherence risks, and performance trends at the account level.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in data science, engineering, public health, statistics, or a related field; Master's (MBA, MPH, MS) preferred.
• 20+ years of pharmaceutical/biotech Commercial experience, in roles of increasing accountability.
• Prior experience with Market Access and Specialty Pharmacy analytics.
• Demonstrated ability to blend business acumen, technical expertise, and leadership to lead a team delivering data-driven solutions across the specialty product lifecycle.
• Strong understanding of specialty distribution (SP and SD), HUB services, payer coverage, GPO contracting, rebate structures, and buy-and-bill and specialty distribution models.
• Experience integrating complex datasets to inform access and reimbursement strategies.
• Proficiency with AI/ML tools and dashboarding platforms (e.g., Power BI, Tableau).
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and leadership skills.
• Experience with Veeva, CRM data integration, and real-world data is a plus.
• Preferred skills include prior leadership of AI or predictive analytics initiatives in access/adherence and experience with Gen AI-based natural language querying tools for self-service analytics.

Nice to Have

• Prior leadership of AI or predictive analytics initiatives in access/adherence.
• Experience with use of Gen AI-based natural language querying tools for self-service analytics.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in data science, engineering, public health, statistics, or a related field.
• Master's degree (MBA, MPH, MS) preferred.
• 20+ years of pharmaceutical/biotech Commercial experience.

Benefits & Perks

• Comprehensive benefits including health and wellness programs, fitness centers, equity awards, annual bonuses, and paid time off (depending on location).