Vice President, Insights & Analytics

Vaxcyte•San Carlos, CA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Vice President, Insights & Analytics (I&A) is a newly created role responsible for building Vaxcyte’s commercial insights, analytics, and forecasting capabilities, beginning with the U.S. adult launch of VAX-31. The role oversees the existing Market Research and Competitive Intelligence team while establishing commercial analytics capabilities and integrating these functions to inform strategic and operational decisions across the Commercial organization. The VP translates market research, customer insights, competitive intelligence, claims data, and commercial performance data into actionable insights for strategy, resource allocation, forecasting, and execution. As a trusted advisor to commercial and executive leadership, this leader provides an integrated view of market dynamics, customer needs, competition, and business performance to identify risks and opportunities and support data-driven decisions. The position is part of the Commercial organization and partners closely with the Commercial Leadership Team, including the Launch Lead and leaders in Marketing, Sales, Market Access, and Digital Enablement, as well as Finance, Medical Affairs, and Scientific Affairs. The role owns business questions, analytical priorities, interpretation, and communication of insights, while partnering with Digital Enablement on the systems, platforms, and AI-enabled tools that support data access and analytical capabilities at scale. The position reports to the Chief Commercial Officer and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with a hybrid arrangement requiring at least three onsite days per week. Travel is 20% of the time. The salary range is $325,000–$385,000; the compensation package includes comprehensive benefits and an equity component. The role is not eligible for relocation assistance.

Requirements

BA/BS degree in a scientific discipline, business, or a quantitative field.
At least 15 years of industry-related experience, including at least 7 years in insights, analytics, forecasting, or market research leadership roles within pharmaceutical, biotech, or vaccine organizations, with direct exposure to vaccine product launch.
Demonstrated experience building an Insights & Analytics function from the ground up or serving as one of the first I&A hires in a pre-launch or early-launch commercial-stage company.
Deep understanding of the vaccine commercial data and analytics ecosystem, including syndicated sales and claims data, primary and secondary market research methodologies, forecasting methodologies for complex biologics and vaccines, competitive intelligence frameworks and tools, and commercial analytics and BI platforms.
Working familiarity with AI-enabled analytics tools, including predictive modeling and automated insight generation, and sound judgment about when human analysis should lead.
Ability to translate complex data into clear, decision-ready narratives for commercial and executive leadership.
Ability to travel 20% of the time for commercial and cross-functional team engagements.

Nice To Haves

MBA or other advanced degree.
Experience launching U.S. vaccines and/or specialty biologics.
Familiarity with GPO, P&T committee, and payer contracting timelines and how they shape forecast assumptions and research sequencing.

Responsibilities

Define and execute the I&A strategy, operating model, and phased capability build to support pre-launch, launch, and commercial growth, including organizational design, talent, budget, and external partnerships.
Build and lead a high-performing team spanning market research, competitive intelligence, forecasting, and commercial analytics, establishing I&A as a trusted center of excellence.
Establish data acquisition, governance, and utilization priorities in partnership with Digital Enablement.
Lead market research and competitive intelligence to deepen understanding of healthcare professionals, patients, payers, and the competitive landscape, and translate findings into implications for positioning, segmentation, targeting, and go-to-market strategy.
Oversee commercial forecasting, ensuring assumptions are informed by qualitative and quantitative evidence and that risks, opportunities, and market uncertainties are communicated to leadership.
Establish the commercial measurement and reporting framework, including performance metrics, dashboards, and executive-level reporting, to monitor launch progress and inform decisions.
Deliver actionable analyses and recommendations across sales, marketing, and market access, including account targeting, sales and marketing effectiveness, investment optimization, return on investment, and sales force incentive compensation in partnership with Sales and Finance.
Leverage advanced and AI-enabled analytics in partnership with Digital Enablement to improve analytical efficiency, generate timely insights, and support continuous optimization of commercial execution.
Partner with commercial leaders to align research, forecasting, and analytics priorities with launch milestones and strategic decisions.
Collaborate with Market Access, Medical Affairs, Scientific Affairs, and other cross-functional partners to integrate relevant perspectives while maintaining functional independence and compliance boundaries.
Advise the Chief Commercial Officer and executive leadership by communicating business implications, surfacing emerging risks and opportunities, and informing commercial strategy and expectations.