Head of Commercial Analytics & Strategy

Vertex Pharmaceuticals; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 266,000 - 398,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid-Eligible

On-Site Eligible

Total Rewards program

Paid time off

Job summary

Vertex Pharmaceuticals seeks a strategic leader to head Commercial Analytics, building enterprise capabilities across forecasting, analytics, market research, and marketing science for North America, Global, and Early Pipeline. You will partner with EC-level stakeholders to elevate analytics as a core capability, drive launch excellence, and optimize investments in a hybrid/on-site environment.

The role demands senior leadership and cross-functional influence across Commercial, Medical, HEOR,

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in a quantitative, scientific, or business discipline.
• Deep experience in commercial forecasting, analytics, and market research in biotech/pharma or similar industries.
• Proven success leading large, multi-disciplinary analytics organizations and influencing executive leaders.
• Experience supporting global and pipeline portfolios.
• Prior experience operating within or alongside business unit leadership teams.
• Exposure to advanced analytics, digital, and AI-enabled decision support.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Commercial Analytics COE, overseeing 20–25 FTEs.
• Define enterprise analytics vision, operating model, governance, and prioritization.
• Establish analytics and forecasting excellence, including best practices and vendor strategy.
• Provide executive oversight of short- and mid-range forecasting and participate in LRPs.
• Enable scenario planning and revenue impact analysis with Finance and Commercial teams.
• Own national and sub-national analytics, KPI frameworks, and variance analysis vs forecast.
• Support go-to-market decisions including field force sizing and market evaluation.
• Lead market research for North America, Global, and Early Pipeline.
• Oversee marketing science excellence and analytics to optimize marketing mix.

Skills

Executive leadership

Forecasting

Analytics strategy

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Advanced degree in quantitative/scientific/business

Job description

Vertex Pharmaceuticals seeks a strategic leader to head Commercial Analytics, building enterprise capabilities across forecasting, analytics, market research, and marketing science for North America, Global, and Early Pipeline. You will partner with EC-level stakeholders to elevate analytics as a core capability, drive launch excellence, and optimize investments in a hybrid/on-site environment.

The role demands senior leadership and cross-functional influence across Commercial, Medical, HEOR,