The O'Connor Group
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Senior Director, Commercial Analytics
Location
United States
Posted
11 days ago
Salary
Not specified
Bachelor Degree12 yrs expEnglish
Job Description
• Lead analytics engagements across sales effectiveness, marketing analytics, omnichannel strategy, customer targeting, and market access—linking analyses to clear decisions and actions.
• Frame ambiguous commercial questions into structured analytical approaches, hypotheses, and decision frameworks; facilitate whiteboarding sessions to align stakeholders quickly.
• Design, prototype, and scale new analytics solutions tailored to client priorities; convert pilots into repeatable programs and sustainable operating models.
• Serve as a senior advisor to client leaders; lead executive readouts, strategic working sessions, and roadmap planning.
• Own growth and expansion within assigned accounts: identify opportunities, shape demand, develop proposals, and drive adoption of new capabilities.
• Build and manage expansion pipeline: convert stakeholder conversations into concrete workstreams and measurable revenue impact.
• Lead and mentor multi-disciplinary teams (analysts, data scientists, consultants, data engineers, BI developers); set standards for analytical rigor, storytelling, and client communication.
• Partner cross-functionally to ensure solutions are scalable, documented, and aligned to governance, compliance, and data standards.
Job Requirements
- 12+ years of experience in life sciences analytics or consulting with sustained focus on pharma commercial analytics across sales, marketing, and/or market access.
- Proven track record leading client-facing engagements with senior stakeholders; strong executive presence and the ability to influence decisions.
- Demonstrated ability to drive account growth: repeatedly identifying, shaping, and converting expansion opportunities (not delivery-only).
- Strong data familiarity across commercial domains (e.g., prescription/claims, HCP/account, promotion/omnichannel, formulary/access/payer).
- Exceptional problem structuring and whiteboarding skills; ability to translate ambiguity into clear solution roadmaps.
- Excellent people leadership, coaching, and relationship management skills.
- Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative, business, or life sciences discipline (advanced degree preferred).
Benefits
- Flexible work arrangements
- Supportive, high-performance environment
- Opportunities to lead transformative AI projects with industry impact
- Professional growth, mentorship, and leadership visibility
- Exposure to innovative data products and scalable analytics solutions