CD&A - Competitive Intelligence, Manager

Role Summary

CD&A - Competitive Intelligence, Manager

Responsibilities

• Be a strategic thought partner to key collaborators across disease area, brand, corporate, and other cross-functional teams supporting Amgen’s Business Units (therapeutic area assignment will be determined by business need and candidate's experience)
• Synthesize information from multiple sources to develop strategic insights and point of view on key competitive developments, implications to Amgen and actions Amgen must take
• Work in a highly cross functional manner and manage changing priorities across several key customers
• Develop productive relationships with Global and Regional teams to define business problems and develop integrated analysis plans based on standard methodologies
• Apply structured problem solving to collect, analyze and report CI, incorporating primary and secondary data sources to generate meaningful insights
• Articulate and educate customers on the relevant impact of changing market dynamics to their business from a CI perspective.
• Organize and facilitate strategic exercises & competitive simulations to generate competitive insights and company plans
• Coordinate and facilitate CI collection efforts at major medical conferences/congresses.
• Manage a network of primary data sources, including vendors and Amgen employees, to enable effective project delivery
• Assess the reliability of CI research findings, maintaining high standards for accuracy, relevance, and quality in deliverables at all times and communicate level of evidence to key partners
• Present on a regular basis in-depth analyses and summaries of results, interpreting and communicating results with recommendations to key stakeholders.
• Work to grow competitive intelligence/strategy to support other functions in the organization
• Abide by and strictly enforce Amgen’s CI Legal and Ethical Guidelines with internal colleagues and agencies
• Travel requirement:15-20%

Qualifications

• Basic Qualifications:
  • Doctorate degree
  • OR Master’s degree and 2 years of consulting/competitive intelligence/equity research experience
  • OR Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of consulting/competitive intelligence/equity research experience
  • OR Associate’s degree and 8 years of consulting/competitive intelligence/equity research experience
  • OR High school diploma / GED and 10 years of consulting/competitive intelligence/equity research experience
• Preferred Qualifications:
  • Advanced degree (MS/MBA/PhD) with a focus on life sciences and business
  • Experience with previous competitive intelligence role through agency and/or biopharma experience
  • Experience in biopharma industry
  • Relevant experience in rare disease/obesity/R&D via prior project work, disease area knowledge, marketing/sales experience, etc.
  • Prior experience in strategy/management consulting in the biopharma industry preferably through a lead role
  • Prior experience as an equity research analyst within the biopharma industry
  • Consistent track record of influencing key business decisions through thoughtful insights and recommendations
  • Demonstrated ability to think strategically and analyze data to support critical business decisions
  • Excellent oral, written, and presentation skills—able to explain complex concepts clearly to a variety of audiences
  • Evident project management skills—able to manage multiple, simultaneous projects and data sources
  • Demonstrated analytical skills—understands the advantages and limits of different analytical approaches and studies
  • Ability to work collaboratively in team-based environment
  • Strong understanding of the latest developments and trends in the oncology space, key competitive dynamics and unmet medical needs
  • Understanding of at least one other functional area in CD&A (forecasting, market research, and secondary analytics)
  • Experience in insights generation for the biopharmaceutical (or other healthcare) industries

Skills

• Strategic thinking
• Data analysis and interpretation
• Strong communication and presentation
• Project management
• Collaborative teamwork
• Competitive intelligence methodologies