Director, Insights and Analytics, Disease Area Strategy & Epigenetics Global Oncology

Job Location	Pennsylvania, Exeter
Education	Not Mentioned
Salary	Competitive salary
Industry	Not Mentioned
Functional Area	Not Mentioned
Job Type	Permanent, full-time

Job Description

Site Name: Switzerland - Zug, UK - London - Brentford, USA - Massachusetts - Waltham, USA - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, USA - Pennsylvania - Upper ProvidencePosted Date: Aug 13 2020Do you have an entrepreneurial spirit, insatiable curiosity, expertise in oncology and a strong commitment to deploying insights to guide marketing and business strategy If so, consider being a key partner in the development and growth of GSK’s Oncology business as the Director, Insight & Analytics, Epigenetics and Disease Area Strategy. You will have a strategic, integrative mindset to lead the research and analytics that will define and shape the Global Vision and Commercial Strategy for a portfolio of epigenetic assets and disease area strategy. You will serve as a thought-partner to commercial leads in identifying opportunities for research initiatives and integrating learning across primary and secondary sources to inform business choices.You will be responsible for building and executing the Oncology Insights and Business Analytics plan for disease area strategy teams as well as assets coming through our epigenetics development program. In this regard, you will be providing objective and actionable insights, analysis and recommendations to the business, and socializing insights for their successful application to local markets as launch preparation ensues.You will also work with colleagues in the Insight & Analytics community to further develop our core capabilities, organizational impact and effectiveness in ways of working with other functions and local operating companies.You will influence key business decisions based on data, research, analytics, and actionable insights to meet the genuine unmet needs of patients, health care practitioners and health ecosystem. You will partner with commercial leadership to effectively drive asset development and launch. You will also partner with the commercial leads of the Disease Area Strategy (DAS) team in the development and application of insights to the resulting strategy and their socialization to brand teams developing assets for indications within the purview of the DAS. Lastly, you will recommend, influence, plan and execute research and analytics for the product based on an in-depth understanding of the products/segments, competitive environment, business model, and challenges/opportunities.This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following:

Operate as a strategic business partner to the cross-functional Brand Team and key Insights & Analytics point of contact for core LOCs

Develop deep subject matter expertise therapeutic area issues, trends, current and evolving competitive landscape, and potential market disruptors

Deliver well-integrated, actionable insights and ensure their strategic application to support global commercial strategy, governance meetings and investment decisions

Proactively identify and quantify risks and opportunities for brands, disease areas addressed

Partner with forecasting colleagues to ensure pull through of market and customer insights into sound forecasts that contribute to stage gating and investment planning decisions

Lead the design of the annual research plan for epigenetics and disease area strategy teams while embracing best practices and innovative approaches to address the highest value business questions; manage associated budget

Manage vendor relationships to achieve a mutually rewarding partnership while ensuring excellence in market research execution

Ensure 100% adherence to market research compliance guidelines

Contribute to a positive culture of learning and continuous improvement by developing/refining processes to achieve better business outcomes

Why youBasic Qualifications: We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

BA/BS Degree

Recent & Relevant Oncology or Rare Disease marketing and/or commercial analysis experience

4+ years of marketing or commercial analysis related experience (market research, marketing/sales analytics, forecasting, etc.)

8-10 years of experience (including 3+ years in healthcare) or 5-8 years with advanced degree (3+ years in healthcare)

Previous Leadership experience (first line leader experience or successful matrix leadership or enterprise leadership)

Preferred Qualifications: If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

MBA, MS, or MA in business, marketing science, or science

3+ years commercial analysis, scenario based planning, research and analytics distillation, synthesis, and application to business issues

Strong business acumen

Demonstrated ability to influence senior commercial leadership and confidently defend informed recommendations

Demonstrated ability to apply data and analyses to drive high impact business decisions

Significant experience conducting qualitative and quantitative market research

Ability to leverage and synthesize a broad range of information sources to develop insight and generate clear, actionable recommendations that impact/drive decision-making at a business unit level

Deep understanding of the global pharmaceutical industry

Strong verbal and written communication/ presentation skills

Ability to work effectively across a matrix environment and influence without formal authority

Demonstrated ability to influence senior commercial leadership

Agility, flexibility and comfort with ambiguity

Experience managing direct reports and leading without authority

Ability to lead through change and inspire agility/flexibility amongst team

Why GSK Our values and expectations are at the heart of everything we do and form an important part of our culture. These includePatient focus, Transparency, Respect, Integrity along with Courage, Accountability, Development, and Teamwork. As GSK focuses on our values and expectations and a culture of innovation, performance, and trust, the successful candidate will demonstrate the following capabilities:

Operating at pace and agile decision-making – using evidence and applying judgement to balance pace, rigour and risk.

Committed to delivering high quality results, overcoming challenges, focusing on what matters, execution.Continuously looking for opportunities to learn, build skills and share le

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