Principal Advanced Analytics - Life Sciences

Decision Intelligence Principal

Company Overview:
Axtria is a global provider of data analytics, software, and consulting services for the Life Sciences and Pharmaceutical industry. With 3,700+ employees and clients in over 30 countries, Axtria empowers life sciences organizations to drive commercial success and improve patient outcomes. Since our founding in 2010, Axtria has differentiated itself through technology innovation. Our cloud-native platforms— Axtria Data Max™, Insights Max™, SalesIQ™, Marketing IQ™, and Customer IQ™ —enable seamless integration of data science and AI across commercial operations, supporting functions from sales planning to omnichannel engagement.

About the Role The Decision Intelligence (DI) Principal is the senior-most client leadership role within Axtria's Decision Intelligence practice. Principals are accountable for the full client relationship — from delivery excellence on current analytics engagements to the long-term transformation of those relationships from analytics services to AI-powered decision support. This is a dual-mandate role: run the business today while building the business of tomorrow.

In the near term, Principals will own and grow a portfolio of pharma commercial analytics accounts — ensuring delivery quality, deepening executive relationships, and expanding scope. Over time, Principals will lead the evolution of those accounts toward Decision Transformation Programs, shifting commercial models from T&M toward fixed-fee, outcome-linked, and managed services structures. The right candidate is both a credible delivery leader and a strategic client executive — someone who can hold a conversation about an analyst's output in the morning and sit with a VP Commercial in the afternoon to discuss how their organization makes brand investment decisions.

• Account Delivery and Growth
• Executive Relationship Development
• Account Transformation
• Offer Design and GTM
• Practice Contribution

What You Bring Experience 15+ years in pharma commercial analytics, management consulting, or a combination, with significant time in client-facing delivery leadership. Experience managing large, complex analytics relationships — not just project delivery. Demonstrated track record of growing accounts and elevating relationships over time. Prior accountability for revenue targets. Domain Deep fluency in at least two of: brand commercial strategy, marketing mix and promotional effectiveness, HCP targeting and sales force deployment, patient journey analytics, forecasting and launch analytics, or payer/market access analysis.

Ability to connect analytical work to the business decisions it should inform — and to make that connection visible to clients. Delivery Leadership Comfortable owning delivery accountability across distributed onshore/offshore teams. Able to diagnose quality issues, hold delivery directors accountable, and intervene directly when needed. High standards for output — understands the difference between analysis that is technically correct and analysis that is decision-ready.

Relationship Elevation Demonstrated ability to move relationships up the org chart. Not just managing the analytics buyer, but building credibility with commercial leadership. Knows how to shift a conversation from "here are the results" to "here is what you should do and why." AI and Technology Fluency Practical understanding of AI-augmented analytics, agentic workflows, and what separates a decision system from a dashboard or a model.

Must be able to credibly lead client conversations about AI's role in their decision-making — without over promising. Commitment to maintaining L3 AI Decision Architect certification within Axtria's framework. Commercial Acumen Understanding of T&M and alternative commercial structures. Ability to identify opportunities to pilot non-FTE pricing within existing accounts and to build the internal and client case for doing so.

• Location:
  
  We are open to hire in New Jersey, Boston and SFO, CA
• Head Office:
  Berkeley Heights, NJ
• U.S. Citizens and those authorized to work in the U.S. are encouraged to apply
• Flexibility to travel and/or…