Executive Director, Commercial Insights & Advanced Analytics
Neurocrine Biosciences
August 25, 2026
Remote friendly (San Diego Metropolitan Area)
United States
Marketing
About The Role
Provides strategic leadership for Neurocrine's Commercial Insights and Analytics function, enabling enterprise decision-making through advanced analytics, AI-enabled insights, commercial forecasting, and competitive intelligence. Accountable for developing the long-term strategy for commercial forecasting and analytics, modernizing commercial decision capabilities, and ensuring data is leveraged to optimize portfolio, brand, and customer decisions.
Your Contributions (include, but are not limited to)
- Establish and execute the long-term vision, strategy, and operating model for Commercial Insights and Analytics; align with enterprise/commercial/brand strategies and advance AI-enabled analytics
- Lead and develop a high-performing organization across forecasting, market research, competitive intelligence, performance analytics, commercial measurement, and AI-enabled decision intelligence
- Partner with Commercial and cross-functional leaders to identify opportunities, anticipate analytical needs, and deliver actionable insights and forecasts
- Champion evidence-based decision making with clear, objective recommendations influencing strategy, prioritization, planning, resource allocation, and go-to-market execution
- Provide strategic oversight of forecasting to ensure transparency, assumption rigor, and reflection of market/competitive/customer dynamics
- Lead design and continuous evolution of commercial measurement/optimization (MMx, KDA, scenario planning, causal inference, experimentation, predictive analytics, AI-enabled decision support)
- Modernize the analytics ecosystem (AI-enabled platforms, automated insights, self-service analytics, standardized data products)
- Partner with IT, Data Engineering, and Data Management to build scalable, repeatable, enterprise-ready analytical solutions
- Establish enterprise standards for forecasting/analytics, KPIs, data quality, governance, visualization, and executive storytelling
- Build organizational capability (talent pipelines, future leaders, inclusive high-performance culture)
Requirements
- BS/BA in business, science, or quantitative disciplines + 16+ years pharmaceutical/biotech commercial experience with increasing accountability; OR MS/MBA preferred + 14+ years
- Extensive leadership experience building high-performing teams
- Demonstrated expertise in forecasting, market research, competitive intelligence, business analytics, and AI-enabled insights
- Deep biopharma analytics knowledge; experience modernizing capabilities with AI-enabled solutions
- Ability to lead enterprise-wide, cross-functional initiatives in ambiguous environments
- Broad understanding of commercial data strategy, governance frameworks, and emerging technologies
- Extensive experience using commercial data sources (e.g., prescriptions, specialty pharmacy, patient-level/anonymized, claims, EHR, audit)
- Experience establishing data governance/quality and analytical standards
- Proven track record of building/leading organizations and driving organizational change
- Experience with CRM platforms and commercial technologies
- Ability to influence senior executives; trusted advisor
- Ability to manage, mentor, train, and motivate personnel
Benefits (explicitly stated)
- Annual base salary: $240,200.00-$328,000.00; annual bonus target 35% of earned base salary; eligibility for equity-based long-term incentive
- Retirement savings plan (company match), paid vacation/holidays/personal days, paid caregiver/parental and medical leave; health benefits including medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision
Provides strategic leadership for Neurocrine's Commercial Insights and Analytics function, enabling enterprise decision-making through advanced analytics, AI-enabled insights, commercial forecasting, and competitive intelligence. Accountable for developing the long-term strategy for commercial forecasting and analytics, modernizing commercial decision capabilities, and ensuring data is leveraged to optimize portfolio, brand, and customer decisions.
Your Contributions (include, but are not limited to)
- Establish and execute the long-term vision, strategy, and operating model for Commercial Insights and Analytics; align with enterprise/commercial/brand strategies and advance AI-enabled analytics
- Lead and develop a high-performing organization across forecasting, market research, competitive intelligence, performance analytics, commercial measurement, and AI-enabled decision intelligence
- Partner with Commercial and cross-functional leaders to identify opportunities, anticipate analytical needs, and deliver actionable insights and forecasts
- Champion evidence-based decision making with clear, objective recommendations influencing strategy, prioritization, planning, resource allocation, and go-to-market execution
- Provide strategic oversight of forecasting to ensure transparency, assumption rigor, and reflection of market/competitive/customer dynamics
- Lead design and continuous evolution of commercial measurement/optimization (MMx, KDA, scenario planning, causal inference, experimentation, predictive analytics, AI-enabled decision support)
- Modernize the analytics ecosystem (AI-enabled platforms, automated insights, self-service analytics, standardized data products)
- Partner with IT, Data Engineering, and Data Management to build scalable, repeatable, enterprise-ready analytical solutions
- Establish enterprise standards for forecasting/analytics, KPIs, data quality, governance, visualization, and executive storytelling
- Build organizational capability (talent pipelines, future leaders, inclusive high-performance culture)
Requirements
- BS/BA in business, science, or quantitative disciplines + 16+ years pharmaceutical/biotech commercial experience with increasing accountability; OR MS/MBA preferred + 14+ years
- Extensive leadership experience building high-performing teams
- Demonstrated expertise in forecasting, market research, competitive intelligence, business analytics, and AI-enabled insights
- Deep biopharma analytics knowledge; experience modernizing capabilities with AI-enabled solutions
- Ability to lead enterprise-wide, cross-functional initiatives in ambiguous environments
- Broad understanding of commercial data strategy, governance frameworks, and emerging technologies
- Extensive experience using commercial data sources (e.g., prescriptions, specialty pharmacy, patient-level/anonymized, claims, EHR, audit)
- Experience establishing data governance/quality and analytical standards
- Proven track record of building/leading organizations and driving organizational change
- Experience with CRM platforms and commercial technologies
- Ability to influence senior executives; trusted advisor
- Ability to manage, mentor, train, and motivate personnel
Benefits (explicitly stated)
- Annual base salary: $240,200.00-$328,000.00; annual bonus target 35% of earned base salary; eligibility for equity-based long-term incentive
- Retirement savings plan (company match), paid vacation/holidays/personal days, paid caregiver/parental and medical leave; health benefits including medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision