Sr Director, Head of Insights and Analytics

Company Description

Statistics show that women and underrepresented groups tend to apply to jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications. Sobi encourages you to change that statistic and apply. Rarely do candidates meet 100% of the qualifications. We look forward to your application!

At Sobi, each person brings their unique talents to work as a team and make a difference. We are dedicated to developing and delivering innovative therapies to improve the lives of people who live with a rare disease. Our edge comes from our team of people and our commitment to patients.

Our mission and culture at Sobi North America get us excited to come to work every day, but here are a few more reasons to join our team:

• Competitive compensation for your work
• Generous time off policy
• Summer Fridays
• Opportunity to broaden your horizons by attending popular conferences
• Emphasis on work/life balance
• Collaborative and team-oriented environment
• Making a positive impact to help ultra-rare disease patients who are in need of life saving treatments

Job Description

The Head of Insights and Analytics will lead the function responsible for driving strategic decisions for in-line and pipeline assets. As a key member of the department leadership team, this position champions insights-driven strategy, objective, evidence-based decision making, transparency, and continuous innovation. This role is expected to successfully coach the team to employ best practices, challenge the status quo, and streamline processes to improve quality and drive efficiencies. Additionally, the position will foster an environment of cooperation with key cross functional stakeholders both in the US and on our Global team.

Scope of the Job:

• Provides leadership and strategic direction for all key capability areas including performance analytics, promotional response, market access analytics, market research, forecasting and competitive intelligence
• Develops people from both a functional skills and leadership perspective with goal of increasing the talent level
• Proactively communicates with multi-functional teams to anticipate future needs and provide teams with strategic recommendations and insights; and identifies information and data needs
• Partners with business leaders to understand and influence strategic imperatives related to research and analytics, acts as a thought partner and encourage evidence-based decision making, challenging leadership when necessary
• Rigorously assess each commercial capability to determine whether to build from within or outsource and obtain organizational buy-in to recommendations.
• Primary point of contact for senior Commercial leaders to engage with research and analytics; serves as advisor to leadership
• Prioritizes research and analytics activities, aligns team members, and allocates resources to reflect business imperatives; balance needs across in-line and pipeline assets while driving productivity and efficiency
• Instills and reflects a strong commitment to quality and standards – both in the underlying analytical frameworks and presentations. Ensures final products are well vetted and reliable.
• Thought leader ensuring broad adoption of best practices and incorporating new methods and tools as appropriate
• Serves as an expert in the therapy area marketplaces, and leads strategic special projects that help shape and drive the direction of the organization

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required
• 15+ years of overall experience in the biotech/pharmaceutical industries or equivalent; 10+ years in progressively responsible related roles of increasing responsibility in Insights as a Director or greater level
• Recent experience in startup/emerging life science organizations
• Experience in the oncology and/or hematology specialties and/or a focus on rare/ orphan diseases
• Deep functional expertise in Market Research, Business Insights and Analytics, Quantitative data analytics
• Demonstrated ability to lead effectively and drive results in a matrixed management operating environment
• Knowledge of analytics approaches in biopharma including descriptive and predictive analytics as well as primary research approaches in competitive intelligence, quantitative and qualitative market research, and forecasting techniques
• Experience with Veeva CRM, Tableau, and other commercial pharma technologies
• Excellent strategy, planning and execution skills with proven ability to drive results
• Highly developed commercial and business acumen; an ability to recognize growth and profitability opportunities and capitalize on them
• Ability to understand, analyze and assimilate complex issues, draw correct conclusions and f