Director, Data Strategy and Operations

🕒 September 11

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $225k - $250k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

⚙️ Operations

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Achieve Life Sciences

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2015

💊 Pharmaceuticals

🧬 Biotechnology

Pharmaceuticals • Biotechnology

Achieve Life Sciences is a late-stage specialty pharmaceutical company focused on developing cytisinicline as a treatment for nicotine dependence (smoking and vaping cessation). The company is advancing cytisinicline through Phase 2 and Phase 3 ORCA trials and has submitted an NDA; its clinical program targets nicotinic receptors to reduce withdrawal and smoking satisfaction, with the goal of providing a new FDA-approved treatment option for tobacco and nicotine dependence.

📋 Description

• Own the commercial data strategy and align it with brand objectives, launch readiness milestones, and the commercialization plan • Set a phased roadmap for data acquisition, warehouse design, integration, governance, reporting, and advanced analytics • Identify and prioritize high-value use cases including segmentation and targeting, omnichannel engagement, field force effectiveness, patient journey analytics, demand forecasting, payer analytics, and executive performance management • Lead day-to-day commercial data operations across external partner ecosystems, including file intake, exception handling, and service-level performance • Own acquisition, integration, validation, and ongoing management of HCP, HCO, patient, claims, prescription, payer, field activity, and third-party syndicated data • Design and implement commercial master data management covering identity management, affiliations, alignment, hierarchy, stewardship, and match/merge rules • Integrate master data management with CRM, field reporting, and downstream analytics • Establish data governance, stewardship, metadata, lineage, access, privacy, and quality processes • Develop a commercial analytics and reporting framework with launch KPIs, metric definitions, refresh cadence, report ownership, and dashboard governance • Lead build-versus-buy recommendations across the commercial data stack • Translate complex data into insights, executive-ready narratives, and decision-support materials • Serve as the internal subject matter expert and decision owner for commercial data strategy and operations • Recruit, develop, and lead a data and analytics team as the organization scales • Partner with Sales, Sales Operations, Marketing, Market Access, Patient Services, Medical, Finance, Legal/Compliance, IT, and external vendors • Build scalable processes and operating rhythms while managing the commercial data budget • Manage data vendors, consultants, and partner relationships, including requirements, onboarding, service levels, issue resolution, renewals, budget tracking, and value realization

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required, ideally in a quantitative, business, technology, or life sciences discipline • 10+ years of pharmaceutical or biotechnology experience, including substantial time in commercial data strategy, commercial operations, analytics, data management, or launch-readiness functions • Direct experience building commercial data capabilities for at least one U.S. specialty pharmaceutical or biotech launch • Experience spanning data sourcing, vendor integration, master data management, governance, launch KPI definition, and executive reporting • Prior Director-level accountability for commercial data strategy • Experience owning cross-functional decision forums, managing vendor delivery, and influencing senior commercial, medical, finance, compliance, and technology stakeholders • Hands-on experience defining requirements for and overseeing delivery of CRM, commercial data warehouse, business intelligence, field reporting, and MDM platforms • Experience with integrations, user adoption, and vendor execution • Deep familiarity with prescription, claims, specialty pharmacy, hub, specialty distributor, payer, CRM, HCP/HCO reference, patient services, and field activity data • Working knowledge of HIPAA, de-identified patient data, permissible-use restrictions on prescription and claims data, aggregate spend and transparency reporting, and CCPA/CPRA • Technical fluency with data models, integration patterns, and cloud data platforms • Working SQL proficiency preferred • Ability to build fit-for-purpose processes in a lean, fast-moving environment while balancing scalability, compliance, cost discipline, and speed to impact • Executive presence and communication skills • Ability to frame strategic choices, clarify trade-offs, and translate technical data concepts into commercial business implications • Candidates may reside anywhere in the United States • Ability to travel up to 10% for conferences and company meetings

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance • 401(k) retirement plan • Employee Stock Purchase Plan • Company-paid life insurance • Company-paid short- and long-term disability coverage • Paid time off • Paid company holidays • Annual target bonus • Equity compensation • Remote work arrangement • Up to 10% travel for conferences and company meetings