Manager / Senior Manager Commercial Insights and Analytics

Company Profile:

At Verastem Oncology, our purpose is to create a world where no cancer patient ever runs out of options. This commitment is central to who we are as a company and the culture we nurture. We are laser focused in our efforts to establish avutometinib defactinib as the backbone of therapy for RAS-mediated tumors. We look for people who share our perspective; when others see only a problem, we see an opportunity, when others give up, we step up. We partner with global leaders (and their teams!) and these relationships help us to serve the patients who need us most. We appreciate your candidacy for the Verastem Oncology team, and encourage you to learn more at www.verastem.com.

Overview:

We're looking for a data-driven analytics professional who excels at transforming structured datasets into actionable business insights. This role is for someone with exceptional analytical thinking who gets energized by uncovering meaningful patterns in data, delivering strategic recommendations, and driving measurable business outcomes. You'll turn information into decision-enabling insights that directly impact commercial performance. You'll be the analytical force that connects data to business strategy, someone who takes pride in delivering clear, compelling analyses, maintains high output levels, and consistently translates complex findings into practical actions that propel our business forward.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Analysis & Insight Generation: Extract meaningful business insights from structured data that directly inform commercial strategy. Identify trends, opportunities, and risks that impact business performance, translating analytical findings into actionable recommendations.
• Decision Support & Business Impact: Develop analyses that directly support critical business decisions. Quantify the potential impact of various scenarios and provide data-backed recommendations that drive measurable results.
• Performance Measurement & Optimization: Design and implement analytics that track commercial performance against objectives. Identify drivers of success and areas for improvement, recommending specific actions to optimize outcomes.
• Market Intelligence Analysis: Analyze market research data related to therapeutic landscape, prescriber behaviors, and market opportunities. Deliver insights that inform go-to-market strategies, identify target segments, and quantify growth potential.
• Visualization Craftsmanship: Apply creative design principles to data visualization. Create presentation-ready slides and reports that captivate audiences and communicate complex ideas with clarity and impact.
• Execution Excellence: Thrive in a fast-paced environment with multiple competing deadlines. Consistently deliver high-quality outputs with meticulous attention to detail and unwavering commitment to accuracy.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner closely with commercial teams to understand their business challenges. Work with Sales, Marketing, and Market Access teams to translate strategic questions into analytical frameworks, delivering insights that drive action.
• Analytical Innovation: Implement advanced analytical techniques that uncover non-obvious relationships in the data. Apply statistical methods and business intelligence approaches to extract maximum value from existing datasets.
• Insight Communication & Visualization: Present complex analytical findings in clear, compelling ways that drive understanding and action. Create impactful visualizations and executive summaries that make insights immediately accessible to decision-makers. Develop standardized reporting that enables consistent tracking of key performance indicators.
• Continuous Learning: Stay current with emerging visualization techniques and tools. Apply new approaches like augmented analytics, natural language querying, and AI-assisted data preparation to continuously elevate the impact and effectiveness of our analytics deliverables.

Minimum Qualifications and Education Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in IT, Business, Finance, Engineering, Statistics, Computer Science, Data Science, or related field.
• 5 years of hands-on experience building and maintaining dashboards, reports, and presentations with an emphasis on visual excellence.

• Demonstrated proficiency in modern data visualization tools including Power BI, Tableau, Looker, ThoughtSpot, Qlik Sense, and/or Sisense with portfolio examples of dashboards created.
• Demonstrated excellence in delivering analytics that have driven measurable business outcomes.
• Experience developing actionable insights that directly influenced commercial strategy.
• Proven ability to identify meaningful patterns in complex datasets and translate them into business recommendations.
• Track record of delivering analytical projects that resulted in quantifiable business improvements.
• Working knowledge of analytical tools and languages including SQL, Python, R, and statistical/business intelligence platforms with a focus on generating strategic insights.
• Experience creating presentation-ready materials with exceptional attention to design elements and storytelling.
• Proven ability to work under pressure, manage multiple projects simultaneously, and consistently meet deadlines.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Veeva CRM and Veeva Events data structures.
• Market research experience in pharmaceutical or biotech settings, particularly analyzing market readiness indicators, competitive landscapes, and opportunity assessments for new therapeutic areas.
• Experience gathering and visualizing data related to disease state awareness, treatment paradigms, and potential market penetration scenarios.
• Demonstrated ability to transform complex market data and analytics into actionable commercial insights that guide strategic planning.
• Track record of transforming complex analytical findings into visually compelling presentations that influenced business decisions.
• Experience automating reporting processes and creating self-service analytics solutions.
• Exceptional eye for design and information hierarchy in visual communications.
• History of receiving positive feedback on presentation materials and dashboard usability.

Key Competencies:

• Execution Excellence: Demonstrates unwavering commitment to delivering high-quality outputs on time, every time.
• Visual Creativity: Approaches data visualization as both a science and an art form, with passion for transforming structured data into visually stunning and informative displays that reveal new insights.
• Technical Agility: Quickly adapts to new tools and techniques, with a hunger for expanding technical capabilities. Embraces modern frameworks like Streamlit, Plotly Dash, and Observable for interactive visualizations.
• Attention to Detail: Obsesses over precision in data representation, layout consistency, and visual polish.
• Resilience and Endurance: Thrives under pressure and tight deadlines while maintaining quality standards across multiple concurrent projects, demonstrating consistent performance over extended periods.
• Service Orientation: Approaches internal stakeholders as clients, consistently exceeding expectations and anticipating needs.
• Problem-Solving Tenacity: Relentlessly pursues solutions to data challenges, finding creative ways to overcome limitations.

Note to Candidates: This role requires someone who finds deep satisfaction in uncovering meaningful insights that drive business action. We're seeking a dedicated analytical professional with exceptional stamina who thrives in translating data into strategic recommendations. You'll take genuine pride in delivering analyses that directly impact commercial performance day after day. If you're energized by solving complex business problems through data, maintain enthusiasm through rigorous analytical processes, and embrace the challenge of driving measurable outcomes through your work, we want to hear from you.