Associate Director, Value & Access Strategic Analytics - Oncology Lead

The businesses of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany•Boston, MA

About The Position

Work Your Magic with us! Start your next chapter and join EMD Serono. Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more? We know you’ve got big plans – so do we! Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us. United As One for Patients, our purpose in Healthcare is to help create, improve and prolong lives. We develop medicines, intelligent devices and innovative technologies in therapeutic areas such as Oncology, Neurology and Fertility. Our teams work together across 6 continents with passion and relentless curiosity in order to help patients at every stage of life. Joining our Healthcare team is becoming part of a diverse, inclusive and flexible working culture, presenting great opportunities for personal development and career advancement across the globe. This role does not offer sponsorship for work authorization. External applicants must be eligible to work in the US. Your Role: The Associate Director, Value & Access Strategic Analytics Lead – Oncology will serve as the analytical lead for an evolving oncology portfolio. This role is responsible for generating insights that inform market access strategy, optimize payer and GPO performance, and enable cross-functional decision-making. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in payer, GPO, health system analytics and a strong understanding of oral Oncolytics and buy-and-bill market dynamics, and the ability to translate complex data into clear, actionable recommendations. Sitting within the Value & Access Strategic Analytics team, this role collaborates closely with Market Access Strategy, Account Directors, Brand teams, Patient Support, Trade & Distribution, IT, Finance, and other analytics organizations. The role requires a strong blend of analytical rigor, business acumen, and the ability to translate complex data into clear, actionable recommendations.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field (e.g., Healthcare, Economics, Statistics, Data Science, Public Health, Business) or related discipline; advanced degree preferred.
5+ years’ experience in market access analytics, payer analytics, commercial analytics, or related fields within the pharmaceutical/biotech industry.
Strong knowledge of US payer landscape, reimbursement pathways, and policy influences—preferably with oncology experience.
Hands-on expertise working with payer data, claims, hub/SP data, distribution/channel datasets, and market access policy data sources.
Proven experience in financial modeling, contract analytics, and GTN-related analyses.
Demonstrated ability to synthesize complex data into business-ready insights with clear recommendations.
Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and presentation skills.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree (MBA, MS Analytics, MPH, etc.).
Oncology experience a plus.
buy-and-bill experience is a plus.
GPO, PBM, Payer, IDN contracting experience.
Consulting Experience preferred.
Familiarity with payer policy tools, formulary databases, specialty pharmacy data, and GTN forecasting methodology.
Ability to translate analytics needs into data infrastructure requirements and scalable solutions.
Comfort working in fast-moving, ambiguous environments and shaping new processes.
Ability to communicate openly and share information to foster trust while encouraging constructive debate, making informed decisions, and ensuring shared commitment to outcomes.
Demonstrated willingness to take risks and stand up for what is right while prioritizing the needs and experiences of customers and patients in all decisions.
Commitment to setting and reaching ambitious goals and setting high standards while acting in the best interest of the company and taking initiative to drive results.
Uphold ethical standards and being honest in all interactions.
Ability to streamline processes to focus on what matters and creates impact and acting quickly to adapt to changes.
Demonstrated ability to embrace new ideas, challenge the status quo, and seek innovative solutions while valuing diverse perspectives and treating others with respect and dignity.

Responsibilities

Lead development of strategic analytics that informs payer, GPO, and health system access planning for oral oncology and buy-and-bill products.
Evaluate the access landscape to identify trends, risks, and opportunities across policy, reimbursement, utilization management, and site-of-care dynamics.
Provide scenario analysis and market sizing to support launch planning, lifecycle management, and strategic decision-making.
Develops access performance dashboards and metrics to track market access segments, payer coverage, payer behavior, GPO and contract performance
Diagnose drivers of access performance and partner with Market Access Strategy to prioritize tactical interventions.
Monitor competitor coverage, access changes, and policy shifts that influence portfolio performance.
Utilize financial models to evaluate contract economics, rebate scenarios, GPO agreements, and the tradeoffs of contracting for access.
Support contracting strategy with data-driven analysis of payer mix, utilization patterns, and ROI.
Collaborate with Finance to forecast gross-to-net (GTN) impacts and scenario-test contracting decisions.
Shape the market access data strategy, helping determine the right mix of internal and external data assets (e.g., claims, hub, SP, payer policy, GPO data).
Identify data gaps and partner with analytics teams to implement scalable infrastructure, governance, and integration solutions.
Ensure high-quality, repeatable analytics by building standardized pipelines, tools, and reporting frameworks.
Serve as the analytical partner to Market Access Strategy, Finance, Channel Analytics, Commercial Insights, Contract Operations, and Field Market Access teams.
Present insights and recommendations to senior leadership in clear and compelling formats.
Influence decision-making by synthesizing insights across multiple data sources and functional inputs.