Director, Business Insights

Scorpion Therapeutics; Lexington (MA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Scorpion Therapeutics seeks a Director of Business Insights to lead PMR, synthesize insights, and guide launch readiness across pre- and post-launch activities. The role requires a strong background in rare diseases and extensive biotech experience, with leadership across cross-functional teams.

The candidate will manage budgets, develop compliant research strategies, and partner with stakeholders to translate data into actionable commercial plans, including advisory board support and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA/MS/PhD preferred.
• 10+ years in biotech/pharma/healthcare; at least 5 years leading primary market research projects.
• Rare Disease experience required.
• Ability to generate actionable insights from complex datasets.
• Strong project and vendor management and cross-functional collaboration.
• Strong understanding of regulatory/compliance related to market research and data usage in biotech.
• Mastery of market research methodologies.
• Experience supporting launch of specialty products or gene therapies is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop a primary market research plan using innovative methodologies for pre- and post-launch activities.
• Develop and manage the annual primary market research budget and prioritize spend across studies.
• Lead end-to-end market research processes (RFP development, vendor selection, and efficient project execution).
• Translate findings into actionable insights and strategic recommendations; anticipate follow-up questions from teams and senior leadership.
• Ensure research complies with applicable laws, privacy standards, and internal policies.
• Support advisory board activities by consolidating resulting insights.
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders (Account Management, Market Access, Marketing).
• Translate data (PMR and analytics/CI outputs) into actionable commercial insights to support decisions, resource allocation, and operational improvements.
• Independently design approaches to answer complex business questions using internal and external data.
• Collaborate with the BI&A team to develop KPIs and contribute to performance dashboards.
• Design and lead pre- and post-launch primary research (e.g., message testing, HCP and patient/caregiver tracking).
• Work with launch teams to ensure timely capture and interpretation of real-time data for launch execution.

Skills

PMR leadership

Insights generation

Cross-functional collaboration

Vendor management

Regulatory compliance

Biotech knowledge

Gene therapy experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree

MBA/MS/PhD preferred

Job description

Director, Business Insights

Key Result Areas

Primary Market Research (PMR)

• Develop a primary market research plan using appropriate and innovative methodologies for pre- and post-launch activities.
• Develop and manage the annual primary market research budget and prioritize spend across studies.
• Lead end-to-end market research processes (RFP development, vendor selection, and efficient project execution).
• Translate findings into actionable insights and strategic recommendations; anticipate follow-up questions from teams and senior leadership.
• Ensure research complies with applicable laws, privacy standards, and internal policies.
• Support advisory board activities by consolidating resulting insights.

Insights Synthesis & Cross-Functional Partnership

• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders (Account Management, Market Access, Marketing).
• Translate data (PMR and analytics/CI outputs) into actionable commercial insights to support decisions, resource allocation, and operational improvements.
• Independently design approaches to answer complex business questions using internal and external data.
• Collaborate with the BI&A team to develop KPIs and contribute to performance dashboards.

Launch Readiness

• Design and lead pre- and post-launch primary research (e.g., message testing, HCP and patient/caregiver tracking).
• Work with launch teams to ensure timely capture and interpretation of real-time data for launch execution.

Qualifications & Skills

• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA/MS/PhD preferred.
• 10+ years in biotech/pharma/healthcare; at least 5 years leading primary market research projects.
• Rare Disease experience required.
• Ability to generate actionable insights from complex datasets.
• Strong project and vendor management and cross-functional collaboration.
• Strong understanding of regulatory/compliance related to market research and data usage in biotech.
• Mastery of market research methodologies.
• Experience supporting launch of specialty products or gene therapies is a plus.