Director, Commercial Insights & Analytics (Breast Cancer)

Arvinas is a clinical-stage biotechnology company leading the way in targeted protein degradation therapeutics. Arvinas is the first company to focus solely on protein degradation and its platform technology is the most advanced in the field. Since its founding in 2013, Arvinas’ PROTAC® Discovery Engine has been driving the most significant breakthroughs in the industry. Arvinas’ pipeline encompasses a range of validated and undruggable targets in oncology, immuno-oncology, and neuroscience. This includes three clinical-stage programs: bavdegalutamide (ARV-110) and ARV-766, which are being developed as potential treatments for men with late-line metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer, and ARV-471, which is being co-developed and commercialized by Arvinas and Pfizer as a potential treatment for patients with breast cancer.

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Position Summary

The Director of Commercial Insights & Analytics (Breast Cancer) will lead the generation of insights for informing launch planning and commercialization of ARV-471 in breast cancer.  The person in this position will lead consolidation of insights from primary market research, forecasting, analytics, and competitive intelligence into strategic recommendations for the ARV-471 commercial team and other stakeholders.  As a partner to the Marketing Team, this individual will bring independent and strategic thinking to launch preparation activities and post-launch understanding for ARV-471. This role will also require business partnership with multiple stakeholders beyond the Marketing Team including with the advanced analytics/RWD team, Managed Care, Finance, Investor Relations, and partner companies outside of Arvinas. 

This position reports to the VP of Commercial Insights & Analytics and will work in a hybrid arrangement or be located at our headquarters in New Haven, CT.

Principal Responsibilities

• Develop deep understanding of the breast cancer market by synthesizing information and insights spanning different sources and types of data
• Lead the integration of insight and analysis from a variety of sources (primary market research, CI, secondary data) to provide actionable opportunities/ strategies to the Commercial team
• Primary Market Research:
  • Lead various qualitative and quantitative primary market research projects (e.g., ATU, chart-audits, promotional materials testing, demand study, customer segmentation etc.)
  • Manage market research design and execution (including vendor/project management) with minimal supervision
  • Generate and effectively communicate relevant/ actionable insights based on interpretation of primary market research results
• Competitive Intelligence:
  • Lead the generation of competitive analysis (congress coverage, alerts, company reports, etc.) for players within the breast cancer space, ensuring implications are reflected in the brand strategy, the forecast and communicated to key stakeholders
  • Develop a robust CI plan, aligned to KITs & KIQs, to monitor the competitive environment and emerging data and inform clinical, regulatory, and commercial strategies for ARV-471.
• Forecasting:
  • Lead long-term forecast model development for ARV-471, gain alignment on key assumptions within the Commercial team and effectively communicate forecast implications to senior management and key stakeholders
• Secondary Data:
  • Partner with the advanced analytics teams for insights generation from real-world secondary data sources for oncology
  • Pull data from syndicated data sources, understand data strengths/ weaknesses, and provide conclusions/ recommendations to brand marketing and other groups that require those insights
• Collaborate closely with alliance partner on insights, forecasting & analytics workstreams
• Collaborate with and be the primary liaison for insights in the breast cancer market for key cross functional partners (marketing, managed care, finance, manufacturing).
• Anticipate business needs for research and build insight plan for ARV-471.
• Accountable for management of ARV-471 insight budget and contractor/consultant relationships. Identify first-in-class vendors to execute on primary and secondary market research projects.

Qualifications

• 10+ years’ experience in pharma/biotech space in analytics/ market research/ forecasting functions or similar consulting experience
• Previous oncology experience required
• Familiar with common sources of epidemiology and approaches to market sizing/assessment (in oncology, preferred)
• Competency in conducting/analyzing research and navigating large volumes of information to synthesize what’s most important and actionable
• Demonstrated ability to pull together insights from a variety of sources and develop strategic guidance that result in a business decision or action
• Experience with revenue forecasting, including patient-based methods and uncertainty analyses
• Experience using Excel-based models as well as other quantitative and qualitative resources to perform analyses
• High degree of creativity and innovation in developing new approaches, processes, and methodologies
• Strong interpersonal skills and a consultative mindset, with the ability to develop strong partnerships and influence without authority
• Excellent oral and written communication skills; demonstrate - good presentation skills by pairing sound analytics with storytelling
• Strong organizational skills and time management; ability to manage diverse range of simultaneous projects

Education

• Bachelor’s degree required; related advanced degree is preferred

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Arvinas is proud to offer a competitive package of base and incentive compensation as well as a comprehensive benefits program designed to support the health, wellness and financial security of our employees and their families. Benefits include group medical, vision and dental coverage, group and supplemental life insurance, and much more. To learn more about Arvinas, please visit www.arvinas.com

Arvinas is an Equal Opportunity employer