Senior Pharmaceutical Commercial Analytics Scientist – Remote (12-Month Contract)

Company: Sigma Systems, Inc.
Job ID: 37735995
Job Type: Contract – 12 Months
Work Location: 100% Remote
Schedule: Monday–Friday, Full-Time (40 hours per week)
Time Zone: Eastern Time (ET) business hours
Location Reference: Ridgefield, CT (Remote)

About Sigma Systems, Inc.

Sigma Systems, Inc. is a staffing company connecting skilled professionals with opportunities at leading organizations. We are seeking an experienced Senior Pharmaceutical Commercial Analytics Scientist for a 12-month remote contract supporting pharmaceutical commercial analytics, marketing effectiveness, and data-driven business strategy.

This opportunity is ideal for an analytical professional with strong pharmaceutical industry knowledge, advanced statistical modeling expertise, and experience measuring marketing performance using patient-level data, claims analytics, and commercial data sources.

Job Summary

The Senior Pharmaceutical Commercial Analytics Scientist will support multiple business groups and therapeutic areas by delivering advanced analytics that inform pharmaceutical marketing strategy, promotional effectiveness, brand planning, and resource allocation.

The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with marketing mix modeling (MMM), return on investment (ROI) analysis, predictive modeling, customer segmentation, and pharmaceutical marketing analytics. Experience analyzing large, de-identified patient claims datasets and working with tools such as SAS, Python, R, and SQL is highly valued.

This is a fully remote, 12-month contract position requiring availability during regular Eastern Time business hours.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct advanced statistical analyses to measure pharmaceutical marketing impact, promotional effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI).
• Develop and interpret marketing mix models to evaluate promotional spending across marketing channels and customer engagement programs.
• Perform predictive modeling, customer profiling, segmentation, and promotional response analysis using large datasets.
• Analyze de-identified patient claims, prescription, and other relevant healthcare data to generate actionable commercial insights.
• Support pharmaceutical brand planning, forecasting, promotional resource allocation, and sales force optimization.
• Evaluate digital and non-personal promotional channels, including email, banner advertising, mobile engagement, alerts, and virtual communications.
• Conduct campaign performance and in-campaign analytics to identify opportunities for improving marketing effectiveness.
• Collaborate with Marketing, Sales, Data Science, Market Research, and Forecasting teams to translate analytical findings into business strategies.
• Help align marketing strategies with sales force call plans, virtual engagement activities, and other customer communication channels.
• Develop, document, and communicate analytical plans, methodologies, findings, and recommendations.
• Present complex analytical results in a clear, actionable format for business stakeholders and leadership.
• Coordinate insights from multiple data sources and external vendors, including digital marketing agencies.
• Manage multiple analytical projects while maintaining quality, accuracy, and alignment with business priorities.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with at least 7 years of relevant analytical experience, or a master's degree with at least 5 years of relevant analytical experience.
• Strong experience in pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, life sciences, or related commercial healthcare analytics.
• Demonstrated expertise in marketing mix modeling, marketing ROI analysis, promotional effectiveness, and campaign performance measurement.
• Experience with predictive modeling, segmentation, multivariate statistical analysis, or promotional response modeling.
• Proficiency in one or more analytical programming languages, including R, Python, or SAS.
• Experience with SQL and other data extraction, manipulation, and analytical tools.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to interpret large, complex datasets to develop actionable business recommendations.
• Experience preparing analytical plans, documenting methodologies, and presenting findings to business stakeholders.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, organization, and project management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and work effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Availability to work regular business hours aligned with the Eastern Time zone.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience analyzing large, de-identified patient claims datasets, prescription data, or real-world healthcare data.
• Experience in pharmaceutical commercial analytics or supporting a large pharmaceutical manufacturer.
• Experience in CardioRenal Metabolic (CRM) therapeutic areas, including chronic kidney disease (CKD), heart failure, or metabolic conditions.
• Experience evaluating digital marketing programs and non-personal promotional channels.
• Familiarity with pharmaceutical data sources, market research databases, forecasting tools, and third-party healthcare analytics vendors.
• Experience integrating marketing research, promotional activity, sales data, and forecasting insights into comprehensive analytical recommendations.

Why Consider This Opportunity?

• Fully remote work: Work from home while supporting pharmaceutical commercial analytics initiatives.
• 12-month contract: Contribute to a substantial analytics engagement with opportunities to apply advanced analytical expertise.
• Strategic business impact: Help inform promotional investment, brand planning, campaign optimization, and commercial decision-making.
• Advanced analytics: Apply statistical modeling, programming, and healthcare data analysis to complex business challenges.
• Cross-functional collaboration: Partner with marketing, sales, data science, and forecasting professionals.

Work Schedule and Location

• Work arrangement: 100% remote.
• Contract duration: 12 months.
• Schedule: Monday–Friday, 40 hours per week.
• Time zone: Must be available during regular Eastern Time business hours.