Head of Commercial Analytics & Strategy

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

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus eligibility

Equity awards

Job summary

Vertex Inc. is seeking an Executive Director of Commercial Analytics to lead the CAE, driving enterprise analytics across forecasting, performance, and market research for North America, Global, and Early Pipeline.

This role partners with Commercial leadership to elevate analytics into a core capability enabling executive decision-making and optimized investments. The incumbent will manage a team of 20–25 FTEs, define governance, oversee forecasting, scenario planning, and analytics excellence,

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.
• Exposure to AI-enabled decision support.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Commercial Analytics COE with enterprise impact across forecasting, performance and analytics.
• Define enterprise analytics vision, operating model, governance, and prioritization.
• Oversee analytics excellence, vendor strategy, and innovation.
• Provide executive oversight of short- and mid-range forecasting and Long Range Planning.
• Enable scenario planning and revenue impact analysis in partnership with Finance and Commercial teams.
• Own national and sub-national analytics, KPI frameworks, and variance analysis versus forecast.
• Support go-to-market decisions including field force sizing and market evaluation.
• Lead market research for inline and pipeline disease areas and oversee marketing science excellence.
• Oversee omnichannel, media, and field analytics to optimize marketing mix and engagement.

Skills

Executive leadership

Forecasting

Analytics leadership

Market research

Education

Advanced degree in quantitative discipline

Job description

Vertex Inc. is seeking an Executive Director of Commercial Analytics to lead the CAE, driving enterprise analytics across forecasting, performance, and market research for North America, Global, and Early Pipeline.

This role partners with Commercial leadership to elevate analytics into a core capability enabling executive decision-making and optimized investments. The incumbent will manage a team of 20–25 FTEs, define governance, oversee forecasting, scenario planning, and analytics excellence,