Senior Director, Commercial Analytics & Decision Science

Travere; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Travere Therapeutics seeks a Senior Director, Commercial Analytics and Decision Science to build and lead a centralized analytics capability for rare disease therapeutics. You will shape performance measurement, identify growth opportunities, and prepare for launches across the portfolio.

This role integrates patient, prescriber, access, and promotional analytics; reports to the VP, Commercial Insights and Operations, and partners with Forecasting, Market Insights, Sales, Marketing, and Finance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred in analytics, statistics, data science, economics, life sciences, or related.
• Minimum 12 years of progressive pharma/biotech analytics experience, including people leadership.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the commercial analytics and decision science strategy for current brands, new indications, and future assets.
• Create an integrated view of commercial performance across demand generation, patient journey, accounts, promotion, and field execution.
• Lead analyses that explain performance drivers, quantify opportunities and translate findings into clear recommendations for commercial and executive leaders.
• Guide analytical support for business reviews, launch planning, annual planning, customer strategy, and post-launch performance evaluation.
• Build a practical advanced analytics roadmap spanning customer segmentation, patient journey analytics, promotional response, predictive modeling, next best action, and resource optimization.
• Establish a common intake and prioritization process that focuses analytics resources on the highest-value business questions.
• Set standards for KPIs, analytical methods, definitions, documentation, and dashboards; partner to connect insights with forecasts and field decisions.
• Lead, coach, and develop the Commercial Analytics team and manage external analytics partners and investments.
• Communicate complex findings in a clear, compelling manner that supports timely decisions.

Skills

Commercial analytics

Decision science

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree in analytics / data science

Job description

Department: 104400 Commercial Insights & Operations

Location: San Diego, USA- Remote

Be a part of a global team that is inspired to make a difference in the lives of people living with rare disease.

At Travere Therapeutics, we recognize that our exceptional employees are vital to our success. We are a dedicated team focused on meeting the unique needs of rare patients. Our work is rewarding - both professionally and personally - because we are making a difference. We are passionate about what we do.

We are seeking talented individuals who will thrive in our collaborative, diverse, fast-paced environment and share in our mission - to identify, develop and deliver life-changing therapies to people living with rare disease. We stick by our values centered on patients, courage, community, and collaboration to pursue our vision of becoming a leading biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the delivery of innovation and hope to patients in the global rare disease community.

At Travere Therapeutics, we are in rare for life. We continue to courageously forge new paths as we move toward a common goal of elevating science and service for rare patients.

Position overview

Travere is seeking a Senior Director, Commercial Analytics and Decision Science to build and lead a centralized commercial analytics capability that turns complex data into clear business decisions. This leader will shape how we measure performance, identify growth opportunities, evaluate commercial investments, and prepare for future launches across our growing rare disease portfolio.

The role will integrate patient, prescriber, account, access, promotional, and performance analytics; establish an advanced analytics roadmap; and lead a small, growing team. The Senior Director will report to the Vice President, Commercial Insights and Operations and partner closely with Forecasting, Market Insights, Field Operations and Excellence, Commercial Systems and Data, Sales, Marketing, Patient Access, and Finance.

The successful candidate will combine analytical depth with strong commercial judgment and a practical, hands-on leadership style. This individual should be comfortable with constructively challenging unclear requests, focusing teams on the decisions that matter most, and building scalable capabilities while continuing to meet near-term business needs.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the commercial analytics and decision science strategy for current brands, new indications, and future assets.
• Create an integrated view of commercial performance across demand generation, pull-through, patient identification, referrals, starts, access, conversion, persistence, prescriber behavior, accounts, promotion, and field execution.
• Lead analyses that explain performance drivers, quantify opportunities and risks, and translate findings into clear recommendations for commercial and executive leaders.
• Guide analytical support for business reviews, launch planning, annual planning, customer strategy, and post-launch performance evaluation.
• Build a practical advanced analytics roadmap spanning customer segmentation, patient journey analytics, promotional response, predictive modeling, next best action, and resource optimization.
• Establish a common intake and prioritization process that focuses analytics resources on the highest-value business questions and reduces duplicative or low-value work.
• Set standards for key performance indicators, analytical methods, business definitions, documentation, and quality, while simplifying recurring reports and dashboards.
• Partner with Forecasting, Market Insights, Field Operations and Excellence, and Commercial Systems and Data to connect insights, forecasts, field decisions, and data capabilities.
• Lead, coach, and develop the Commercial Analytics team and manage external analytics partners and investments.
• Communicate complex findings in a clear, compelling manner that supports timely decisions and action.

Education/Experience Requirements:

Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree in analytics, statistics, data science, economics, business, life sciences, or a related discipline preferred. Equivalent combination of education and applicable job experience may be considered.

12+ years of progressive experience in pharmaceutical or biotechnology commercial analytics, decision science, data science, business insights, or a related function, including people leadership.

Additional Skills/Experience/Requirements:

• Demonstrated experience across several commercial analytics areas, such as brand performance, patient journeys, customer segmentation, promotional response, access, launch analytics, or field effectiveness.
• Strong knowledge of pharmaceutical commercial data, including claims, specialty pharmacy, hub or patient services, CRM and field activity, payer and access, laboratory, digital, and promotional data.
• Experience applying advanced analytical methods and translating technical work into practical business