Executive Director, Therapeutic Area Analytics & Insights

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About Analytics & Insights

Analytics & Insights empowers business partners across Commercial, Medical, and Government Affairs (CMG) to make impactful decisions by leveraging data, analytics, and AI/ML to enable fast, targeted actions in rapidly evolving business contexts.

This team fosters a unified understanding of customers, actions, and outcomes by integrating analytics and insights seamlessly into CMG’s evolving digital, data, and automation platforms, creating scalable solutions and eliminating silos.  You will work as a trusted, objective advisor and expert, influencing critical decisions with credibility and a focus on driving measurable impact. 

Job Summary 

The Executive Director of Therapeutic Area Analytics & Insights  within Analytics and Insights leads therapeutic area (TA)-aligned teams responsible for delivering actionable analytics and insights in order to guide and influence critical business decisions that shape and optimize key customer, TA, franchise, and individual product strategies, as well as investments/divestments, tactics, and local/regional business opportunities.

Key Responsibilities

• Advise Head of CPO (SVP), USLT members, Squad Leaders and partners across CMG, Pharma Technical, Partnering, Product Development, Global Product Strategy, and others to deeply understand business needs, trends, challenges, and key questions, and to ensure that the overall US insights and analytics service delivery aligns with squad objectives, One Pharma Strategy, CMG Priorities, and other relevant long-term goals.

• Envision and architect a system of business sensing and opportunity identification skillsets, tools, mindsets, and practices across all therapeutic areas (TAs) - oncology and non-oncology - by proactively analyzing trends, uncovering unmet needs, and making connections across diverse data sources to proactively identify strategic growth areas and business risks.

• Accountable for defining the strategic direction and vision for overall analytics support as applied to current and anticipated TA priorities and evolving business requirements; collaborate with stakeholder group leaders (up to and including SVP) across CMG and GPS to define and set expectations around the level of service provided as aligned to CMG-wide TA and brand priorities.

• Lead both primary and secondary research to uncover market dynamics, customer needs, patient journeys, and HCP behavior patterns. Provide analytics advisorship on TA and/or above-brand strategies.

• Lead the team to partner with Squad leaders and deliver therapeutic area (TA)-aligned insights through robust analytics (e.g., forecasting, market segmentation and customers profiling, brand performance tracking and KPI measurement, campaign effectiveness, omnichannel engagement analytics and marketing ROI optimization).

• Provide data-driven point-of-view on market- and product-specific industry trends, sales performance, sales outlook, product demand outlook, business risks and opportunities.

• Lead enterprise and network-wide initiatives to drive decision-making by delivering actionable insights, both directly and through managed teams; insights include strategic options, and recommendations, and answers to complex business questions

• Provide direct business advisorship on TA and/or above-brand strategies and priorities rooted in the patient, provider, and/or organized customer experience.

• Partner with analytics product teams, providing timely feedback to refine business product features, ensuring alignment with evolving stakeholder needs and analytics outputs.

• Proactively pursue cross-organizational (GNE/Roche) opportunities where insights services can increase patient-centricity, speed, simplicity and/or other effectiveness outcomes.

• Invest, build, sustain, modify, and exit analytics and insights capabilities and resources that drive the greatest impact for patients & customers by balancing cost, risk, and benefits/return of investments.

• Serve as executive champion for analytic product suites and articulating their strategic value to senior stakeholders.

• Contribute to continuous organizational improvement by leading change efforts, both proactively within their group and in conjunction with other CMG/Genentech groups, and by sharing best practices, identifying opportunities for automation, and enhancing the efficiency and impact of analytic workflows

• Proactively identify and address dynamic resourcing needs by providing prioritization guidance to TA teams, while flowing talent and other resources to the highest business needs.

• Lead and mentor a team of insights and analytics employees, fostering professional growth, enhancing both consultative skills and technical skills such as data literacy and data analytics.

• Adheres to compliance standards and maintains Genentech/Roche’s license to operate & comply with all laws, regulations and policies that govern the conduct of Genentech activities.

People

• Lead and mentor a team of analysts, fostering professional growth, enhancing technical skills, and building data literacy through targeted upskilling initiatives.

• Builds highly-connected, highly-motivated and high-performing teams by leading, developing and inspiring a thriving analyst team and fostering belonging within and across teams. 

• Actively builds and cultivates future leaders within analytics. 

• Leads or oversees hiring of direct and indirect reports. 

• Complies with all laws, regulations and policies that govern the conduct of Genentech activities. 

Minimum Candidate Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree (preferably in finance, economics, engineering, mathematics, statistics discipline). Advanced degree (MS, MBA) preferred. 

• 12+ years of work experience in analytics & insights roles in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or related industries (could include related consulting experience).

• 8+ years of people management experience

• Deep expertise in commercial analytics, e.g., primary and second research, marketing analytics, field analytics, omnichannel marketing analytics, pricing/access.

• Extensive experience working with data science, machine learning, and AI teams and supercharge analytics capabilities and impact.

• Proficiency with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, or Azure), big data technologies (e.g., Spark, Databricks, Snowflake), and advanced analytics tools (e.g., Python, R, SQL, Power BI, Tableau).

• Experience leading organization change efforts and change management.

• Robust communication, presentation, and organization skills.

• Large diverse team leadership and people management skills.

• Deep expertise in business insights generation.

• Ability to create and execute long-term business and capability plans (including the development and implementation of strategies, goals and performance indicators.)

• Negotiation ability and strong interpersonal skills, including the evaluation of value adds and creation of mutually beneficial terms for various parties.

• Financial acumen and the skillset to manage budgets and tactical plans.

• This position is based in South San Francisco, CA and relocation benefits are available

The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of South San Francisco, CA is $227,500 - $422,500 USD Annual.  Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors permitted by law.  A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance.  This position also qualifies for the benefits detailed at the link provided below.

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