Director, Market Research & Competitive Intelligence

Accountabilities:

• • Develop strategic frameworks that organize and prioritize critical business questions related to commercial planning, product launch strategy, lifecycle management, market opportunity, and broader business development priorities.
  • Lead primary and secondary market research, analytics, and competitive intelligence initiatives, translating complex market information into clear insights and recommendations for business decision-making.
  • Manage multiple third-party vendors, data providers, research partners, and consultants to generate high-quality data and insights for commercial and cross-functional needs.
  • Partner with Marketing and Market Access teams to develop strategic commercial plans supporting the launch of a pharmaceutical product in uncontrolled and resistant hypertension.
  • Conduct or support ad hoc literature reviews, epidemiology assessments, commercial opportunity analyses, and other market evaluations for senior leadership, business development activities, external presentations, investor communications, and board-level materials.
  • Monitor competitive activity across relevant therapeutic areas and proactively disseminate meaningful developments and implications to stakeholders across the organization.
  • Provide market and commercial inputs into revenue forecast development and updates, helping ensure assumptions are informed by relevant market intelligence.
  • Manage business insights budget planning and spending efficiently, balancing research priorities, data requirements, and available resources.

  Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience, with at least 8 years of experience in market research, data analytics, business intelligence, competitive intelligence, marketing, or a related discipline within the U.S. commercial pharmaceutical or biotechnology sector.
  • Strong knowledge of the U.S. pharmaceutical market, ideally within general medicine, cardiovascular, metabolic, renal, or other high-prevalence therapeutic areas.
  • Demonstrated experience working with U.S. pharmaceutical market data sources, including claims, EHR, prescription, audit, payer coverage, and competitive intelligence databases.
  • Working knowledge of the drug development process and the ability to evaluate and interpret competitive clinical trial design.
  • Strong PowerPoint and Excel capabilities, with expert-level ability to create clear, compelling presentations, strategic frameworks, and executive-ready materials.
  • Experience with the U.S. payer and market access environment and relevant data sources is preferred.
  • Familiarity with major pharmaceutical markets outside the United States is advantageous but not required.
  • Strong analytical, strategic thinking, communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to translate complex information into actionable business insights.
  • Ability to manage multiple projects, external partners, and competing priorities while maintaining a high standard of quality and attention to detail.
  • Experience supporting commercial-stage pharmaceutical organizations is relevant to the role.

  Benefits:

  • Fully remote position available across the United States.
  • Competitive annual salary range of $190,000–$220,000.
  • Opportunity to influence commercial strategy, market intelligence, and launch planning for an innovative pharmaceutical product.
  • Broad cross-functional exposure to Marketing, Market Access, Business Development, senior leadership, and other strategic functions.
  • Significant ownership of external research partners, data providers, consultants, and business insights initiatives.
  • Opportunity to work on high-impact market research and competitive intelligence programs within a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical environment.
  • Up to 10% travel, including occasional travel outside the local area and overnight stays.