About This Role
As the Associate Director of Integrated Insights & Analytics, you will play a critical individual contributor role within the US Decision Sciences team, serving as the lead insights partner for a key inline or pipeline asset. This role is ideal for someone who is naturally curious, energized by uncovering the 'why' behind customer behaviors, and driven to turn complex information into strategic action.
Working closely with the US Brand Team and cross-functional partners, you will design and execute market research, integrate diverse data sources, and develop compelling insight-driven narratives that shape brand strategy and critical business decisions. Success in this role requires a proactive mindset, the persistence to dig beyond surface-level findings, and the ability to influence senior stakeholders through clear storytelling and evidence-based recommendations.
This position follows a hybrid work model, with a minimum of three days onsite every week at our headquarters in Cambridge, MA.
What You'll Do
Serve as the go-to insights partner for the asset, aligning work to brand priorities and decision points.
Own the integrated insights narrative across research and secondary analytics; translate findings into clear recommendations.
Design and execute primary market research (e.g., segmentation, message testing, patient/HCP studies) to answer priority business questions.
Analyze and synthesize secondary data (e.g., claims, specialty pharmacy, market data) to track performance, diagnose drivers, and surface opportunities.
Frame ambiguous problems, propose the right research/analytics approach, and manage vendor scope, timelines, and deliverables end-to-end.
Develop executive-ready materials and present insights with clarity and confidence.
Partner cross-functionally to translate insights into action.
Contribute to Integrated Customer Planning and budget planning through customer and market insights.
Support KPI and dashboard requirements with analytics partners.
Proactively identify emerging business questions and uncover unmet insight needs before they become critical decision points.
Challenge assumptions through rigorous research and analysis, bringing forward perspectives that sharpen strategic thinking.
Continuously explore customer, competitive, and market dynamics to identify opportunities, risks, and actionable recommendations.
Who You Are
You are an intellectually curious and highly motivated insights professional who enjoys digging beneath the surface to understand customer, market, and business dynamics. You are energized by solving ambiguous problems, asking thoughtful questions, and pursuing answers through a combination of research, data, and critical thinking.
You bring both strategic perspective and execution excellence, demonstrating persistence when faced with incomplete information and a strong sense of ownership for delivering impactful outcomes. You are comfortable influencing cross-functional stakeholders and translating complex findings into compelling stories that drive action.
Required Skills
8-10 years of experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare, or healthcare consulting environments, including significant hands-on market research experience within the last five years.
Proven ability to independently design, execute, and synthesize primary market research studies that inform strategic business decisions.
Depth in at least two competency areas: primary research methods and secondary analytics (forecasting familiarity a plus).
Demonstrated experience leading projects end-to-end, including problem definition, vendor management, synthesis, and communication.
Demonstrated success navigating ambiguous business questions and proactively identifying opportunities to generate actionable insights.
Strong synthesis and storytelling skills with the ability to produce concise, executive-ready PowerPoint deliverables.
Working knowledge of common pharmaceutical data sources and data visualization tools.
Bachelor's degree required; MBA or MS preferred.
Preferred Skills
Experience supporting specialty, rare disease, neuroscience, or biologic portfolios.
Demonstrated ability to integrate qualitative and quantitative research into a cohesive strategic narrative.
Strong intellectual curiosity with a track record of challenging assumptions and uncovering non-obvious insights.
Experience influencing senior commercial leaders through insight-driven recommendations.
Experience working in a fast-paced, highly matrixed organization.
Experience in management consulting or life sciences consulting, particularly in market research, commercial strategy, customer insights, or analytics engagements supporting pharmaceutical or biotech clients.
Additional Information
Base salary offered is determined through an analytical approach utilizing a combination of factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills & experience, job location, and internal equity.
Regular employees are eligible to receive both short term and long-term incentives, including cash bonus and equity incentive opportunities, designed to reward recent achievements and recognize your future potential based on individual, business unit and company performance.
