Senior Director, Market Research, CI, Insights

Why Sarepta? Why Now?

The promise of genetic medicine has arrived, and Sarepta is at the forefront. We hold a leadership position in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (Duchenne) and are building a robust portfolio of programs across muscle, central nervous system, and cardiac diseases. In 2023, we launched our fourth therapy and the first ever gene therapy to treat Duchenne. 

We’re looking for people who see unlimited potential in themselves and who are motivated by an unwavering commitment to patients.

What Sarepta Offers

At Sarepta, we care deeply about all the people in our community and believe in the importance of supporting them in all aspects of their lives. We aspire to maintain a culture that acknowledges people bring their whole selves to work, and we will strive to help everyone in our community integrate their work and personal lives while maintaining productivity. We are committed to offering a range of benefits and work-life resources designed to support people in the following areas:

• Physical and Emotional Wellness

• ​Financial Wellness

• Support for Caregivers
   

For a full list of our comprehensive benefits, see our website: https://www.sarepta.com/join-us
 

The Importance of the Role

The Senior Director, Market Research, CI, Insights is responsible for ensuring actionable recommendations and solutions that support the launch and commercial success of Sarepta’s current platform and other pipeline products. The role involves maintaining timelines, industry knowledge, market alerts, conference coverage, primary market research, and Leadership briefings on competitive events as they occur. This position partners with Brand teams to ensure effective and impactful leverage of market research, competitive intelligence, and analytics initiatives. This position also partners with several functions throughout the organization to ensure consistency and awareness, including Medical Affairs, Corporate Strategy, New Product Planning, and Marketing. As a member of the Commercial Operations department, the Senior Director also partners with Analytics, Forecasting and Commercial & Medical field teams to generate action-oriented business insights, communicate effectively and drive pull-through of the actions.

The Opportunity to Make a Difference

• Shape the strategy of the Gene Therapy and RNA business by developing a robust, cross-functional insights generation program, in collaboration with internal partners.
• Develop, execute and disseminate primary and secondary market research supporting commercial brand planning, demand forecasting, and insights generation.
• Utilize multiple and creative sources of market research to form the groundwork for strategy to better understand and anticipate customer needs.
• Develop strong cross-functional relationships with other team members (marketing, sales, analytics, market access, medical affairs, patient services).
• Lead the Competitive Intelligence function for the Customer organization – synthesizing sources, information, and points of view into an aligned, clear repository.
• Manage external vendor resources to track market events and conduct primary market research.

• Manage the collection and dissemination of competitive intelligence across multiple platforms partnering with external suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Manage external CI online portal – including design, content, and distribution.
• Ensures Sarepta’s adherence and compliance with all appropriate industry and company standards as it relates to Competitive Intelligence.
• Leads ongoing forum for competitive intelligence sharing across the organization.
• Maintains process of alerting key stakeholders to market events and developments.
• Manage relationships with external market research, competitive intelligence, and analytics suppliers.
• Manage brand-level Insights budget and project plan.
• Other related duties as required.

More about You

• Bachelor’s Degree required, Master’s Degree strongly preferred.
• 15+ years’ experience in some combination of the following; Brand marketing/strategy, Market research, Business analytics, Competitive intelligence with at least 5+ years of experience in the biopharmaceuticals industry. Rare Disease market experience is a plus.
• Strong project management experience with the ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Excellent communication and analytical skills.
• New product launch experience.

What Now?

We’re always looking for solution-oriented, critical thinkers.

So, if you’re comfortable with ambiguity and candor, relish challenging yourself, and place kindness and integrity at the forefront of how you approach your peers and work, then we encourage you to apply.
 

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This position is hybrid, you will be expected to work on site at one of Sarepta’s facilities in the United States and/or attend Company-sponsored in-person events from time to time.

The targeted salary range for this position is $216,000 - $270,000 per year. Sarepta is making a good faith effort to be transparent and accurate around our hiring ranges. The salary offer is commensurate with Sarepta’s compensation philosophy and considers factors including, but not limited to, education, training, experience, external market conditions, criticality of role, and internal equity.

Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S.

Sarepta Therapeutics offers a competitive compensation and benefit package.

Sarepta Therapeutics is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and participates in e-Verify.