Associate Director, Commercial Insights – Strategy
HDT Global
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
Visit company websiteExplore more
Salary
💰 $170,000 - $225,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Serve as a strategic thought partner and analytical expert to the Commercial, Portfolio, and cross-functional teams.
- Connect competitive intelligence, market research, and forecasting to shape marketing strategy, field effectiveness, and launch readiness.
- Advance REGENXBIO’s insights capabilities.
- Evolve the current insights function from early-stage monitoring to a forward-looking commercial engine that informs brand planning, market development, and the design of the commercial insights and technology infrastructure.
- Lead development and communication of integrated insights across teams to guide near- and long-term strategy.
- Synthesize market research, competitive intelligence, and field feedback into clear, actionable insights that inform brand planning, launch readiness, and marketing strategy.
- Help shape branding, messaging, and market metrics including awareness, perception, and adoption intent.
- Lead proactive monitoring of the program, gene therapy, and rare disease landscapes, including REGENXBIO licensees and competitors, to inform commercial strategy and brand planning.
- Coordinate and facilitate competitive intelligence collection at major medical conferences in partnership with Medical Affairs and Commercial teams, ensuring timely debriefs and actionable insights.
- Work with cross-functional partners to refine forecasts and scenario planning to inform strategic decisions.
- Integrate epidemiology, market dynamics, and insights data to support portfolio and program-level assumptions.
- Manage vendor partnerships for market research, analytics, and CI to ensure high-quality, actionable deliverables on time and within budget.
- Support development of a scalable insights and analytics technology stack for commercial use.
- Engage with senior stakeholders across Commercial, R&D, and Corporate Development to communicate insights and recommendations that influence decision-making.
- Present findings and implications in clear, concise formats tailored to different audiences.
- Travel up to 25%.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree (MS, PhD, MBA) in life sciences, business, or healthcare field preferred.
- 7+ years of experience in commercial insights, market research, competitive intelligence, forecasting, or marketing within the biotech or pharmaceutical industry.
- At least 2 years of experience supporting or leading activities related to product launch preparation, including market assessments, forecasting, brand strategy, or field enablement.
- Strong understanding of drug development and commercialization processes, ideally within rare disease or gene therapy.
- Demonstrated ability to integrate primary (qualitative and quantitative) and secondary research into clear strategic recommendations.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence and engage stakeholders across all levels of the organization.
- Track record of cross-functional collaboration with marketing, medical, market access, and field teams.
- Highly organized self-starter with strong analytical and problem-solving skills and comfort operating in ambiguity.
- Proficient with Excel, PowerPoint, and CI/MR databases and tools such as Citeline, BioMedtracker, EvaluatePharma, PubMed, and clinicaltrials.gov.
- Experience managing vendors and external partners to deliver high-quality insights and analyses on time and within budget.
- Experience in gene therapy, retinal diseases, or rare diseases strongly preferred.
Benefits
- Comprehensive and competitive benefit & compensation package
- Market-competitive salaries
- Annual bonus program
- Education assistance
- Retirement plan with employer match
- Stock options at all levels
- Summer hours and more!
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
market researchcompetitive intelligenceforecastingbrand strategyproduct launch preparationdata analysisstrategic recommendationsdrug developmentcommercialization processesanalytics
Soft skills
analytical skillscommunication skillsinfluencing skillscross-functional collaborationorganizational skillsproblem-solving skillsself-starterability to operate in ambiguitystakeholder engagementpresentation skills
Certifications
Bachelor's degreeMSPhDMBA