Associate Director, Corporate Strategy & Competitive Intelligence
Legend Biotech
4 hours ago
Remote friendly (Somerset, NJ)
United States
Corporate Functions
Role Overview
- Generate actionable competitive intelligence insights that inform decision-making across R&D, commercial, and corporate strategy.
- Lead proactive and on-demand strategic initiatives including KPI management, CI monitoring, landscape assessments, early signal detection, conference surveillance, and strategic analysis supporting pipeline development, lifecycle management, and long-term planning.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct value stream mapping to identify inefficiencies and improvement opportunities.
- Develop, implement, and sustain lean transformation strategies aligned with business objectives.
- Establish and monitor KPIs to track continuous improvement.
- Collaborate with leadership to prioritize improvement opportunities and allocate resources.
- Lead competitive intelligence activities across therapeutic areas/platforms/programs; deliver actionable insights to senior leadership and stakeholders.
- Monitor competitors’ pipelines, clinical data, regulatory actions, collaborations, and market events for threats, opportunities, and early signals.
- Track new entrants and startups (innovation signals, investments, disruptive players).
- Assist with end-to-end conference CI planning/execution: surveillance plans, abstract triage, onsite/virtual monitoring, rapid readouts, and post-conference summaries.
- Build/maintain CI frameworks, KPI dashboards, market landscapes, and tracking systems; manage internal dashboards and, when applicable, external CI vendors.
- Partner with R&D, commercial, BD, and strategy teams; participate in strategic discussions.
- Partner with forecasting, medical affairs, and commercial strategy to interpret external environment dynamics.
Requirements
- Advanced degree preferred (PhD, PharmD, MD, or Master’s in life sciences, business, or related field).
- 5+ years in pharmaceutical/biotech competitive intelligence, strategy, consulting, or market research.
- Strong scientific/clinical acumen; hematology/oncology/IAI experience preferred.
- Six Sigma (Green Belt/Black Belt) or Lean Management certification.
- Coding experience using R scripts, Python, and pivot tables (required).
- Strong analytical/strategic thinking.
- Excellent written/verbal communication; ability to distill complex information.
- Experience with fast-paced cross-functional work and tight timelines.
- High integrity; ability to manage sensitive/confidential information.
- Familiarity with CI tools/databases/platforms (e.g., Evaluate, Cortellis, Datamonitor, Alphasense, clinical databases).
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance; 401(k) with company match (vests fully on day one); 8 weeks paid parental leave after 3 months; paid time off; additional voluntary benefits (e.g., flexible spending/HSAs, life and AD&D, disability, and supplemental plans).
Location
- Somerset, NJ
- Generate actionable competitive intelligence insights that inform decision-making across R&D, commercial, and corporate strategy.
- Lead proactive and on-demand strategic initiatives including KPI management, CI monitoring, landscape assessments, early signal detection, conference surveillance, and strategic analysis supporting pipeline development, lifecycle management, and long-term planning.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct value stream mapping to identify inefficiencies and improvement opportunities.
- Develop, implement, and sustain lean transformation strategies aligned with business objectives.
- Establish and monitor KPIs to track continuous improvement.
- Collaborate with leadership to prioritize improvement opportunities and allocate resources.
- Lead competitive intelligence activities across therapeutic areas/platforms/programs; deliver actionable insights to senior leadership and stakeholders.
- Monitor competitors’ pipelines, clinical data, regulatory actions, collaborations, and market events for threats, opportunities, and early signals.
- Track new entrants and startups (innovation signals, investments, disruptive players).
- Assist with end-to-end conference CI planning/execution: surveillance plans, abstract triage, onsite/virtual monitoring, rapid readouts, and post-conference summaries.
- Build/maintain CI frameworks, KPI dashboards, market landscapes, and tracking systems; manage internal dashboards and, when applicable, external CI vendors.
- Partner with R&D, commercial, BD, and strategy teams; participate in strategic discussions.
- Partner with forecasting, medical affairs, and commercial strategy to interpret external environment dynamics.
Requirements
- Advanced degree preferred (PhD, PharmD, MD, or Master’s in life sciences, business, or related field).
- 5+ years in pharmaceutical/biotech competitive intelligence, strategy, consulting, or market research.
- Strong scientific/clinical acumen; hematology/oncology/IAI experience preferred.
- Six Sigma (Green Belt/Black Belt) or Lean Management certification.
- Coding experience using R scripts, Python, and pivot tables (required).
- Strong analytical/strategic thinking.
- Excellent written/verbal communication; ability to distill complex information.
- Experience with fast-paced cross-functional work and tight timelines.
- High integrity; ability to manage sensitive/confidential information.
- Familiarity with CI tools/databases/platforms (e.g., Evaluate, Cortellis, Datamonitor, Alphasense, clinical databases).
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance; 401(k) with company match (vests fully on day one); 8 weeks paid parental leave after 3 months; paid time off; additional voluntary benefits (e.g., flexible spending/HSAs, life and AD&D, disability, and supplemental plans).
Location
- Somerset, NJ