Job Title :Competitive Intelligence Manager

Duration:11 Months

Location: Mettawa IL 60045

The CI (Competitive Intelligence) Lead, Rheumatology supports strategic commercial efforts by providing objective, in-depth, and actionable intelligence about current and future market and competitive forces. The CI Lead acts as a strategic advisor to the International commercial teams with deep expertise in current and future competitive drivers in the marketplace as well as functional expertise in how to use competitive intelligence to inform strategies.

Key Responsibilities Includes:

- Provide an objective commercial viewpoint of potential disruptive forces and pending market and competitive drivers, based on an in-depth understanding and analysis of healthcare dynamics, commercial, clinical, and scientific competitive information

- Lead CI strategy within specified therapeutic area(s) to ensure franchise teams have actionable intelligence and understanding of relevant competitors and competitive landscape, and translate CI deliverables into business implications that inform near and long-term strategies

- Drive and execute CI plan by leading the collection of CI from secondary and primary sources, managing external vendors, and synthesizing and disseminating intelligence and associated implications

- Coordinate, plan and execute company-wide CI activities at EULAR and consolidate and report back critical findings and implications

- Act as CI expert, demonstrating awareness and understanding of appropriate CI applications and key internal and external data/information sources

- Partner across the organization to incorporate clinical, medical, and regulatory perspectives that inform CI viewpoint and implications

- Ensure all CI activities are conducted in accordance with financial and ethical compliance guidelines

Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s degree required (life science or related degree is a plus). MBA or related graduate degree is preferred. (Masters or PhD in life science discipline is a plus).

- Requires experience of 3 to 5 years in the pharma/biotech industry in a commercial or clinical role; and/or management consulting experience, and competitive intelligence

- Ability to interact effectively with/present to (verbally and in writing) all levels of the organization, from Product Managers to Senior Executives.

- Experience working in a highly matrixed environment and standing out as a successful collaborator