Associate Director / Director - Pharma Commercial Analytics

POSITION:

EVERSANA’s Data & Analytics practice is growing rapidly, and we are seeking an Associate Director / Director to help lead and scale this growth. This role is a senior leadership position responsible for owning large, complex integrated engagements from a Data & Analytics perspective.The Associate Director / Director will act as a strategic partner to US-based stakeholders and clients, providing thought leadership, ensuring delivery excellence, and driving business impact. This individual will oversee multiple workstreams, guide cross‑functional teams, and take accountability for end‑to‑end engagement success, including client satisfaction, delivery quality, and team development.

KEY RESPONSIBILITES:

1. Client Leadership & Stakeholder Management

Serve as the primary Data & Analytics leadership contact for US-based internal stakeholders and client partners on assigned engagements.

Partner with client leadership to understand business objectives, shape analytics solutions, and translate strategic needs into high-level delivery roadmaps.

Lead executive-level communications, including weekly/monthly governance updates, steering committee presentations, and strategic reviews.

Manage and grow relationships with external data providers and third‑party vendors, ensuring seamless coordination, compliance, and delivery.

Actively identify opportunities for scope expansion, upsell, and cross-practice collaboration in partnership with commercial and account leadership.

2. Engagement & Delivery Ownership

Provide overall ownership of integrated data and analytics engagements, ensuring outcomes align with client expectations, timelines, and budgets.

Oversee project planning, resourcing strategy, delivery governance, and risk management across multiple workstreams.

Proactively identify delivery risks, dependencies, and bottlenecks, and drive mitigation strategies at a leadership level.

Ensure strong collaboration across Data Engineering, CRM, Dashboarding, Patient Analytics, and Advanced Analytics teams.

Maintain high standards for quality, scalability, and sustainability of analytics solutions delivered to clients.

3. Domain & Thought Leadership

Provide strategic oversight and thought leadership across Sales Force Effectiveness and Commercial Analytics initiatives, including:

Field Force Sizing & Structure

Segmentation & Targeting

Territory Alignment

Call Planning

Incentive Compensation Analytics

Affiliation Mapping

Patient-Level Analytics

Executive and Operational Dashboards

Leverage deep understanding of US Pharma commercial data ecosystems, including Hub, claims, Rx, SP/SD, CRM, call activity, and formulary data.

Guide teams on data triangulation and advanced analytics approaches to drive measurable commercial impact for clients.

Stay current on industry trends, evolving data sources, and emerging analytics methodologies, incorporating best practices into client solutions.

4. Analytics & Technology Oversight

Provide strategic oversight of:AI/M