Vice President Data Analytics & Insight

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Boston, MA, USA
Hybrid
315K-375K Annually
Expert/Leader
Biotech • Pharmaceutical
The Role
Lead and scale a commercial analytics organization to transform reporting into predictive insights. Own commercial data strategy, forecasting, market and competitive intelligence, and analytics-driven decision support for commercial, market access, patient services, medical affairs, and finance. Drive advanced analytics adoption, guide launches and pipeline commercialization, and serve as a strategic advisor to executive leadership.
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Position Summary

The Vice President, Market Data, Analytics & Insights is a high-impact role responsible for shaping and leading a best-in-class analytics capability that drives commercial performance and informs enterprise decision-making. This leader will transform analytics from a reporting function into a strategic engine—delivering predictive insights, enhancing market understanding, and enabling data-driven growth across the organization. The role sits at the center of Commercial, Market Access, Patient Services, Medical Affairs, and Finance, serving as a trusted advisor to leadership and a critical enablerof performance.

Key Responsibilities
Commercial Analytics & Performance
• Lead all analytics supporting Sales, Medical (where appropriate), Marketing, Market Access,
Patient Services, and Executive Leadership
• Lead the development, alignment and maintenance of relevant and actionable KPI
frameworks, dashboards, and performance management systems to optimize commercial
excellence
• Deliver actionable insights that identify growth opportunities, risks, and priorities
• Partner with Commercial leadership to optimize targeting, segmentation, and resource
allocation

Data Strategy & Management
• Own enterprise commercial data strategy (acquisition, integration, governance, and quality)
• Maximize value of specialty pharmacy, claims, EMR, payer, provider, and patient-level data
• Identify and deploy new data sources and analytical tools
• Expertly manage external MSP and internal stakeholders to scalable, accurate and reliable
operations of the customer data infrastructure

Forecasting & Strategic Planning
• Lead forecasting for marketed products and pipeline assets
• Develop cross functional, integrated forecasting and strategic planning process to ensure
timely delivery of well aligned projections
• Design, build and leverage appropriate models (patient, epidemiological or market based) to
guide supply chain, financial planning, solve business questions and drive insights
• Support annual planning, long-range planning, and business reviews
• Deliver scenario planning and sensitivity analyses to guide key decisions
• Partner with Finance to align forecasts and assumptions

Market Intelligence & Competitive Insights
• Build and lead a market intelligence capability
• Track competitive landscape, clinical developments, and reimbursement trends
• Translate insights into clear, actionable strategy recommendations
• Support market analysis at all levels within the organization (e.g. forecasting, brand, executive, board, investor-facing, etc)

Customer & Market Insights
• Lead primary and secondary market research
• Generate insights across providers, patients, payers, and stakeholders
• Identify unmet needs and evolving treatment dynamics
• Partner cross-functionally to translate insights into action

Pipeline & Launch Support
• Support commercialization planning for pipeline assets
• Lead market sizing, patient flow, and launch readiness efforts
• Inform development strategy through market insights
• Support BD diligence and commercial evaluations

Analytics Transformation & Innovation
• Build a culture of data-driven decision-making
• Elevate analytics to a strategic, forward-looking capability
• Automate reporting and enhance organizational efficiency
• Drive adoption of advanced analytics, AI, and predictive modeling

Leadership
• Build, scale, and lead a high-performing analytics organization
• Set clear priorities, expectations, and development plans
• Drive cross-functional alignment and collaboration
• Serve as a core member of the Commercial Leadership Team
• Set and manage appropriate budget to meet objectives

Qualifications
Required
• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred (MBA, MS, MPH, PharmD or
equivalent)
• 15+ years of experience in biopharma, healthcare, consulting, or analytics
• Proven leadership in commercial analytics, forecasting, or insights functions
• Deep understanding of pharma data sources, patient journeys, and market dynamics
• Proven ability to integrate data and generate insights from products distributed through hubs,
specialty pharmacies, and specialty distributors
• Successful experience supporting specialty and/or oncology product launches
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior leadership and drive enterprise decisions

Preferred
• Experience supporting both commercial-stage and pipeline assets
• Track record building or scaling analytics capabilities in a growth-stage biotech
• Experience with advanced analytics, AI, and predictive modeling
• Oncology and/or rare disease experience

Core Competencies
• Strategic Thinking
• Executive Presence
• Business Acumen
• Analytical Rigor
• Cross-Functional Leadership
• Preference for fast paced, performance driven organizations
• Innovation & Continuous Improvement
• Communication & Storytelling
• Change Leadership
• Results Orientation

The base salary range ($315,000 - $375,000) provided reflects our current estimate of what we anticipate paying for this position. Your actual base salary will be based on several factors, including job-related skills, experience, internal equity, relevant education or training, location, and market dynamics. In addition, you will be eligible for an annual bonus, equity compensation, and a competitive benefits package.

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree
  • Advanced degree (MBA, MS, MPH, PharmD or equivalent)
  • 15+ years of experience in biopharma, healthcare, consulting, or analytics
  • Proven leadership in commercial analytics, forecasting, or insights functions
  • Deep understanding of pharma data sources, patient journeys, and market dynamics
  • Experience integrating data and generating insights from hubs, specialty pharmacies, and specialty distributors
  • Successful experience supporting specialty and/or oncology product launches
  • Demonstrated ability to influence senior leadership and drive enterprise decisions
  • Experience supporting both commercial-stage and pipeline assets
  • Track record building or scaling analytics capabilities in a growth-stage biotech
  • Experience with advanced analytics, AI, and predictive modeling
  • Oncology and/or rare disease experience
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The Company
HQ: Needham, Massachusetts
128 Employees
Year Founded: 2010

What We Do

Verastem Oncology (Nasdaq: VSTM) (Verastem, Inc.) is a biopharmaceutical company committed to the development and commercialization of new medicines to improve the lives of patients diagnosed with RAS/MAPK pathway-driven cancers. Our pipeline is focused on novel small molecule drugs that inhibit critical signaling pathways in cancer that promote cancer cell survival and tumor growth, including RAF/MEK inhibition, FAK inhibition and KRAS G12D inhibition. Pursuing unexplored pathways demands that we’re purposeful in everything we do. And it’s an endeavor that’s only possible with an experienced team of employees and partners dedicated to a singular purpose: changing and improving the way cancer is treated by delivering novel therapies that address areas of high unmet need in RAS/MAPK pathway-driven cancers. At Verastem Oncology, it takes our diversity of backgrounds, expertise, perspectives, and skills to find the answers that patients need, but don’t have—yet. To join our team or for more information, please visit www.verastem.com. X/Twitter: @VerastemOncolog

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