Executive Director, Commercial Insights & Analytics - Ophthalmology

Build our future together:

At Regeneron, we use science and innovation to develop life-changing medicines for people with serious diseases. We are seeking an Executive Director to lead our Commercial Insights and Analytics Ophthalmology team. The Executive Director, Commercial Insights and Analytics (I&A), Ophthalmology, will report directly into the Vice President, Commercial Strategy and Insights & Analytics (CSI&A) within the CSI&A department. This role will lead the I&A team responsible for the Ophthalmology Commercial Business Unit (CBU) to drive deeper insights that inform business decisions across some of Regeneron’s leading brands. This position offers the opportunity to contribute to a fast-growing, science-driven organization making a meaningful difference to patients worldwide.

When & where:

• Work Location: Sleepy Hollow, NY or Warren, NJ

• Hybrid; 4 days per week on site

Discover your role:

Lead

1) Lead and mentor the CSI&A Ophthalmology team in providing business analytics, customer insights and competitive intelligence to deliver rich insights to solve key business problems

2) Set the strategic I&A direction that aligns with CBU priorities and helps drive launch excellence

3) Serve as a member of the Ophthalmology CBU Leadership Team, providing I&A expertise

4) Serve as a member of the CSI&A leadership team to drive cross-commercial innovation and best-in-class delivery

Develop

5) Translate complex analyses into compelling insights and recommendations that will be used to inform business decision-making for senior Regeneron teams, including the CBU, Chief Commercial Officer, Chief Executive Officer and Board of Directors

6) Develop people from both a functional skills and leadership perspective, with the goal of growing internal talent

7) Assess and implement novel methodologies and frameworks to a) garner meaningful insights to inform brand differentiation, market growth and business impact; and b) consider business potential for pipeline products

Partnership and collaboration

8) Collaborate with the Ophthalmology CBU and other members of senior leadership to contribute to ongoing brand strategies and decisions, including long-term data, analytics and insights roadmap

9) Develop and maintain a mutually beneficial partnership with CBU stakeholders; ensure insight generation and feedback are embraced; strike a balance between project rigor, timelines and ability to influence decisions

10) Lead efforts to identify and crystalize insights that inform strategic plans for the Ophthalmology CBU 

11) Work with other CSI&A leads to develop standardized adoption of capabilities such as marketing mix, promotional optimization, data science, market structure analyses, patient/treatment flow modeling, analog modeling and ML/AI methodologies across I&A

Execute

12) Proactively communicate with the Ophthalmology CBU and provide strategic recommendations and insights as well as anticipated future needs

13) Construct and deliver integrated business reviews, I&A summary overviews with the Ophthalmology CBU and with CSI&A leadership

14) Manage third-party vendor relationships

This role requires:

• 20+ years of pharmaceutical/biotech commercial experience, in roles of increasing accountability; prior experience with buy-and-bill brands in highly competitive markets is required

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in data science, public health, statistics, engineering, or a related field (MBA, MPH, MS preferred)

• Functional expertise in business analytics, customer insights, analog forecast development, market access, and competitive intelligence

• Prior experience managing I&A groups with responsibility for analytics, customer insights, market access analytics, and competitive intelligence

• Demonstrated knowledge of the legal and regulatory environment, as it relates to commercialization in the pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry

• Knowledge of data industry standards

• Proven ability to influence, communicate and negotiate with all levels of management across functional and business unit boundaries

• Extensive experience with managing numerous projects concurrently against stringent deadlines

• Prior experience working with I&A projects and initiatives where a balance between project rigor and timeliness was needed

• Ability to think strategy to execution with hands on experience in implementing large initiatives wi