Director, Market Insights & Analytics

Incyte; Chadds Ford Township (PA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Incyte seeks a Director, Market Insights & Analytics, U.S. Portfolio & Launch Readiness, to lead U.S. market insights, in-market forecasting, and commercial analytics for near-launch and launched assets.

You will ensure robust demand signals, aligned planning timelines, and data-driven recommendations for executive reviews. You will collaborate with Global Forecasting, U.S. Commercial, Market Insights & Forecasting, and Finance to translate global inputs into U.S.-specific plans, develop

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, scientific, quantitative, technical, or related field.
• 8–10+ years in pharmaceutical/biotechnology with forecasting, market insights, commercial analytics, strategic planning, launch planning, pipeline transition, or decision support.
• Demonstrated ability translating forecast inputs, market research, competitive intelligence, and milestones into actionable planning recommendations.
• Experience with medical/pharmacy claims data and data sources used in forecasting.

Responsibilities

• Develop, manage, and maintain short- and long-range forecasts for in-line and pipeline products, with clear assumptions and scenario ranges.
• Lead U.S. forecast transition and launch-readiness planning for assets approaching commercialization.
• Partner with global forecasting teams to understand early-stage forecast assumptions and market models.
• Translate global forecast inputs into U.S.-specific commercial planning assumptions, including market size and adoption drivers.
• Support executive-ready materials for strategic planning, launch planning, and investment prioritization.
• Track in-market performance and update forecasts and strategic recommendations accordingly.
• Maintain forecast governance, version control, and source-of-truth outputs across planning and reporting.
• Develop and maintain launch-readiness dashboards, planning trackers, and reporting outputs.

Skills

Forecasting

Market insights

Analytical thinking

Strategic planning

Power BI

Excel

Dashboards

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/science/quantitative

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Power BI

Excel

Forecasting tools

Job description

Overview

A global biopharmaceutical company on a mission to Solve On, Incyte follows science to find solutions for patients with unmet medical needs. Through the discovery, development, and commercialization of proprietary therapeutics, Incyte has established a portfolio of first-in-class medicines for patients and a strong pipeline of products in Hematology, Oncology and Inflammation and Autoimmunity

Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, Incyte has operations in North America, Europe, and Asia.

The Director, Market Insights & Analytics, U.S. Portfolio & Launch Readiness leads U.S. market insights, in-market forecasting, and commercial analytics for recently launched and near-launch assets. This role ensures strong continuity from pre-launch planning through early commercialization, supporting both launch readiness and post-launch performance tracking, forecast refinement, and strategic decision-making.

This role serves as the U.S. commercial bridge between global early-stage forecasting and in-market execution, ensuring assets within approximately two years of expected U.S. launch—and through the initial post-launch period—have clear, pressure-tested assumptions, robust demand signals, aligned planning timelines, and fit-for-purpose analytics. For recently launched products, the role is accountable for translating early performance data, market dynamics, and stakeholder insights into forecast updates, risk/opportunity assessments, and executive-ready recommendations.

The Director partners closely with Global Forecasting, U.S. Commercial, Market Insights & Forecasting, Commercial Analytics, Reporting & Decision Support, Finance, Market Access, Medical, Data/Technology, BIS, and other cross-functional stakeholders to translate global forecast inputs into U.S.-specific commercial assumptions and planning materials and support in-market performance tracking, forecast re-baselining, and scenario planning.

The role has dotted-line accountability to Analytics & Decision Support for dashboard requirements, reporting automation, data structure, and analytical production standards, ensuring recently launched and near-launch assets are seamlessly integrated into U.S. strategic planning, forecast governance, and enterprise reporting ecosystems. The Director also plays a key role in shaping future-state commercial intelligence capabilities by embedding launch and early in-market learnings into repeatable processes and tools.

This is an individual contributor role that leads through influence across global and U.S. stakeholders, with no direct people-management responsibility.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, manage, and maintain short- and long-range forecasts for in-line and pipeline products, ensuring clear assumptions, scenario ranges, and alignment with commercial and financial planning needs


• Lead U.S. forecast transition and launch-readiness planning for assets approaching commercialization, with emphasis on products expected to enter U.S. commercial planning windows within approximately two years of launch.


• Partner with global forecasting teams to understand early-stage forecast assumptions, market models, epidemiology, patient flow, competitive context, evidence expectations, and key uncertainties.


• Translate global forecast inputs into U.S.-specific commercial planning assumptions, including market size, patient opportunity, treatment flow, adoption drivers, access considerations, competitive dynamics, launch timing, and scenario ranges.


