Market Access and Analytics Associate Director

Vertex Inc. • Boston, MA

3d • $168,000 - $252,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Market Access Operations and Analytics Associate Director leads sophisticated analyses, develops financial models, and generates insights to address strategic market access questions. The role presents findings effectively and succinctly to leadership, synthesizes relevant data to provide timely insights into forecast drivers and variances to plan, and develops forward-looking perspectives to inform business decisions for approved and potential future indications.

The position works independently to analyze internal and secondary data, contributes to forecasting and GPO performance measurement, and responds to analytical requests from business partners. It collaborates across account teams, strategy, finance, HEOR, government pricing, and trade to align assumptions and deliver analyses reflecting business priorities. The role also develops presentations for senior and executive management on trends, forecasts, and the potential financial impact of policy changes, pricing scenarios, and payer mix. It may bring vendor tools and responsibilities in-house while maintaining business continuity.

Vertex describes itself as a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation. The company encourages continuous learning and thoughtful adoption of advances in AI, technology, and automation to improve decision-making, innovation, efficiency, and patient outcomes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative discipline such as Engineering, Statistics, Economics, or Finance.
• Eight years of progressive experience in market access, forecasting, or finance, with significant exposure to pharmaceutical or biopharmaceutical financial and managed markets data sources, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Excellent working knowledge of evolving U.S. access, pricing, and reimbursement dynamics and the health system environment.
• Experience developing short- and long-term commercial forecasts, GTN models, and pricing and contracting break-even analyses.
• Track record producing payer-channel analyses and insights, including Commercial, Medicare, and Medicaid, and communicating impacts and sensitivity analyses to senior management.
• Demonstrated understanding of contracting with PBMs, trade and distribution partners, and value-driven pricing and reimbursement strategies.
• Working knowledge of syndicated market access databases such as IQVIA and MMIT.
• Exposure to and understanding of financial systems such as Oracle, Hyperion, or SAP.
• Advanced proficiency in complex Excel modeling and PowerPoint presentations.
• Proficiency analyzing large data sets, such as prescription and claims data, using a statistical analysis language such as SQL.
• Strong analytical and business acumen, intellectual curiosity, motivation, and ability to structure problems, diagnose issues, and triangulate using multiple approaches while maintaining a broad perspective.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, including the ability to influence and collaborate with diverse stakeholders to achieve actionable, timely results and build strong, sustainable relationships.
• Ability to work independently in a complex, ambiguous, and highly matrixed environment.

Nice To Haves

• An advanced degree, such as an MBA or equivalent.
• Experience with dashboard development using tools such as Power BI or Tableau.
• Knowledge of additional scripting languages such as Python and working knowledge of AI analytical tools.

Responsibilities

• Work independently to surface insights from internal data sets and secondary sources that answer business questions and inform access and commercial decisions.
• Partner with the GTN team in the forecasting process, integrating net revenue projections, assumptions, and brand learnings to support accurate and timely planning for current and future years.
• Manage and respond to ad hoc analytical requests from business partners with timely, accurate insights.
• Develop and manage a GPO performance measurement process, including monthly reporting, dashboard development, and analysis of contracting effectiveness.
• Partner with Account Teams, Strategy, Finance, HEOR, Government Pricing, and Trade to align assumptions and integrate inputs into analytical deliverables.
• Lead presentations for senior and executive management that synthesize trends, forecasts, and potential financial impacts of new and pending state and federal policies, pricing scenarios, and payer mix.
• As needed, bring vendor tools and responsibilities into the team while maintaining business continuity.

Benefits

• Annual bonus and annual equity awards; some roles may also be eligible for overtime pay in accordance with federal and state requirements.
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• Generous paid time off, including a week-long company shutdown in the summer and winter.
• Educational assistance programs, including student loan repayment.
• Commuting subsidy.
• Matching charitable donations.
• 401(k).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director