Senior Director Head of Global Strategic Insights - Innovative Medicines (GPS) - UK (remote)

Teva Pharmaceuticals; Remote; GBP 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A global pharmaceutical company is seeking a Senior Director Head of Global Strategic Insights to lead a team responsible for strategic insight generation for their neurology and immunology portfolio. This leadership role requires a minimum of 15 years of experience in pharma/biotech, focusing on analytics and strategy. The ideal candidate will have deep domain knowledge in Neurology or Immunology, proven leadership experience, and strong analytical skills. The position offers remote flexibility within the UK and requires up to 20% travel.

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years in pharma/biotech; 10 years in Insights, Analytics, or Strategy roles.
• Deep experience in Neurology and/or Immunology.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Build, mentor, and empower a high-performing global insights team.
• Deliver actionable insights from data to guide strategies.
• Align global commercial forecasts with development plans.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Market intelligence

Analytical skills

Storytelling

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Data Science, or related field

Advanced degree (MBA, MSc, etc.)

Job description

The opportunity

As ‘Senior Director Head of Global Strategic Insights - Innovation Medicines’, you will lead a team responsible for strategic insight generation, helping define the long-term strategic vision, and commercial strategy for Teva’s neurology and immunology portfolio of medicines - translating scientific innovation into long-term brand and business value.

We are seeking an experienced pharmaceutical leader and strategist who is passionate and skilled at uncovering HCP, payer, patient and competitive insights to shape product strategies and investment decisions for our key innovative medicines from pipeline to inline assets, and BD opportunities. You will develop robust global forecasts and supporting assumptions across our portfolio for key governance stage gates, partnering closely with commercial regions, finance, R&D, and BD teams.

This key leadership role will be a member of the Global Product Strategy (GPS) Leadership Team, and an active member of our capability transformation in the team.

This position can be based in the US (Parsippany), the Netherlands (Haarlem) or the UK. (In the UK, it can be based remotely.)

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS Approximately up to 20% travel to support key meetings and cross-functional planning.

How you’ll spend your day

• Lead & Inspire: Build, mentor, and empower a high‑performing global insights team; foster a culture of strategic thinking, curiosity, and innovation.
• Generate Strategic Insights: Deliver actionable insights from HCP, patient, payer, and competitive data to guide brand, access, and investment strategies.
• Forecasting & Business Strategy: Own and align global commercial forecasts with development plans and brand strategy; challenge and validate key assumptions.
• Market Intelligence: Monitor competitors, market dynamics, and therapeutic trends to identify opportunities and inform decision‑making.
• Cross‑Functional Leadership: Partner with Global Product, R&D, BD, Pricing & Access, and regional teams to drive strategic alignment across Teva’s portfolio.
• Innovation & Best Practices: Introduce new methodologies, tools, and analytics approaches to enhance decision quality and competitive advantage.

Your experience and qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Data Science, or related field; advanced degree (MBA, MSc, etc.) preferred.
• A minimum of 15 years in pharma/biotech, including a minimum of 10 years in Insights, Analytics, or Strategy roles.
• Deep experience in Neurology and/or Immunology; launch and pipeline experience essential.
• Proven success influencing senior stakeholders in a global matrix environment.
• Demonstrated leadership building and developing high‑performing teams.
• Experience working with Tier 1 markets (U.S. or EU5).
• Strong analytical, strategic, and storytelling skills.