Assoc Dir , Data Science

Job Description

Role Summary:

The Associate Director US Marketing Engagement - HIV Prep will serve as a strategic analytics and insights partner to US HIV Prep Marketing. The role will translate complex patient prescriber market access and performance data into clear business insights that strengthen brand strategy launch readiness execution and measurement. The successful candidate will combine strong healthcare data fluency cross-functional leadership and an understanding of HIV Prep dynamics.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Partner with US HIV Prep Marketing leaders to define key business questions analytical priorities success measures and an integrated insights plan aligned with brand and portfolio objectives.
• Lead patient journey market map Prep dynamics source-of-business switching adherence persistence HCP/account opportunity segmentation and early-adopter analyses.
• Develop launch and in-market KPI frameworks tracking plans dashboards and decision-focused readouts that connect execution to business outcomes.
• Integrate patient HCP account payer geography channel and performance data into a coherent fact base clearly communicating assumptions and limitations.
• Collaborate with Marketing Market Research Forecasting Market Access Data Strategy Advanced Analytics Finance field-facing partners and global teams.
• Translate analytical findings into concise executive narratives recommendations and actions; guide internal and external analytics partners and assure quality.

Data and Database Experience:

Hands-on familiarity with healthcare data and the judgment to match the right source to the business question are important. Relevant experience includes several of the following:

• IQVIA eLAAD or comparable longitudinal patient-level claims data including cohort construction Prep regimens adherence persistence switching and source-of-business analyses.
• Komodo Healthcare Map / Komodo claims or comparable open and closed claims assets for patient journey HCP/HCO referral site-of-care and longitudinal market analyses.
• IQVIA Xponent DDD NPA NSP PlanTrak or similar prescription and subnational sales datasets for market sizing trends geographic analysis HCP-level performance and launch tracking.
• APLD EMR laboratory payer formulary affiliation specialty pharmacy hub consumer media and promotional datasets as relevant.
• Data integration across patient HCP HCO payer product geography and campaign sources with understanding linkage constraints projection methodologies refresh cadence and data lag.
• SQL and large relational or cloud-based datasets; proficiency with Python R SAS Databricks Snowflake Power BI or Tableau is strongly valued.

HIV Prep Analytics Focus:

• People living with HIV population sizing diagnosed and treated patient flows Prep-naive and Prep-experienced cohorts regimen dynamics and unmet need.
• HCP and account opportunity assessment prescribing behavior patient mix adoption switching pathways and segmentation activation.
• Launch readiness and performance tracking including target population reach adoption persistence and competitive dynamics.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in statistics data science epidemiology health economics business analytics life sciences engineering or a related quantitative discipline.
• 5 years of experience in pharmaceutical biotechnology healthcare consulting or healthcare-data analytics with responsibility for commercial insights or marketing analytics
• Demonstrated experience using secondary healthcare data to answer strategic marketing questions and influence decisions
• Strong problem structuring analytical interpretation cross-functional leadership stakeholder management and executive communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters degree or PhD in statistics data science epidemiology health economics public health life sciences business analytics or a related quantitative discipline is desired.
• Experience applying AI ML and Generative AI capabilities to commercial pharmaceutical data market engagement omnichannel analytics patient journey access or healthcare provider insights is strongly preferred
• Direct HIV Prep experience is desired; infectious disease specialty medicine or relevant launch experience is also valued.
• Deep experience with eLAAD Komodo Xponent and related IQVIA datasets including combining patient-level and prescription or sales data for a unified market view.
• Experience with launch analytics patient journey segmentation market mapping forecasting inputs KPI design digital measurement and advanced analytics.

Leadership Capabilities:

• Strategic partner who connects analytics to brand and portfolio decisions.
• Enterprise collaborator who aligns functions and reduces fragmentation.
• Analytical translator who converts technical work into concise business recommendations.
• Quality and change leader who advances scalable reproducible and modern analytical practices.

Measures of Success:

• Marketing decisions are supported by a timely trusted and transparent analytical fact base.
• HIV Prep data and insights priorities are aligned to brand objectives.
• Analytical deliverables produce specific actions not only descriptive reporting.
• Foundational datasets definitions and methods are consistent documented and reusable.

Required Skills:

Analytical Reports Analytical Reports Base SAS Business Alignment Business Analysis Business Decisions Business Intelligence (BI) Dashboard Development Data Analysis Database Design Database Queries Data Engineering Data Modeling Data Science Data Visualization Executive Leadership Machine Learning (ML) Partner Relationship Management (PRM) Performance Dashboards Problem Identification Report Analysis Software Development Stakeholder Management Stakeholder Relationship Management Strategic Analysis 4 more

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The salary range for this role is

$156900.00 - $247000.00

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Relocation:

Domestic

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No

Travel Requirements:

10%

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

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Job Posting End Date:

10/12/2026

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