Scholar Rock is a biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, and delivers life-changing therapies for people with serious diseases that have high unmet need. As a global leader in the biology of the transforming growth factor beta (TGFβ) superfamily of cell proteins and named for the visual resemblance of a scholar rock to protein structures, the clinical-stage company is focused on advancing innovative treatments where protein growth factors are fundamental. Over the past decade, the company has created a pipeline with the potential to advance the standard of care for neuromuscular disease, cardiometabolic disorders, cancer, and other conditions where growth factor-targeted drugs can play a transformational role.
Scholar Rock is the only company to show clinical proof of concept for a muscle-targeted treatment in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). This commitment to unlocking fundamentally different therapeutic approaches is powered by broad application of a proprietary platform, which has developed novel monoclonal antibodies to modulate protein growth factors with extraordinary selectivity. By harnessing cutting-edge science in disease spaces that are historically under-addressed through traditional therapies, Scholar Rock works every day to create new possibilities for patients. Learn more about the company’s approach at ScholarRock.com and follow @ScholarRock and on LinkedIn.
Summary of Position:
This Senior Director, Market Insights role is an exciting opportunity to be an integral part of the commercial organization and play a significant role in the launch of Scholar Rock’s lead asset in neuromuscular disease. The Senior Director of Market Insights will shape their function within Scholar Rock as an individual contributor with the opportunity to build out the function as the company grows. This role represents a unique opportunity to join a commercial organization that values the voice of Insights and its critical role in the successful launch of apitegromab.
This is a strategic thought partner role with the expectation not only to execute on deliverables but connect the dots and tease out the insights generated from Market Research, Competitive Intelligence and Launch Performance to inform key strategic decisions. This is a highly visible role working with cross-functional partners to prepare the organization and asset for launch and partner with several cross-functional members of the team to proactively plan, design, and lead market research, competitive intelligence and launch performance activities to provide deep strategic insights and actionable recommendations.
Position Responsibilities:
- Expert Insight Generation: Lead a therapy area with expert insight generation to support Global commercial and brand strategies, in collaboration with the commercial/brand leads and extended cross functional, US and ex-US affiliate stakeholders
- Leverage your prior in-market and launch experience to support commercial team in building and executing on a robust market insights and analytics plan
- Primary Market Research Execution: Lead robust insight generation initiatives compliantly to impact the creation of global commercial and brand strategies
- Competitive Intelligence: Manage CI deliverables such as regular market landscape, congress monitoring and clinical stage intelligence
- Partner with key commercial stakeholders to plan priorities and execute deliverables for the annual brand planning process (e.g., Situational Assessment, Global Market Outlook, Market Map etc.)
- Performance reporting: Design the launch KPI’s, dashboard and lead the global quarterly performance reporting; partner with commercial/brand leads to ensure key performance indicators are aligned with brand strategy
- Stakeholder Engagement: Build key relationships with affiliate and cross-functional experts, to define problems, design research, and synthesize insights to support commercial team decision making with clear crisp communication
- Utilize your communication and strategic skills to partner with cross-functional stakeholders to synthesize insights into frameworks from which the organization can align on strategies for launch
Candidate Requirements:
- 10+ years of experience within a life sciences consulting firm, market insights and analytics function in a pharmaceutical company, secondary data provider or market research vendor supporting the pharma/biotech industry
- Driven, self-motivated individual with ability to lead various sub-functions
- Excellent project management skills, ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, meet deadlines and deliver on budget
- Strong strategic thinking capabilities and ability to pull insights from the data
- Highly collaborative, team player – must be able to navigate in a matrix environment and manage the needs of multiple stakeholders
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to synthesize and succinctly communicate large amounts of information to various audiences
- Strong understanding of secondary data sources (especially range of US data sources), market research techniques
- Analytical horsepower – strong analytic and quantitative skill set
- BS / BA in business, management or science required. Graduate degree (MBA) and / or equivalent experience and education in strategic leadership and business preferred.
- Rare disease experience helpful
- Prior experience with pharmaceutical data sources is desirable
- Role has flexibility to be remote or local depending on successful candidate preference. Travel to local HQ for important meetings to be discussed with manager
Scholar Rock is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