• Support the Senior Director, Market Insights & Forecasting in developing U.S. forecast assumptions, strategic planning inputs, scenario framing, launch-readiness narratives, risk and opportunity assessments, and senior leadership materials.


• Coordinate U.S. strategic planning timelines, deliverables, assumption-gathering processes, cross-functional inputs, review meetings, and consolidated planning materials for near-launch and launched assets.


• Track in-market performance for recently launched products versus forecast, identify key drivers of variance, and update forecasts, assumptions, and strategic recommendations accordingly


• Maintain forecast governance standards, including assumption documentation, version control, traceability, and alignment of source-of-truth outputs across planning, reporting, and executive materials


• Partner with the Director, Analytics & Decision Support to develop and maintain launch-readiness and in-line dashboards, planning trackers, forecast comparison views, assumption logs, milestone trackers, and source-of-truth reporting outputs.


• Collaborate with Data/Technology, BIS, Finance, and analytics stakeholders to define reporting requirements, support automation of recurring performance views, integrate planning inputs, and create scalable reporting structures for assets moving toward commercialization.


• Analyze and synthesize primary research, secondary data, competitive intelligence, global assumptions, market access inputs, Medical perspective, and U.S. commercial feedback into clear planning implications and recommended actions.


• Support executive-ready materials for strategic planning, launch planning, investment prioritization, forecast reviews, business updates, and cross-functional leadership discussions.


• Track key external and internal signals that may affect U.S. commercialization assumptions, including clinical readouts, regulatory milestones, guideline updates, competitive events, access dynamics, customer feedback, and market structure changes.


• Serve as subject matter expert for multiple data sets used in forecasting, quantitative analysis and performance assessments (i.e., epidemiology, claims, EHR, patient longitudinal data, other secondary sources


• Ensure forecasting, planning, and reporting activities comply with applicable privacy, legal, regulatory, procurement, finance, and pharmaceutical industry requirements.

People Leadership Scope

• Serve as an individual contributor and cross-functional leader across Market Insights & Forecasting, Commercial Analytics, Reporting & Decision Support, Global Product Strategy, U.S. Commercial, Finance, Market Access, Medical, BIS, and Data/Technology.


• Provide planning discipline, operating cadence, documentation standards, and cross-functional coordination for U.S. launch-readiness forecasting and strategic planning activities.


• Lead through influence across matrixed partners, global teams, vendors, analytics resources, and U.S. stakeholders to deliver high-quality forecast transition, planning, and reporting outputs.


• Build cross-coverage between forecasting and analytics by ensuring near-launch forecast assumptions are translated into clear dashboard requirements, scalable reporting structures, and executive-ready performance views.


• Support continuity across strategic planning cycles by maintaining assumption logs, planning calendars, launch-readiness trackers, scenario documentation, and decision-support materials.


• Influence stakeholders through structured problem solving, commercial judgment, analytical credibility, executive communication, and disciplined follow-through.

Qualifications And Education

• Bachelor’s degree in business, scientific, quantitative, technical, or related discipline required; advanced degree preferred.


• 8 to 10+ years of pharmaceutical or biotechnology experience with expertise in forecasting, market insights, commercial analytics, strategic planning, launch planning, pipeline transition, or decision support.


• Demonstrated experience translating forecast assumptions, market research, competitive intelligence, clinical or regulatory milestones, and commercial inputs into clear business implications and planning recommendations.


• Strong understanding of pharmaceutical commercialization planning, including patient flow, epidemiology, market sizing, forecast assumptions, scenario planning, access considerations, competitive dynamics, and launch-readiness planning.


• Experience supporting strategic planning, long-range planning, launch planning, forecast reviews, or cross-functional commercial planning processes.


• Strong analytical capability, including experience with forecast models, dashboard requirements, data visualization, Excel, PowerPoint, and business intelligence tools such as Power BI.


• Experience and extensive knowledge of medical and pharmacy claims data and longitudinal patient data (e.g., IQVIA LAAD and NPA)


• Ability to partner across global and U.S. teams, clarify decision rights, document assumptions, manage planning timelines, and translate early forecast inputs into U.S. commercial planning outputs.


• Experience with pharmaceutical data sources such as claims, specialty pharmacy data, syndicated data, market research outputs, patient-level or longitudinal data, internal finance or demand data, and public-company disclosures preferred.


• Demonstrated ability to operate independently in ambiguous, cross-functional environments with multiple stakeholders, evolving timelines, and high senior-leadership visibility.


• Excellent communication, presentation, stakeholder management, and project leadership skills, with the ability to synthesize complex qualitative and quantitative information into clear recommendations.