Sr. Commercial Analytics Manager, Market Access

Neurocrine Biosciences • San Diego, CA

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About The Position

This role independently collaborates with organizational stakeholders, focusing on Access & Reimbursement, and actively participates in commercial planning by providing unbiased, objective, and actionable analyses. The position involves researching and analyzing the company's products, markets, and competition, summarizing data into insights and recommendations for cross-functional teams and senior leadership.

Requirements

• BS/BA degree and 8+ years of a combination of secondary analytics, primary market research, and/or competitive intelligence experience within the biotechnology/pharmaceutical industry.
• Experience within the CNS therapeutic area, launch experience, and managed markets experience preferred.
• OR Master's degree preferred and 6+ years of similar experience noted above.
• OR PhD and 4+ years of similar experience noted above.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to integrate secondary data, primary market research and competitive intelligence to create insights and actionable recommendations.
• Excellent working knowledge of the various methodologies of collecting and analyzing secondary data, primary market research, and competitive intelligence.
• Hands-on knowledge of working with biopharmaceutical market data (meaning of data, limitations of data, ability to manipulate, etc.) including Access-specific data sources (e.g. CoverMyMeds, etc.).
• Experience working with the Market Access function in an analytical capacity and strong working knowledge of Market Access goals, common business questions, and data sets, particularly on specialty pharmacy distributed products.
• Understanding of statistical modeling and optimization as well as statistical analyses of quantitative research results.
• Advanced skill level with MS Excel, Powerpoint, and Word computer programs.
• Strategic understanding of pharmaceutical sales, marketing and access/reimbursement with the ability to identify market drivers, trends, issues, etc.
• Applies expert consulting skills, including consultative listening, problem definition, hypothesis generation, data analysis, and translation of solutions to business value.
• Ability to convert complex information into easily understandable and persuasive oral and written presentations.
• Ability to evaluate and successfully manage vendors.
• Excellent project management, strong project leadership skills.
• Independently anticipates business and industry issues; recommends relevant process / technical / service improvements.
• Demonstrates broad expertise or unique knowledge.
• Considered an expert within the company and may have external presence in area of expertise.
• Applies in-depth expertise in discipline and broad knowledge of other closely related areas to improve efficiency of team.
• Independently works as part of and lead multiple teams.
• Excellent leadership, mentoring skills and abilities typically leads lower levels and/or indirect teams.
• Excellent communications, problem-solving, analytical thinking skills.
• Independently sees broader picture and longer-term impact on division/company.
• Independently meets multiple deadlines across a variety of projects/programs, with a high degree of accuracy and efficiency.
• Excellent organizational skills and expertise managing multiple, large projects simultaneously.

Nice To Haves

• Experience within the CNS therapeutic area
• Launch experience
• Managed markets experience

Responsibilities

• For assigned area or project(s) with focus on Access & Reimbursement, independently develops the commercial analytics plan, manages related projects, and collects and manages the data in support of the overall plan.
• Independently synthesizes complex information gathered from various primary and secondary sources, identifies opportunities, and develops conclusions and recommendations that can be used by Commercial leadership to make well-informed business decisions, better understand customer segments, competitive threats, and to identify opportunities and potential risks.
• Provides strategic input to help shape the annual brand plan, brand/payer strategies, and development of key performance indicators.
• Plans and leads the execution of a limited number of market research projects focused on Access and Reimbursement: recommending the appropriate methodology, participating in selecting the vendor, developing the questionnaire/discussion guides with the appropriate internal feedback/input, leading implementation, analyzing results, presenting the findings to key internal customers, developing actionable recommendations, tracking brand performance and forecast accuracy through weekly dashboards and driving continuous improvement in forecast models and processes.
• Manages the development of the analytics budget and manages all approved budgets.
• Serves as a consultative, trusted advisor to Commercial leadership.
• Develops scenarios including key risks and opportunities to clearly characterize uncertainties and key drivers in the forecasts.
• Builds, manages and maintains relationships with key vendors of market research, secondary data, and competitive intelligence.
• Partners with Market Access and Commercial Insights & Analytics to synthesize insights from a variety of data sources and integrate outputs of multiple analytical and market research workstreams into cohesive answers to key business questions.
• Regularly communicates with strategic partners on Market Access team to report analytical findings and their impacts on business strategy and tactics.
• Partners with other members of Commercial Analytics and Insights team to deliver shared capabilities to the Market Access team and ensure sharing of best practices and data automation.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• retirement savings plan (with company match)
• paid vacation, holiday and personal days
• paid caregiver/parental and medical leave
• health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage

What This Job Offers

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