In addition to compensation, Biogen offers a full and highly competitive range of benefits designed to support our employees’ and their families physical, financial, emotional, and social well-being; including, but not limited to:
- Medical, Dental, Vision, & Life insurances
- Fitness & Wellness programs including a fitness reimbursement
- Short- and Long-Term Disability insurance
- A minimum of 15 days of paid vacation and an additional end-of-year shutdown time off (Dec 26-Dec 31)
- Up to 12 company paid holidays + 3 paid days off for Personal Significance
- 80 hours of sick time per calendar year
- Paid Maternity and Parental Leave benefit
- 401(k) program participation with company matched contributions
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Tuition reimbursement of up to $10,000 per calendar year
- Employee Resource Groups participation
Why Biogen?
We are a global team with a commitment to excellence, and a pioneering spirit. As a mid-sized biotechnology company, we provide the stability and resources of a well-established business while fostering an environment where individual contributions make a significant impact. Our team encompasses some of the most talented and passionate achievers who have unparalleled opportunities for learning, growth, and expanding their skills. Above all, we work together to deliver life-changing medicines, with every role playing a vital part in our mission. Caring Deeply. Achieving Excellence. Changing Lives.
At Biogen, we are committed to building on our culture of inclusion and belonging that reflects the communities where we operate and the patients we serve. We know that diverse backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives make us a stronger and more innovative company, and we are focused on building teams where every employee feels empowered and inspired. Read on to learn more about Biogen.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, race, color, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, religion, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. Biogen is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.
Skills Required
- 10 years of experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare, or healthcare consulting environments
- Significant hands-on market research experience within the last five years
- Proven ability to independently design, execute, and synthesize primary market research studies
- Depth in at least two competency areas: primary research methods and secondary analytics
- Demonstrated experience leading projects end-to-end including problem definition, vendor management, synthesis, and communication
- Strong synthesis and storytelling skills with ability to produce concise, executive-ready PowerPoint deliverables
- Working knowledge of common pharmaceutical data sources and data visualization tools
- Ability to navigate ambiguous business questions and proactively identify opportunities to generate actionable insights
- Bachelor's degree
- Minimum of three days onsite every week at headquarters in Cambridge, MA (hybrid work model)
- MBA or MS
- Experience supporting specialty, rare disease, neuroscience, or biologic portfolios
- Experience integrating qualitative and quantitative research into a cohesive strategic narrative
- Experience influencing senior commercial leaders through insight-driven recommendations
- Experience in management consulting or life sciences consulting (market research, commercial strategy, customer insights, or analytics)
- Forecasting familiarity
Biogen Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Biogen and has not been reviewed or approved by Biogen.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is generally positioned as competitive and often perceived as fair across roles, with total compensation framed as strong when bonus and equity are included. Compensation sentiment is described as above-average overall, though it varies by function and business cycle.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity programs are repeatedly highlighted as a meaningful part of the total package, including stock programs and an employee stock purchase plan. Equity and bonus elements are portrayed as important contributors to feeling well rewarded beyond base pay.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off benefits are described as distinctive, including a year-end shutdown and a paid sabbatical after extended tenure. Vacation, holidays, sick time, and personal-significance days are also presented as supportive of work-life needs.
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What We Do
Through cutting-edge science and medicine, Biogen discovers, develops and delivers innovative therapies worldwide for people living with serious neurological and neurodegenerative diseases. Founded in 1978, Biogen is a pioneer in biotechnology and today the Company has the leading portfolio of medicines to treat multiple sclerosis, has introduced the first and only approved treatment for spinal muscular atrophy, and is at the forefront of neurology research for conditions including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Biogen also manufactures and commercializes biosimilars of advanced biologics. With approximately 7000 people worldwide, we are truly a global organization, headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which is also home to our research operations. Our international headquarters are based in Zug, Switzerland and we have world-class manufacturing facilities in North Carolina and Denmark. We offer therapies globally through direct affiliate presence in 30 countries and a network of distribution partners in over 50 additional countries. For more information, please visit www.biogen.com. Follow us on social media – Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube.
