Are you ready to turn complex signals from patients, physicians, and payers into decisive actions that reshape how dyslipidemia is prevented and treated? As the Global/US Insights & Analytics Director, you will be the strategic engine behind a high-profile franchise focused on reducing cardiovascular risk and improving outcomes for millions of people. Your work will guide positioning, investment, and execution, from early lifecycle through launch and scale across the US and global markets.
You will integrate primary research, forecasting, real-world data, and competitive intelligence into a single, compelling narrative that senior leaders act on. Partnering closely with the Global Brand Team, US stakeholders, and cross-functional colleagues in Medical Affairs, Market Access, Finance, and local markets, you will define the questions that matter, choose the right methods, and translate evidence into clear recommendations. Can you see yourself setting the agenda for where we focus and how we win in dyslipidemia?
Accountabilities:
- Foundational Insight Generation: Ensure primary market research yields relevant, actionable, and differentiating insights; lead initiatives such as HCP and patient segmentations, unbranded and branded lexicon and message testing, creative concept testing, demand studies, and target patient identification.
- Global and US Brand Strategy Partnership: Convert insight gaps into research questions and shape brand positioning and messaging, constructively challenging assumptions while supporting critical decisions across the franchise.
- Local Market Insight Advocacy: Champion the use of local customer insights in strategic and resourcing choices, ensuring global direction is informed by on-the-ground realities.
- KPI Design and Performance Measurement: Partner with Brand, Commercial Excellence, and Analytics teams to define and track KPIs aligned to strategic drivers; collect, assess, and deliver global and regional brand performance metrics.
- Real-World Data and Advanced Analytics: Collaborate with Brand Analytics and data scientists to leverage claims, EMR, and other patient-level data to understand physician and patient behavior and drive strategy implementation.
- Commercial Assessment and Lifecycle Decisions: Lead commercial evaluations, including qualitative and quantitative research, product profile testing, claims analysis, and patient research, to build robust business cases for lifecycle investments.
- Storytelling and Executive Influence: Synthesize findings from market research, forecasting, analytics, and competitive intelligence into clear narratives and recommendations; communicate insights effectively to senior stakeholders.
- Compliance and Governance: Manage all primary research in accordance with internal AstraZeneca compliance policies.
- Capability Building and Continuous Improvement: Promote a test-and-learn mindset, continuously improving methods and deploying new capabilities that elevate decision quality and speed.
Essential Skills/Experience:
- 8+ years of insights and analytics experience in the biopharmaceuticals industry
- Experience conducting qualitative and quantitative market research across multiple stakeholder groups (e.g., HCPs, patients, and payers)
- Proven ability to conduct analytics using secondary data sources in the biopharmaceutical industry (IQVIA, Symphony, Prognos, Decision Resources/Clarivate, patient-level datasets) and performance tracking
- Good business acumen, strategic thinking, and understanding of sales and marketing business practices
- Ability to influence laterally and vertically
- Ability to manage multiple tasks/assignments to demanding deadlines with minimal supervision
- Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills as well as teamwork abilities
- Comfortable working in a matrix environment
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Occasional travel may be required
- Bachelor’s degree in a business, commercial, scientific, or related field
Desirable Skills/Experience:
- Experience in application of advanced methods and statistical procedures on large and disparate datasets
- Proficiency in manipulating and extracting insights from large longitudinal data sources such as claims, EMR, and other patient-level datasets
- An advanced degree is preferred (Master’s, MBA, or PhD)
When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.
Why AstraZeneca:
Here, scientific rigor meets commercial excellence to deliver real impact for patients. We bring diverse experts together to spark bold ideas, move quickly from pilot to scale, and turn data into decisions that change standards of care. You will have the autonomy to shape strategy, the support to experiment and learn fast, and the platform to influence decisions across global and US markets. We value kindness alongside ambition, and we are united by a patient-first mindset—because every insight you generate helps move life-changing medicines to the people who need them most.
Call to Action:
If you are ready to turn insight into impact for millions at risk of cardiovascular events, step forward and help set a new standard in dyslipidemia!
Date Posted
22-Sept-2026
Closing Date
21-Sept-2026
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