US Integrated Insights & Forecasting Leader

Kite Pharma, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 238,000 - 338,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Stock-based incentives

Life insurance

Job summary

Kite Pharma, Inc. seeks a Senior Director, Integrated Insights (US) to lead the US team and partner with Marketing, Market Access, and leadership. You will oversee brand, market access insights, forecasting, and performance reporting for the US portfolio.

You will influence strategic decision making, manage cross-functional programs, and guide launch readiness and planning, reporting to CIAO leadership. The role requires strong leadership and storytelling in a matrix environment.

Qualifications

• Doctorate and 8+ years of relevant experience.
• Master’s and 10+ years of relevant experience.
• Bachelor’s and 12+ years of relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the US Integrated Insights function across brand, portfolio, and market access stakeholders.
• Drive development of integrated market narratives that synthesize market research, analytics, forecasting, competitive intelligence, and organizational insights.
• Serve as the primary insights business partner for US Marketing and Market Access leadership.
• Ensure cross-functional alignment around key business questions, strategic priorities, and commercial implications.
• Lead insights planning processes to proactively identify emerging opportunities, risks, and strategic recommendations.
• Oversee design and execution of market research and insights programs across the US portfolio.
• Lead cross-functional insights and analytics pods to address critical business questions and support decision making.
• Guide development of integrated performance reporting, opportunity assessments, and market landscape analyses.
• Partner closely with Advanced Analytics, Sales Analytics & Operations (SAO), Commercial Operations, and other CIAO functions to deliver a coordinated insights strategy.
• Own US brand forecasting processes across inline and launch products.
• Ensure delivery of accurate, data-driven forecasts that support financial planning and portfolio decision making.
• Lead alignment across Marketing, Finance, Market Access, and Commercial Leadership on key forecast assumptions and risks.
• Support business planning activities including Long Range Planning (LRP), Latest Estimates (LE), Annual Operating Planning (AOP), and launch planning.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Forecasting & analytics

Market research

Stakeholder management

Education

Doctorate

Master’s degree

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Kite Pharma, Inc. seeks a Senior Director, Integrated Insights (US) to lead the US team and partner with Marketing, Market Access, and leadership. You will oversee brand, market access insights, forecasting, and performance reporting for the US portfolio.

You will influence strategic decision making, manage cross-functional programs, and guide launch readiness and planning, reporting to CIAO leadership. The role requires strong leadership and storytelling in a matrix environment.