Vice President Performance Optimization Jobs in Basking Ridge, NJ

This position is with Recordati Rare Diseases, Inc. (RRD), North America, an affiliate of Recordati.
Recordati Rare Diseases, Inc. (RRD) develops high-impact therapies for devastating rare diseases, focusing on providing often overlooked treatments to underserved communities in the U.S. Our mission is to mitigate the impact of rare diseases through increased awareness, improved diagnoses, and enhanced treatment availability, covering endocrinology, metabolic, and oncology franchises. RRD is dedicated to excellence, fostering a dynamic work environment that promotes professional growth and a significant impact on patients' lives.
Reporting Structure
Reports To:
President and General Manager, North America
Direct Reports:
Data, Analytics and Business Intelligence team
Areas Managed:
Data, Forecasting, Market Research, Analytics
Overview
The Vice President, Analytics and Insights is a senior leadership role responsible for defining and executing enterprise-wide data, analytics, and insights strategy across commercial operations and portfolio planning across North America. This role operates at the intersection of business strategy, advanced analytics, and digital transformation, enabling data-driven decision-making across Sales, Marketing, Market Access, Medical Affairs and Finance. This role reports directly to the President and General Manager of RRD North America and is a member of the North America Leadership Team.
As a trusted advisor to executive leadership, this role translates complex data ecosystems into actionable insights that influence enterprise direction, optimize performance, and deliver measurable business and patient outcomes. The VP will architect and scale a modern analytics organization, advancing forecasting, analytics, predictive intelligence and AI-enabled decision-making.
Enterprise Strategy & Executive Leadership

• Define and lead the enterprise-wide vision, strategy, and roadmap for data, analytics, and insights
• Serve as a strategic advisor to the NA leadership team, influencing critical business decisions; partner with key stakeholders in the RRD global organization
• Translate complex analytics into clear, actionable executive narratives
• Lead enterprise digital transformation initiatives, including AI and advanced analytics integration in partnership with global RRD initiatives
• Establish enterprise measurement frameworks to track performance, ROI, and value creation

Commercial Analytics & Performance Optimization

• Lead analytics for product launches, lifecycle management, and commercial strategy
• Drive performance management frameworks, dashboards, and executive reporting
• Identify growth opportunities, market dynamics, and revenue risks across brands and portfolio
• Enable data-driven decision-making across pricing, access, and reimbursement strategies

Portfolio Insights & Predictive Intelligence

• Architect portfolio-level analytics strategy and evidence-based decision frameworks
• Lead predictive modeling and advanced analytics to anticipate market and healthcare shifts
• Integrate claims, EHR, clinical, and market research data to create a unified patient and provider view
• Develop appropriate performance and impact measures for commercial, patient services, and Medical Affairs initiatives, in partnership with relevant functional, Legal, Compliance, and data-governance stakeholders.

Sales Force Effectiveness & Incentives

• Oversee sales force sizing, alignment, and productivity optimization
• Lead incentive compensation design, governance, and performance evaluation
• Direct targeting and segmentation strategies through CRM system across field and omnichannel engagement
• Deliver insights to enhance execution and field effectiveness

Data Strategy & Technology Enablement

• Lead North America's business data and insights strategy, in partnership with Global, Technology, and Data Governance teams, to ensure fit-for-purpose access to internal and external data ecosystems
• Lead development of scalable data infrastructure, analytics platforms, and reporting tools
• Champion adoption of AI, machine learning, and advanced analytics capabilities
• Ensure compliance with global data privacy regulations (e.g., HIPAA, GDPR)

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Partner with Commercial, Medical, Market Access, Finance, and leaders in the RRD Global Organization
• Manage relationships with data vendors and external analytics partners
• Drive integration of insights across all customer and patient touchpoints
• Evaluate and implement new tools, data sources, and methodologies

Organizational Leadership

• Build and lead a high-performing analytics and insights organization
• Develop talent across analytics, data science, and business intelligence disciplines
• Foster a culture of innovation, rigor, and collaboration
• Establish best practices for governance, delivery, and stakeholder engagement

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree required; MBA or other advanced degree preferred
• 15+ years' experience in commercial analytics, sales, operations or related strategic roles within pharma/biotech required
• Experience leading analytics through launches and lifecycle management
• Demonstrated success leading cross-functional transformation
• Experience working in a matrixed global organization
• Experience in rare disease a plus

Knowledge and Skills

• Expertise in pharmaceutical data sources
• Demonstrated ability to influence executive-level decision making
• Proven leadership track record building, scaling, and developing high performing teams
• Executive presence with strong stakeholder influence skills
• Strategic mindset paired with deep business acumen

• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills
• High emotional intelligence with collaborative leadership style

Work Environment
This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. Based upon job requirements, employee may be required at times to attend meetings including travel out of state over weekends and nights. Employee must be able to freely operate and travel by car and train/plane modes of transportation. Employee is required to have a valid driver's license and means of transportation.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those required to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. The employee must be able to travel domestically and internationally, as business needs require. This position is primarily sedentary. The employee may occasionally move throughout office, meeting, or event locations and regularly operate a computer, telephone, and other office productivity equipment. The employee must be able to communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders. Occasionally, the employee may be required to move or transport items weighing up to 25 pounds, with or without accommodations.
Location/Travel

• This position is based at RRD's Headquarters in Bridgewater, NJ.
• Approximately 20% of travel is required, including occasional overnight and weekend travel, based on business needs.

FLSA Classification

• This position is considered exempt.

EEO Statement
Recordati Rare Diseases values the diversity of its workforce and welcomes applications from all qualified applicants. It is the policy of Recordati Rare Diseases to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin. Further, Recordati Rare Diseases will not discriminate on the basis of any characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. Recordati Rare Diseases will provide reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities.
Disclaimer
Base Salary Range: $212,000 to $328,000 annually. The base salary range represents the Company's good-faith estimate of the compensation range for this position at the time of posting. The actual base salary offered may vary based on factors including the candidate's qualifications, relevant experience, skills, internal equity, business needs, and geographic location, where applicable.Annual Incentive: This position is eligible to participate in the Company's annual bonus program, subject to the terms of the applicable plan and individual eligibility requirements.
Benefits: Eligible employees may participate in a comprehensive benefits program, which currently includes medical, dental, orthodontia, and vision coverage; company-paid life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance; and short-term and long-term disability coverage.Retirement Savings: Eligible employees may participate in the Company's 401(k) retirement savings plan, subject to the terms of the plan.
Paid Time Off: Eligible employees receive vacation, company holidays, and sick and personal time in accordance with Company policy and applicable law.
The Company reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs at any time, subject to applicable law.
At Recordati we believe in people! Inspired by our purpose - unlocking the full potential of life - we are committed to creating a diverse environment and cultivating a culture of inclusion. We strive to continually lead with our values and beliefs, enabling our employees to bring their whole selves to work and develop their potential.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We recruit, develop and reward without regard to, amongst others, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, physical or mental ability, race, ethnicity, political or religious belief.
If you are looking to join a company where you can try new things, speak openly, and be bold, we invite you to apply today.