Associate Director, Commercial Strategy and Insights

Who We Are: MapLight Therapeutics is a clinical stage biotech company that focuses on drug discovery for central nervous system disorders. We combine cutting-edge technologies including optogenetics, in vivo physiology, and spatial transcriptomics to identify novel drug targets and develop effective therapies to address psychiatric symptoms. What You’ll Do:

We are seeking a highly motivated Associate Director, Commercial Strategy and Insights to support the development and execution of commercial initiatives across our growing organization. This role will help build market research, forecasting, and competitive intelligence that inform launch planning, market opportunity assessments, and commercial strategy for our lead asset and broader pipeline. As the commercial function grows, the role is expected to evolve into a role on our Insights and Analytics team. The Associate Director will work closely with Commercial Leadership, Marketing, Market Access, Medical Affairs, Sales, Finance, Business Development, and Clinical teams to inform data-driven strategies that maximize product value and support long-term company growth. The ideal candidate combines analytical rigor, strategic thinking, and strong cross-functional collaboration within a fast-paced pre-commercial biotech environment. Responsibilities**:**

• Support market research, forecasting and analytics workstreams that inform integrated commercial strategies for our lead asset and pipeline products. - Conduct market assessments, competitive analyses, and opportunity evaluations to inform strategic decision-making. - Partner with cross-functional teams to define product positioning, target customer segments, and value propositions. - Support commercial launch planning activities for new products and indications. - Identify commercial risks, opportunities, and mitigation strategies throughout launch planning and execution. - Assist in development of launch KPIs, performance metrics, and tracking dashboards. - Monitor the market landscape, including lead and emerging competitors, payer trends, and congress data. Synthesize findings for senior leadership. - Synthesize primary and secondary market research into actionable insights for commercial planning. - Support development of executive presentations, strategic recommendations, and board materials. - Analyze syndicated prescription, claims, and formulary data to identify trends that inform commercial planning