Director, Data Innovation & Strategy
Insmed Incorporated
August 20, 2026
Remote
United States
IT
About the Role:
Director, Data Innovation & Strategy (Commercial Effectiveness). Reporting to the Senior Director, Data Strategy and Innovation, you will define and drive the Commercial data innovation strategy to enable measurable business value, serving as the business owner for data and innovation use case identification, prioritization, value assessment, and governance across Commercial. Partner with Brand, Marketing, Field Strategy & Operations, Insights & Analytics, Data Management, and IT to ensure initiatives align to business priorities, are scalable, and compliant.
What You'll Do:
- Define and maintain Commercial Data & Innovation roadmaps; build intake, evaluation, and prioritization frameworks for traditional and emerging data initiatives.
- Advise Commercial leadership on data innovation opportunities, risks, and competitive differentiation.
- Identify and co-create high-value advanced analytics use cases across Commercial domains; prioritize by expected business impact and ROI.
- Create business cases with value, success metrics, investment requirements; define KPIs and measurable impact tracking.
- Monitor trends and assess, lead, and implement AI use cases from opportunity assessment through adoption.
- Design pilot programs and proof-of-value initiatives with IT; establish an innovation intake/incubation model.
- Drive cross-functional alignment to translate business challenges into data innovation opportunities.
- Partner with IT Emerging Technologies and Data Platforms to industrialize solutions (scalable, secure) and define business requirements/value objectives.
- Lead stakeholder adoption, change management, and advanced analytics literacy.
- Ensure compliance with regulatory, privacy, and data governance standards; promote responsible/ethical data use and model monitoring, bias detection, and lifecycle management.
Who You Are (Qualifications):
- Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Business Analytics, Economics, Engineering, or related field.
- 8+ years progressive experience in pharma/biotech Commercial analytics, data strategy, and advanced analytics.
You Are/Have:
- Experience operationalizing emerging data innovation/advanced analytics use cases in Commercial.
- Knowledge of Commercial data domains (HCP, HCO, claims, payer, promotional, specialty pharmacy, patient data).
- Experience partnering with IT to industrialize solutions in enterprise platforms.
- Experience leading AI initiatives with business and IT; scalable, production-ready delivery.
- Experience influencing senior Commercial leadership and driving cross-functional transformation.
- Familiarity with machine learning, predictive modeling, or automation.
- Strategic, structured problem-solving; translate complex concepts into business value narratives.
- Executive communication and stakeholder management; build multi-year capability roadmaps; financial acumen/ROI.
Nice to Have:
- MBA/advanced quantitative degree; rare disease/specialty/respiratory experience; launch/specialty market experience.
Where You’ll Work:
- Fully remote; occasional domestic travel ~10%.
Pay Range:
- $177,000.00–$242,000.00 annual.
Application Instructions:
- Current Insmed employees: apply via the Jobs Hub in Workday.
Director, Data Innovation & Strategy (Commercial Effectiveness). Reporting to the Senior Director, Data Strategy and Innovation, you will define and drive the Commercial data innovation strategy to enable measurable business value, serving as the business owner for data and innovation use case identification, prioritization, value assessment, and governance across Commercial. Partner with Brand, Marketing, Field Strategy & Operations, Insights & Analytics, Data Management, and IT to ensure initiatives align to business priorities, are scalable, and compliant.
What You'll Do:
- Define and maintain Commercial Data & Innovation roadmaps; build intake, evaluation, and prioritization frameworks for traditional and emerging data initiatives.
- Advise Commercial leadership on data innovation opportunities, risks, and competitive differentiation.
- Identify and co-create high-value advanced analytics use cases across Commercial domains; prioritize by expected business impact and ROI.
- Create business cases with value, success metrics, investment requirements; define KPIs and measurable impact tracking.
- Monitor trends and assess, lead, and implement AI use cases from opportunity assessment through adoption.
- Design pilot programs and proof-of-value initiatives with IT; establish an innovation intake/incubation model.
- Drive cross-functional alignment to translate business challenges into data innovation opportunities.
- Partner with IT Emerging Technologies and Data Platforms to industrialize solutions (scalable, secure) and define business requirements/value objectives.
- Lead stakeholder adoption, change management, and advanced analytics literacy.
- Ensure compliance with regulatory, privacy, and data governance standards; promote responsible/ethical data use and model monitoring, bias detection, and lifecycle management.
Who You Are (Qualifications):
- Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Business Analytics, Economics, Engineering, or related field.
- 8+ years progressive experience in pharma/biotech Commercial analytics, data strategy, and advanced analytics.
You Are/Have:
- Experience operationalizing emerging data innovation/advanced analytics use cases in Commercial.
- Knowledge of Commercial data domains (HCP, HCO, claims, payer, promotional, specialty pharmacy, patient data).
- Experience partnering with IT to industrialize solutions in enterprise platforms.
- Experience leading AI initiatives with business and IT; scalable, production-ready delivery.
- Experience influencing senior Commercial leadership and driving cross-functional transformation.
- Familiarity with machine learning, predictive modeling, or automation.
- Strategic, structured problem-solving; translate complex concepts into business value narratives.
- Executive communication and stakeholder management; build multi-year capability roadmaps; financial acumen/ROI.
Nice to Have:
- MBA/advanced quantitative degree; rare disease/specialty/respiratory experience; launch/specialty market experience.
Where You’ll Work:
- Fully remote; occasional domestic travel ~10%.
Pay Range:
- $177,000.00–$242,000.00 annual.
Application Instructions:
- Current Insmed employees: apply via the Jobs Hub in Workday.