Director, Commercial Data Strategy & Enablement

Vertex is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation to create transformative medicines for people with serious diseases. We are driven by a commitment to patients, scientific excellence, and an inclusive culture where talented people can do their best work. Our teams collaborate across disciplines to translate data, insights, and technology into meaningful business outcomes and improved patient experiences.

The Director, Commercial Data Strategy & Enablement will lead the strategy, governance, and enablement of commercial data assets, platforms, and capabilities across the organization. This role will partner closely with Commercial, Digital & Technology, Data & Analytics, Finance, Market Access, Patient Support, and external vendors to ensure high-quality, trusted, and accessible data supports strategic decision-making.

The successful candidate will define and execute a scalable commercial data roadmap; establish standards for data quality, governance, and adoption; and enable business teams to turn data into actionable insights. This leader will combine strong commercial acumen, data strategy expertise, and change-management capabilities to advance a data-driven culture across Vertex’s commercial organization.

• Develop and lead the enterprise commercial data strategy, aligning data investments and priorities with commercial objectives, brand strategies, and patient-focused outcomes.
• Define a multi-year roadmap for commercial data capabilities, including data acquisition, integration, governance, analytics enablement, self-service access, and performance measurement.
• Partner with Commercial leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to identify critical business questions, prioritize use cases, and translate needs into scalable data solutions.
• Establish and oversee commercial data governance practices, including data ownership, stewardship, data quality standards, metadata management, privacy, access controls, and issue-resolution processes.
• Lead initiatives to improve the availability, consistency, usability, and reliability of commercial data across domains such as customer, healthcare provider, payer, specialty pharmacy, patient services, field engagement, sales, and marketing.
• Collaborate with Digital & Technology and Data & Analytics teams to design and implement modern data architecture, data products, reporting environments, and analytics capabilities.
• Enable adoption of commercial data and analytics tools by developing training, communications, playbooks, and operating models that support business users and data stewards.
• Establish key performance indicators to measure data quality, platform adoption, business value realization, operational efficiency, and maturity of data capabilities.
• Serve as a trusted strategic advisor to senior leaders, clearly communicating data strategy, risks, opportunities, and recommendations to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Lead, develop, and mentor a high-performing team of data strategy, governance, and enablement professionals.
• Manage relationships with external data providers, technology partners, and consulting firms, including vendor selection, performance management, and contract-related collaboration.
• Ensure commercial data practices align with applicable privacy, compliance, security, and pharmaceutical industry requirements.
• Drive continuous improvement by monitoring evolving data, analytics, artificial intelligence, and commercial technology trends.

• Bachelor’s degree in business, analytics, data science, information systems, life sciences, or a related field.
• Typically 10+ years of progressive experience in commercial data strategy, data management, analytics, digital transformation, or related disciplines.
• Significant experience supporting commercial functions within the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, healthcare, life sciences, or similarly regulated industry.
• Demonstrated success developing and executing data strategies that improve decision-making, operational effectiveness, and measurable business outcomes.
• Experience leading cross-functional, enterprise-scale data governance, data quality, and data enablement initiatives.
• Strong understanding of commercial data domains, including sales, marketing, customer relationship management, market access, payer, patient support, and third-party healthcare data.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders, build…