Assoc Director, Incentive Compensation & Field Reporting

Amylyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Cambridge (MA); Hybrid; USD 172,000 - 193,000; Full time

Job summary

Amylyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in Cambridge, MA is seeking an Associate Director, Incentive Compensation and Field Reporting.

This senior role designs and administers incentive plans for customer-facing teams, builds reporting capabilities, and partners with Sales, Finance, IT, and Legal to ensure accurate, compliant payout processes. The position requires a strong blend of analytical skills, field operations experience, and cross-functional communication to translate strategy into practical plans

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, economics, statistics, mathematics, data science, biology, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or life sciences commercial operations, sales operations, field force effectiveness, incentive compensation, analytics, or a closely related discipline.
• Experience designing, modeling, implementing, and administering incentive compensation plans for pharmaceutical or biotechnology field teams, including handling communication of plan and outcomes to field teams.
• Strong understanding of incentive compensation principles, goal setting, payout mechanics, plan governance, participant communications, and dispute or exception processes.
• Experience defining field reporting requirements and partnering with technical teams to develop dashboards or recurring reports.
• Proficiency with Excel and presentation tools; experience with BI platforms, CRM systems, data warehouses, and incentive compensation platforms strongly preferred.
• Ability to manage multiple high-stakes workstreams with strong attention to detail, documentation, deadlines, and data quality.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present recommendations, communicate plan mechanics, and build trust with field leaders and cross-functional stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Incentive compensation strategy and plan design: Lead end-to-end design and evolution of incentive plans for eligible customer-facing roles.
• Modeling and scenario analysis: Build transparent models to assess goal attainment, payout distributions, and risks.
• Governance and controls: Establish and maintain governance, calendars, approval standards, and audit trails.
• Goals, quotas, and performance measurement: Develop goals and measures with cross-functional teams.
• Plan deployment and administration: Coordinate implementation, validate rosters, oversee payout processes.
• Field communication and support: Translate plan mechanics into clear communications for field.
• Field reporting and dashboards: Define and develop reports for visibility into performance and trends.
• Reporting requirements and adoption: Gather requirements, define logic, test, release and train.
• Performance insights and optimization: Monitor plan effectiveness and recommend refinements.
• Cross-functional operating partnership: Partner across Commercial, Finance, HR, Legal, IT, Market Access.
• Vendor and project management: Manage vendors, scope, timelines, and quality.

Skills

Incentive design

Financial modeling

Cross-functional partnering

Data analysis

Communication

Attention to detail

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/finance/economics/statistics/data science/biology

Tools

Excel

CRM systems

BI platforms

Data warehouses

Incentive compensation platforms

Job description

Amylyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in Cambridge, MA is seeking an Associate Director, Incentive Compensation and Field Reporting.

This senior role designs and administers incentive plans for customer-facing teams, builds reporting capabilities, and partners with Sales, Finance, IT, and Legal to ensure accurate, compliant payout processes. The position requires a strong blend of analytical skills, field operations experience, and cross-functional communication to translate strategy into practical plans