Associate Director, Market Research and Competitive Intelligence

Amylyx Pharmaceuticals; United States; Remote; USD 195,000 - 219,000; Full time

Job summary

Amylyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is seeking an Associate Director of Market Research & Competitive Intelligence to lead primary market research and CI for PBH avexitide.

This hands-on role develops and executes an integrated insights plan, spanning foundational, strategic, communications, and tracking research with HCPs and patients. The role also leads competitive intelligence efforts, translating findings into actionable guidance for launch-readiness, NPP, and pipeline priorities, while partnering

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field is required; advanced degree is a plus.
• 10+ years in pharma/biotech market research or CI with leadership experience.
• Experience leading qualitative and quantitative market research across lifecycle.
• Experience with tracking/strategic research, including ATU studies and patient journeys.
• Proven ability to build and lead CI programs and communicate implications to executives.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and project/budget management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead PBH market research and competitive intelligence for PBH avexitide.
• Develop integrated insights plans spanning foundational, strategic, and tracking research.
• Oversee end-to-end primary research with HCPs, patients, and other stakeholders.
• Define KPI framework, track waves, and integrate findings into commercialization decisions.
• Establish and lead CI process covering pipelines, data, and market signals.
• Translate evidence into concise, objective narratives for leadership.
• Manage vendors, scopes of work, budgets, and timelines; ensure compliance.
• Support NPP and pipeline assets with tailored research and competitive insights.
• Travel to Cambridge, MA periodically; maintain governance of CI outputs.

Skills

Market research leadership

Qualitative & quantitative research

Competitive intelligence

Vendor management

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Amylyx has an audacious mission to usher in a new era for treating diseases with high unmet needs. Where others see challenges, we see opportunities that we pursue with urgency, rigorous science, and unwavering commitment to the communities we serve. We are a clinical-stage company currently focused on post-bariatric hypoglycemia (PBH), Wolfram syndrome, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

Our mission is powered by our people. Our core values – be audacious, be curious, be authentic, be engaged, and be accountable – creating a culture of caring. Amylyx has assembled an experienced team ready to take action because the communities we serve have no time to wait. If you share our passion and are determined to tackle some of medicine’s toughest problems, we encourage you to read the opportunity below and apply.

The Opportunity

Reporting to the Senior Director, Market Insights, the Associate Director, Market Research & Competitive Intelligence will lead primary market research and competitive intelligence to support commercialization of avexitide in post-bariatric hypoglycemia (PBH). This highly visible, hands-on role will develop and execute an integrated insights plan spanning foundational, strategic, communications, and tracking research, including HCP and patient attitudes, trial, and usage (ATU) studies.

The role will also lead competitive intelligence efforts that provide timely, objective, and actionable perspectives on the PBH disease state, emerging treatment landscape, competitor activity, and market implications. While PBH and avexitide commercialization will be the primary focus, this individual will provide fit-for-purpose market research and competitive intelligence support for New Products Planning (NPP), pipeline assets, and selected business-development needs.

Responsibilities

• PBH insights leadership: Serve as the primary market research and competitive intelligence partner for PBH commercialization, translating business questions into an integrated insights plan that informs market development, launch strategy, and execution.
• Patient Journey: Partner with Forecasting, Analytics, Marketing, Market Access, Medical Affairs and other stakeholders to integrate research and secondary data to maintain a deep understanding of the Patient Journey.
• Integrated Insights: Share key insights with the organization as needed and as a core team member to the Central Insights Team. Oversee updates to the Facts and Insights document so that it provides an accurate view of insights to the organization
• Primary market research: Lead end-to-end qualitative and quantitative research with healthcare professionals, patients, caregivers, and other relevant stakeholders, from problem definition and study design through vendor oversight, analysis, synthesis, and action planning.
• Tracking and ATU research: Lead HCP and patient ATU and other tracking research, including KPI definition, questionnaire evolution, wave-to-wave comparability, trend interpretation, and integration of findings into commercialization decisions and launch-readiness planning.
• Competitive intelligence leadership: Establish and lead the PBH competitive intelligence process, covering competitor pipelines, clinical data, scientific activity, regulatory developments, business and investor activity, partnerships, market-entry signals, and relevant disease-state developments.
• Strategic implications: Move beyond news reporting to assess potential impact, identify risks and opportunities, and recommend actions for brand, medical, market access, commercial, and corporate stakeholders.
• CI communication and governance: Maintain competitor profiles, landscape assessments, timelines, trackers, SWOTs, source documentation, and recurring updates, with clear escalation criteria for high-impact developments.
• NPP and pipeline support: Provide fit-for-purpose primary research and competitive intelligence for NPP and pipeline assets, including opportunity assessments, target product profile input, unmet-needs exploration, indication prioritization, differentiation, and commercial potential.
• Vendor and budget management: Select and manage market research and CI partners, including RFPs, scopes of work, budgets, timelines, quality standards, compliance requirements, and performance expectations.
• Executive communication: Translate complex and sometimes conflicting evidence into concise, objective, decision-oriented narratives and visual outputs for senior leadership and cross-functional teams.
• Research excellence and compliance: Apply rigorous research standards, protect respondent confidentiality, support appropriate adverse-event and product-complaint reporting, and document methods, limitations, and sources.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in business, marketing, market research, social sciences, public health, life sciences, statistics, or a related field; advanced degree is a plus.
• 10+ of relevant experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare, life sciences consulting, primary market research, competitive intelligence, commercial insights, or related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience leading qualitative and quantitative pharmaceutical market research across the project lifecycle, including business-question framing, research design, vendor management, analysis, synthesis, and stakeholder activation.
• Experience with strategic and tracking research, including HCP or patient ATU studies; patient journey, segmentation, demand, positioning, messaging, campaign, or launch-readiness research strongly preferred.
• Experience developing or leading competitive intelligence programs, including secondary monitoring, landscape assessments, conference intelligence, synthesis of implications, and executive communication.
• Experience supporting launch-stage brands, specialty or rare-disease markets, and pre-commercial assets strongly preferred.
• Ability to integrate primary research, secondary data, competitive intelligence, clinical evidence, and internal perspectives while clearly distinguishing facts, assumptions, and implications.
• Excellent written, verbal, and visual communication skills, including the ability to distill complex findings into clear strategic choices and recommendations.
• Strong vendor, project, and budget management skills, with the ability to manage concurrent studies, recurring intelligence activities, and urgent ad hoc requests.
• High degree of curiosity, objectivity, judgment, attention to detail, and comfort operating in a fast-paced environment with evolving priorities and incomplete information.

Work Location and Conditions

• At Amylyx, we proudly support remote work opportunities within the United States. However, due to business considerations related to health insurance coverage and state tax regulations, we are unable to hire employees who reside and/or work in certain states. Currently, we are not considering applicants from Alaska and Hawaii.
• You will be expected to travel to our corporate location in Cambridge, MA several times a year and attend other company-related events as necessary and requested.
• You must have access to work in setting which enables meeting all requirements of the role (including privacy, reliable internet access, phone, ability to video conference, etc.) at your remote location.

Compensation

The pay range posted below represents our good faith estimate of compensation for this role, based on market data and internal benchmarks. The final offer may vary depending on a candidate’s experience, skills, and qualifications, as well as considerations of internal equity.
Estimated Pay Range $195,000 — $219,000 USD
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