Senior Director of Sales Operations and Business Analytics

Aveo Oncology•Boston, MA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

AVEO is developing innovative therapies for cancer and is seeking an individual to lead a strong sales operations and business analytics team. The Senior Director, Sales Operations and Business Analytics, is a key role in the commercial organization responsible for ensuring the optimal infrastructure, support, and insights required by our commercial organization are easily accessible and incorporated into day-to-day reporting and decision making. Reporting to the Chief Commercial Officer, this individual will collaborate with internal and external partners to assess organizational needs and lead our Business Analytics and Sales Operations functions. This role requires strong management experience along with understanding of the oncology marketplace, data analytics and reporting, and project management. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of leading teams and executional excellence.

Requirements

Strong analytical abilities and attention to detail with a BA/BS in degree and at least 12 years of experience in the pharmaceutical or biotech industries including launch and pre-launch planning including prior management level experience in Sales Operations.
Minimum of 5 years of oncology market experience.
Extensive experience with IQVIA, KOMODA, SHS and other oncology sales and claims datasets
Advanced computer skills – excellent knowledge and experience with Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access and Smartsheets
Experience supporting pharmaceutical sales force automation software (Veeva / Salesforce.com preferred)
Ability to translate end user needs into system capabilities
Territory Alignment experience
Sales incentive planning and administration expertise
Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team, and able to manage the needs of multiple stakeholders.
High degree of adaptability and problem-solving skills, with ability to identify and address insight gaps.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, ability to present research results in a clear and concise manner to all levels of the organization.

Nice To Haves

remote would be considered for an exceptional candidate

Responsibilities

Provide hands-on expertise and work collaboratively to design, execute and oversee all commercial analytical deliverables related to our commercial product FOTIVDA and pipeline products, including identifying appropriate data sets and methodologies to conduct analysis plus synthesis & presentation of final output and conclusion.
Advanced analytics including promotional response and mix modeling, territory opportunity analytics, ROI assessments, and customer assessments.
Establish data standards, quality controls, and a source-of-truth reporting environment
Work closely with both Commercial, Supply Chain, and Finance leadership to build, analyze, and communicate accurate short-term and long-range demand and revenue forecasts.
As part of the yearly budget process, define a comprehensive plan and budget integrating all available and to anticipate brand and market challenges.
Effectively collaborate across AVEO to ensure organizational commitment and alignment with key functions (such as: Marketing, Market Access, and Sales) that are critical to the successful attainment of financial sales goals.
Display a high degree of creativity and innovation in problem-solving, proactively developing new approaches, processes, and methodologies to maintain consistent and reliable commercial operations.
Manage and develop high performing team- coaching and retaining talent, fostering professional growth, and collaborative culture
Lead and empower team through clear goal setting, regular feedback, performance management, and professional development
Drive organizational effectiveness by aligning team structure, capabilities, and resources with business priorities while promoting cross-functional collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Drive initiatives that leverage AI, machine learning, and automation to enhance decision-making, optimize operations, and deliver actionable insights.
Ensure that these initiatives translate into tangible value for AVEO, enhancing capabilities to advance our commercial solutions.
Partner with IT and commercial leadership to ensure the integrity of the Commercial Data Warehouse and continuously review and integrate various internal and external data sources, ensuring data quality, analytics, and reporting capabilities
Oversee the management of other field support such as vehicle program support and materials fulfillment
Lead the development and administration of motivational incentive plans and contests designed to support sales and marketing objectives
Collaborate with Marketing to ensure customer segmentation and targeting efforts are optimized to increase sales efficiency and impact
Develop performance tracking and analytics capabilities including standard performance dashboards and ad hoc support for Marketing, Sales and senior management.
Perform various self-initiated analyses to uncover opportunities and challenges facing the commercialization efforts