Associate Director, Market Insights

Overview

The Associate Director of Market Insights will be responsible for the development and execution of primary and secondary market research plans to support the US TTR commercial priorities across HCP related audiences. This individual will work in close collaboration with the US Commercial Team, Business and Competitive Intelligence, Data and Analytics, Global Market Insights, Legal, Finance and Compliance.

The geographical location for this role is flexible, but preference for hybrid status based in Cambridge, US and reports to the Senior Director, US TTR Insights and Analytics.

Key Responsibilities

Market Research Excellence

• Partner with key stakeholders to ensure key business questions are identified
• Develop the annual market research plan that will meet the needs of the business to address key business questions
• Design, execute and communicate robust qualitative and quantitative market research projects to generate actionable insights that address key business questions and advanced business understanding and strategic thinking
• Partner with other business partners generating customer insights to synthesize learnings and generate insights that provide a more holistic understanding of the market
• Provide key insights to help shape the Global and US Situational Assessments as part of the Brand Planning cycle
• Identify and pilot innovative market research methodologies
• Partner with other CX&I teams (and others as needed) to integrate secondary data and advanced analytics data in addressing key business questions.
• Deliver projects on time and on budget, including making tradeoff decisions to ensure business needs are met
• Ensure compliance with codes of conduct and Alnylam's internal policies, including pharmacovigilance

Leadership and Cross-Functional Collaboration

Strategic Contribution:

• Begins to take ownership of segments of the strategy (e.g., target customer group like HCP or patient).
• Balances big-picture thinking with tactical guidance

Influence and Negotiation:

• Able to align diverse teams around shared goals and priorities.
• Ensures customer insights are used appropriately (i.e. caveats and nuances are understood)

Leadership and Mentorship:

• Provides guidance and mentorship to other team members.
• Delegates tasks effectively while ensuring accountability.

Stakeholder Engagement:

• Regularly interacts with higher-level stakeholders internally (Sr Dir and VP-level) as a thought partner to ensure key insights are integrated into business decisions
• Builds credibility by deep understanding of insights and market knowledge for the broader brand (not just their area of focus)

Decision-Making Under Ambiguity:

• Makes informed decisions in situations with incomplete or uncertain data.
• Focuses on outcomes while anticipating risks and opportunities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree; MBA or Post-graduate degree preferred
• 7+ years of marketing or market research, minimum of 5 years market research experience in pharma/biotech
• Mastery level in the full range of market research methodologies.
• Experience in rare disease areas desired, and multiple therapeutic areas
• Excellent interpersonal listening, verbal, and written communication skills. Ability to communicate technical details to technical and non-technical resources.
• Ability to interact and influence effectively with people at all levels and functions across the business.
• US and Global experience
• Compliance & Best Practices expertise
• Ability to travel up to 15%

Leadership Capabilities & Core Competencies

• Knowledge: Applies a comprehensive and expert-level understanding of patient behavior, market dynamics, and therapeutic landscapes to deliver guidance and shape strategic direction.
• Business Acumen: Interprets evolving industry trends and competitive dynamics; integrates knowledge of internal and external factors to guide decisions that drive business performance.
• Leadership: Leads strategic initiatives across cross-functional teams with high complexity, impact, and visibility; acts as a consultant to senior business leaders and a mentor to colleagues.
• Decision Making: Exercises independent judgment and advanced analytical thinking to make strategic recommendations in ambiguous, high-stakes environments.
• Impact & Accountability: Drives policy-level and enterprise-wide impact by ensuring that insights directly influence the direction of brand strategy, access, messaging, and patient engagement initiatives.
• Influence: Communicates complex insight-driven recommendations persuasively across the organization; presents strategic narratives to senior and external stakeholders, and negotiates to align on priorities and decisions.

About Alnylam:Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: ALNY) has led the translation of RNA interference (RNAi) into a whole new class of innovative medicines with the potential to transform the lives of people afflicted with rare and more prevalent diseases. Based on Nobel Prize-winning science, RNAi therapeutics represent a powerful, clinically validated approach to treating diseases at their genetic source by "interfering" with mRNA that cause or contribute to disease. Since our founding in 2002, Alnylam has led the RNAi Revolution and continues to turn scientific possibility into reality.

Our culture:Our people-first culture is guided by our core values: fiercely innovative, open culture, purposeful urgency, passion for excellence, and commitment to people, and these values influence how we work and the business decisions we make. Thanks to feedback from our employees over the years, we've been fortunate to be named a top employer around the world. Alnylam is extremely proud to have been recognized as the #1 Large Employer by Boston Globe Top Places to Work in 2023 for the third consecutive year, one of Science Magazine's Top Biopharma Employers, one of America's Most Responsible Companies for 2024 by Newsweek, a Fast Company Best Workplace for Innovators, and a Great Place to Work in Canada, France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and UK - among others.

At Alnylam, we commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equal employment opportunity. We are dedicated to building an environment where employees can feel that they belong, can bring their authentic selves to work, and achieve to their full potential. By empowering employees to embrace their unique differences at work, our business grows stronger with advanced and original thinking, allowing us to bring groundbreaking medicines to patients. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ethnicity, marital status, protected veteran status, disability, or any other characteristics prohibited by law.