Boston, Massachusetts

Senior Director, Commercial Excellence and Advanced Analytics

My client, a global, publicly traded, small rare disease division of a large pharma company, is based in Boston MA.  They combine groundbreaking science with a steadfast commitment to meeting the needs of patients living with severe, life-threatening, and often ultra-rare diseases. The company’s scientists are among the first in the world to unlock the therapeutic potential of inhibiting terminal complement, a group of that play an important role in the body’s immune response and can destroy healthy tissue in certain patients.  They are driven by the following values:  Find Answers, Change the World, and Create a Legacy.

This patient-centric organization offers a collaborative culture of like-minded individuals gathered around a common goal. Smart, driven, high-performing colleagues for you to partner with!  Some opportunities happen only once in a lifetime – like a job where you can make a real difference!

They have the best of both worlds at this organization…the autonomy to be the experts in the field that they are, but also the backing and resources of large pharma to support them.  They have a solid rare disease pipeline with 8-10 launches anticipated in the next couple of years!

Currently seeking a Senior Director, Commercial Excellence and Advanced Analytics.  We are only considering LOCAL candidates at this time. This could change.

YOU:

• LOCAL CANDIDATES ONLY AT THIS TIME
• 10+ years of biotech/pharma/lifesciences industry experience
• Strong advanced analytics experience, including omnichannel analytics and financial analysis
• Must be willing to roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty – you will be a player/coach
• Must have strong team leadership experience
• Experience managing analytic resources and project teams across multiple functions
• Strategic and innovative – ability to keep a pulse of the future of pharma and analytics, be in the know and bring that knowledge in-house
• Ability to present to the executive level
• Rare disease experience is a plus
• Must be COVID vaccinated
• Position to based out of Boston office (3 days/week in office, 2 days/week home)

The Senior Director, Commercial Excellence and Advanced Analytics will play a critical role in the success of the Commercial Operations organization responsible for leading an advanced analytics and insight’s function.  This individual will be a highly visible and hands-on commercial leader. They will work with US Commercial leadership to proactively lead the assessment of the commercial strategy for the company’s key brands, continuously evolving the analytics tools and capabilities from core dashboard reporting and simple database queries to more advanced techniques to enable better decision making for the company. 

They will also lead the development of advanced analytic solutions, leveraging complex  and disparate data to better understand patient journeys and diagnosis/treatment pathways. The individual must be an exceptionally strong collaborator, adept at analytics informed strategy design, while generating and contributing innovative thoughts and ideas enabled by leveraging key internal and external information that create meaningful value for the function and the enterprise.

At an overall level, the individual is responsible for leading a team while developing an innovative long-term advanced analytics strategy and best practices that will inform and advise the US commercial strategy for the company.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Collaborating with Commercial leadership to develop an advanced analytics strategy and drive implementation plans that contribute directly to the growth and optimization of the company’s business.
• Leading the assessment of the commercial strategy and activities to understand the relative impact of the different investments/activities to make recommendations on the mix of commercial efforts.
• Evolving the analytics tools and capabilities from core dashboard reporting and simple database querying to more advanced methods , enabling better decision making
• Leading the development of advanced analytic techniques and algorithms leveraging complex and disparate data to better understand patient journeys and diagnosis/treatment pathways.
• Recruiting, leading and developing appropriate talent for advanced analytics and commercial insights.
• Responsively providing high quality solutions and answers to ad hoc analytic requests including providing content expertise and problem-solving to very senior corporate stakeholders helping to shape key strategic decisions
• Acting as a central point of expertise and drive collaboration to provide advice on key strategic questions and forecasting methodologies

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s Degree, MBA or advanced quantitative discipline degree preferred
• 10+ years of biotech/pharma/lifesciences industry experience with relevant experience in Business Analytics, including Omnichannel Analytics, and Financial Analysis
• In-depth understanding and experience using advanced analytic techniques to assess strategic business issues/opportunities with demonstrated results that lead to business growth
• Ability to connect analytics with the overarching business questions, and can understand the link between brand strategy and analytic insights
• Ability to anticipate future analytics trends and learn and implement new tools and capabilities to enable the company’s leadership in pharma analytics Strong analytical and organization skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Experience managing analytic resources and project teams across multiple functions
• In-depth strategic thinking and creative problem-solving skill
• Experience in leading technical and analytic teams to deliver actionable insights
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including ability to present to senior management
• Track record of effective functional and cross-functional collaboration and leadership
• Detail-oriented, self-starter, able to work both independently and in a team environment
• The duties of this role are generally conducted in an office environment. As is typical of an office-based role, employees must be able, with or without an accommodation to: use a computer; engage in communications via phone, video, and electronic messaging; engage in problem solving and non-linear thought, analysis, and dialogue; collaborate with others; maintain general availability during standard business hours.
• Prior experience in rare disease, preferred

Recruiter Information

Sherri Kemp

sherri@parkwoodintl.com