Market Access Analytics & Insights Associate Director General Summary: Vertex is seeking to hire an Associate Director of Access Strategy Analytics & Insights to join the US Market Access (USMA) team within the Commercial organization. This individual has the primary responsibility for the oversight and hands-on management of the Access Strategy Analytics & Insights function across all payer and channel segments in the United States.

Do you have the skills to fill this role Read the complete details below, and make your application today. This is an exciting, high-profile opportunity for an expert in market access strategy to develop innovative analytical approaches that assure patient access to equally innovative and transformative rare disease therapies. The ideal candidate is passionate about patients, focused on driving results, is strategically adept, and willing to be involved in hands-on execution. This individual will lead and provide qualitative and quantitative insights in support of access barriers, payer behavior, and pull-through strategy across launch, and in-line brands. This role will frequently interact with senior Market Access leadership team and the successful individual must have a high degree of attention to detail in generating insights. Key Duties And Responsibilities: Lead the delivery of therapeutic area specific analytical insights in response to market access landscape, issues and trends. Cross-Collaborate with the Global Commercial Insights and Analytics Organization to incorporate qualitative and quantitative market research into market access analytics and strategy development. Partner with GPS (Guidance & Patient Services) to integrate insights related to compliance, persistence, and adherence into access analytics and patient journey understanding. Translate business objectives into analytic requirements to support Market Access Strategy enablement, delivering insights into payer policy trends, formulary positioning, and value messaging strategies across both commercial and government payers. Conduct value and access outcomes analyses to evaluate policy impact, coverage variation, and access risks for pipeline, launch, and in-line brands. Support Gross-to-Net (GTN) planning by supplying payer mix insights, utilization controls, and contract execution data to improve forecast inputs and sensitivity modeling. Generate actionable insights using advanced data tools and technologies—SQL, PowerBI, Excel, and other BI platforms—while ensuring data validation, clarity, and business relevance. Build executive-ready dashboards and insight products that communicate access opportunities and barriers through compelling, data-driven narratives tailored to senior and cross-functional stakeholders. Demonstrate strong data storytelling skills by synthesizing technical data into clear and strategic business recommendations that drive decision-making and access execution. Work directly with payer account and Payer Field Engagement teams to translate insights into pull-through strategies and support tactical alignment across payer engagements. Leverage strong knowledge of Veeva systems to connect access insights to field execution and account planning processes. Analyze Trade & Distribution data, including 852/867 feeds (e.g., IntegriChain), to support visibility into product availability, distribution channel behavior, and downstream market access implications. Understand the impact of utilization management, tiering and formulary or medical policy impact on overall demand, use of therapeutic alternatives and co-pay support. Conduct investigative analytics to validate and/ or quantify market access-related phenomenon related to competitive or customer tactics. Perform claims analysis and identify market dynamics that demonstrate the impact of payer controls and build models to portray risks, opportunities and sensitivities. Conduct proactive research and analysis of various data sources, digestion of industry publications and engagement of internal/external stakeholders to define channel, segment and payer mix. Inform and support future pre- and post- contract evaluations with contract operations and administration teams. Act as a connector between Access Strategy and internal data partners, aligning business questions with data architecture and insight delivery roadmaps. Serve as an advocate in integrating market access insights sourced across Vertex teams – Market Access Strategy, Govt. Pricing, Trade Operations, Distribution and Field teams; develop strong partnerships with DTE (Data Technology & Engineering), DSS (Data Strategy & Solutions) and HEOR teams in support of market access goals. Knowledge And Skills: Bachelor’s degree in quantitative discipline required (e.g., Engineering, Statistics, Economics, Finance). 7-10 years of experience in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry, 6+ years of insights, analytics and reporting is required. 10+ years of US pharmaceutical industry experience with increasing responsibilities. 5+ years of experience in developing US Market Access preferably in Access Strategy, Pricing, Reimbursements and Chargebacks, Value Proposition in an analytical role. Excellent working knowledge of the Market Access data sets including MMIT, IQVIA, Pricing / GTN (Model-N), Trade and Distribution (IntegriChain 852/867), Dispenses and Claims (IQVIA, Optum) and Real-World Data (DRG, Market Scan, etc.). Exceptional analytics and technical data query skills with experience creating and/or supporting complex analytics and working closely with data scientists and engineers. Strong to expert proficiency in Power BI and SQL is a must. Stakeholder management: Ability to communicate confidently and succinctly to senior leaders and ability to manage complexity and ambiguity in a highly matrixed environment. Strong data story telling skills with Powerpoint, Excel, and PowerBI; ability to distill complex information synthesized into concise and impactful visuals, messages and presentations. Demonstrated ability to lead initiatives that require cross collaboration across multiple functional areas. Flexible, adaptable, diplomatic, and able to effectively deal with ambiguity. Ability to influence decision-makers through incisive analysis and persuasive communication, including experience in working with senior leadership to support financial forecasting and analytics, and/or commercial launch planning. Vertex is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person's race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, or any characteristic protected under applicable law.

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