Executive Director, Commercial Insights & Analytics - Ophthalmology

Regeneron; Village of Sleepy Hollow (NY); On-site; USD 255,000 - 424,900; Full time

Job summary

Regeneron is seeking an Executive Director for the Commercial Insights and Analytics Ophthalmology team. This role involves leading analytics efforts, providing strategic insights, and collaborating with senior leaders to drive business success.

Applicants should have over 20 years of pharmaceutical commercial experience and a strong background in business analytics and customer insights. The position hybrid work model and an attractive salary range from $255,000 to $424,900 annually.

Qualifications

• 20+ years of experience in roles of increasing accountability.
• Prior experience with buy-and-bill brands.
• Proven ability to negotiate with all management levels.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor the CSI&A Ophthalmology team.
• Provide strategic I&A recommendations.
• Manage third-party vendor relationships.

Skills

Pharmaceutical/biotech commercial experience

Business analytics

Customer insights

Competitive intelligence

Data visualization

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in data science, public health, statistics, engineering, or related field

MBA, MPH, MS preferred

Job description

At Regeneron, we use science and innovation to develop life‑changing medicines for people with serious diseases. We are seeking an Executive Director to lead our Commercial Insights and Analytics Ophthalmology team, reporting to the Vice President, Commercial Strategy and Insights & Analytics.

When & Where

• Work Location: Sleepy Hollow, NY or Warren, NJ
• Hybrid; 4 days per week on site

Discover Your Role

Lead

• Lead and mentor the CSI&A Ophthalmology team in providing business analytics, customer insights and competitive intelligence to deliver rich insights that solve key business problems.
• Set the strategic I&A direction that aligns with CBU priorities and helps drive launch excellence.
• Serve as a member of the Ophthalmology CBU Leadership Team, providing I&A expertise.
• Serve as a member of the CSI&A leadership team to drive cross‑commercial innovation and best‑in‑class delivery.

Develop

• Translate complex analyses into compelling insights and recommendations that inform business decision‑making for senior Regeneron teams, including the CBU, Chief Commercial Officer, Chief Executive Officer and Board of Directors.
• Develop people from both a functional skills and leadership perspective, with the goal of growing internal talent.
• Assess and implement novel methodologies and frameworks to garner meaningful insights to inform brand differentiation, market growth and business impact, and to consider business potential for pipeline products.

Partnership and Collaboration

• Collaborate with the Ophthalmology CBU and other senior leadership to contribute to ongoing brand strategies and decisions, including long‑term data, analytics and insights roadmap.
• Develop and maintain a mutually beneficial partnership with CBU stakeholders; ensure insight generation and feedback are embraced; strike a balance between project rigor, timelines and ability to influence decisions.
• Lead efforts to identify and crystallize insights that inform strategic plans for the Ophthalmology CBU.
• Work with other CSI&A leads to develop standardized adoption of capabilities such as marketing mix, promotional optimization, data science, market structure analyses, patient/treatment flow modeling, analog modeling and ML/AI methodologies across I&A.

Execute

• Proactively communicate with the Ophthalmology CBU and provide strategic recommendations and insights as well as anticipated future needs.
• Construct and deliver integrated business reviews, I&A summary overviews with the Ophthalmology CBU and with CSI&A leadership.
• Manage third‑party vendor relationships.

This Role Requires

• 20+ years of pharmaceutical/biotech commercial experience, in roles of increasing accountability; prior experience with buy‑and‑bill brands in highly competitive markets is required.
• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in data science, public health, statistics, engineering, or a related field (MBA, MPH, MS preferred).
• Functional expertise in business analytics, customer insights, analog forecast development, market access, and competitive intelligence.
• Prior experience managing I&A groups with responsibility for analytics, customer insights, market access analytics, and competitive intelligence.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the legal and regulatory environment, as it relates to commercialization in the pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry.
• Knowledge of data industry standards.
• Proven ability to influence, communicate and negotiate with all levels of management across functional and business unit boundaries.
• Extensive experience with managing numerous projects concurrently against stringent deadlines.
• Prior experience working with I&A projects and initiatives where a balance between project rigor and timeliness was needed.
• Ability to think strategy to execution with hands‑on experience in implementing large initiatives with cross‑functional stakeholders.
• Expertise in data visualization and data storytelling.
• Strong interpersonal, facilitation and communication skills, with the ability to resolve conflict, drive consensus and work across multiple departments.
• Strong organizational, project management, influencing and change management skills.
• Proven ability to manage multiple project and priorities concurrently, while meeting stringent deadlines.
• Ophthalmology disease category experience is strongly desired.

Regeneron is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, civil status, pregnancy or parental status, age, disability, nationality, citizenship status, ethnic or national origin, membership of the Traveler community, familial status, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law. Where required, reasonable accommodation will be provided to applicants with known disabilities or chronic illnesses during the recruitment process, unless such accommodation would impose undue hardship.

Salary Range (annually)

$255,000.00 - $424,900.00