Director, Market Research, Competitive Intelligence & Forecasting

Responsibilities

• Own the integrated market research, competitive intelligence, and forecasting strategy for assigned assets and indications
• Develop and execute primary market research across healthcare professionals, patients, caregivers, payers, and health systems
• Integrate primary research with epidemiology, claims, EHR, prescription, and payer data to generate actionable insights
• Lead competitive intelligence monitoring and assess clinical, regulatory, and commercial developments
• Own patient-based demand and revenue forecasts, including assumptions, data sources, and governance
• Lead Long-Range Planning, budget, Latest Estimate, and forecast-update cycles with Finance and Commercial leadership
• Develop base, upside, downside, and strategic scenarios with sensitivity analyses
• Translate research and competitive developments into implications for launch strategy and portfolio decisions
• Communicate insights and forecasts through executive-ready materials for senior leadership and the Board
• Manage market research agencies, forecasting consultants, data providers, and functional budgets

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business, life sciences, economics, analytics, statistics, public health, marketing, or related discipline
• Minimum 8 years of progressive pharmaceutical or biotechnology experience in market research, competitive intelligence, or forecasting
• Demonstrated experience developing pharmaceutical patient-based demand and/or revenue forecasts
• Experience with Long-Range Planning, budgets, Latest Estimate, scenario modeling, and sensitivity analysis
• Experience designing primary market research and integrating it with secondary data
• Strong understanding of the U.S. pharmaceutical commercialization process and healthcare environment
• Experience with claims, EHR, prescription data, epidemiology, and payer/access data
• Experience managing external vendors, projects, and functional budgets
• Ability to travel up to 10% by air and/or car, including occasional overnight travel

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree in business, life sciences, economics, analytics, public health, or related field
• Experience in psychiatry, neuroscience, specialty therapeutics, or another complex specialty market
• Experience forecasting a pre-launch asset through commercialization
• Experience supporting product launch, indication expansion, or lifecycle strategy
• Experience within a small or mid-sized biotechnology company
• Experience presenting insights and forecasts to senior leadership
• Familiarity with modern forecasting, analytics, visualization, and AI-enabled insight tools

Benefits

• Bonus and equity opportunities, comprehensive health insurance, 401(k) with company match, flexible time off, and wellness benefits

About the Company

• Definium Therapeutics is a late-stage clinical biopharmaceutical company developing treatments for psychiatric disorders, headquartered in New York and listed on Nasd