Senior Director, Competitive Intelligence & Market Research

Sarepta Therapeutics; Cambridge (MA); Hybrid; USD 222,000 - 278,000; Full time

Job summary

Sarepta Therapeutics in Cambridge, MA (hybrid) seeks a Senior Director of Competitive Intelligence & Market Research to deliver actionable recommendations supporting our Duchenne portfolio and expanding gene-therapy programs. The role requires building cross-functional insights and aligning CI with commercial strategy.

You will lead primary and secondary research, manage external partners, and align CI with marketing, analytics, medical affairs and forecasting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s preferred.
• 15+ years in brand marketing/strategy, market research or competitive intelligence.
• 5+ years in biopharmaceuticals is preferred.
• Rare Disease market experience is a plus.
• Strong project management and ability to juggle multiple projects.

Responsibilities

• Shape the strategy for Gene Therapy and RNA by building cross-functional insights programs.
• Develop and disseminate primary and secondary market research to support planning, forecasting and insights.
• Lead CI function and manage relationships with external suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Collaborate with marketing, sales, analytics, medical affairs and forecasting.
• Ensure CI processes comply with industry standards and company policies.

Skills

Project management

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

Tools

Market research tools

Job description

Why Sarepta? Why Now?

The promise of genetic medicine has arrived, and Sarepta is at the forefront. We hold a leadership position in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (Duchenne) and are building a robust portfolio of programs across muscle, central nervous system, and cardiac diseases. In 2023, we launched our fourth therapy and the first ever gene therapy to treat Duchenne. We’re looking for people who see unlimited potential in themselves and who are motivated by an unwavering commitment to patients.

What Sarepta Offers At Sarepta, we care deeply about all the people in our community and believe in the importance of supporting them in all aspects of their lives. We aspire to maintain a culture that acknowledges people bring their whole selves to work, and we will strive to help everyone in our community integrate their work and personal lives while maintaining productivity.

We are committed to offering a range of benefits and work-life resources designed to support people in the following areas:

• Physical and Emotional Wellness
• Financial Wellness
• Support for Caregivers

For a full list of our comprehensive benefits, see our website: https://www.sarepta.com/join-us

Job Summary

Job Title: Sr. Director, Competitive Intelligence & Market Research Department: Commercial Operations Reports to: Mike Shellman Location: Cambridge, MA/ Remote

Why Sarepta? Why Now?

Sarepta is on an urgent mission: engineer precision genetic medicine for rare diseases that devastate lives and cut futures short. We hold a leadership position in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and are building a robust portfolio of programs across muscle, central nervous system, and cardiac diseases. Our next-generation siRNA platform is focused on chronically administered therapies for neurodegenerative and pulmonary diseases. ‰ We’re looking for people who see unlimited potential in themselves and who are motivated by an unwavering commitment to patients.

What Sarepta Offers At Sarepta, we care deeply about all the people in our community and believe in the importance of supporting them in all aspects of their lives. We aspire to maintain a culture that acknowledges people bring their whole selves to work, and we will strive to help everyone in our community integrate their work and personal lives while maintaining productivity.

We are committed to offering a range of benefits and work-life resources designed to support people in the following areas:

• Physical and Emotional Wellness
• Financial Wellness
• Support for Caregivers

For a full list of our comprehensive benefits, see our website:

The Position

The Senior Director, Competitive Intelligence & Market Research role is responsible for ensuring actionable recommendations and solutions that support the commercial success of Sarepta’s current portfolio of DMD products and, in time, our siRNA pipeline. The role involves maintaining timelines, industry knowledge, market alerts, conference coverage, primary market research, and leadership briefings on competitive events as they occur. It will be critical for the individual in this role to build upon our current competitive intelligence capabilities and expand them to address the needs of the company in increasingly competitive markets. This position partners with brand teams to ensure effective and impactful leverage of market research, competitive intelligence, and analytics initiatives. This position also partners with several functions throughout the organization to ensure consistency and awareness, including Medical Affairs, Corporate Strategy, New Product Strategy & Commercialization and Business Performance & Forecasting.

Primary Responsibilities Include:

• Shape the strategy of the Gene Therapy and RNA business by developing a robust, cross-functional insights generation program, in collaboration with internal partners.
• Develop, execute and disseminate primary and secondary market research supporting commercial brand planning, demand forecasting, and insights generation.
• Utilize multiple and creative sources of market research to form the groundwork for strategy to better understand and anticipate customer needs.
• Develop strong cross-functional relationships with other team members (marketing, sales, analytics, market access, medical affairs, business performance, forecasting, patient services).
• Lead the Competitive Intelligence function for the Customer organization – synthesizing sources, information, and points of view into an aligned, clear repository.
• Manage relationships with external market research, competitive intelligence, and analytics suppliers.
• Manage the collection and dissemination of competitive intelligence across multiple platforms partnering with external suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Develop new capabilities for the CI function building off the company’s current capabilities.
• Ensures Sarepta’s adherence and compliance with all appropriate industry and company standards as it relates to Competitive Intelligence.
• Leads ongoing forum for competitive intelligence sharing across the organization.
• Maintains process of alerting key stakeholders to market events and developments.
• Manage brand-level Insights budget and project plan.
• Other related duties as required.

Desired Education and Skills:

• Bachelor’s Degree required, Master’s Degree strongly preferred.
• 15+ years’ experience in some combination of the following; Brand marketing/strategy, Market research, Business analytics, Competitive intelligence with at least 5+ years of experience in the biopharmaceuticals industry.
• Rare Disease market experience is a plus.
• Strong project management experience with the ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Excellent communication and analytical skills.
• Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S.

#LI-Hybrid This position is hybrid, you will be expected to work on site at one of Sarepta’s facilities in the United States and/or attend Company-sponsored in-person events from time to time.

The targeted salary range for this position is $222,400 - $278,000 per year.

Sarepta is making a good faith effort to be transparent and accurate around our hiring ranges. The salary offer is commensurate with Sarepta’s compensation philosophy and considers factors including, but not limited to, education, training, experience, external market conditions, criticality of role, and internal equity.

Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S.

Sarepta Therapeutics offers a competitive compensation and benefit package.

Sarepta Therapeutics is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and participates in e-Verify.

Sarepta is on an urgent mission: engineer precision genetic medicine for rare diseases that devastate lives and cut futures short. We hold a leadership position in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (Duchenne) and are building a robust portfolio of programs across muscle, central nervous system, and cardiac diseases. Our deep pipeline is driven by our multi-platform technologies in siRNA, RNA and gene therapy.

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