BAI - Competitive Intelligence Manager, Cardiovascular

Responsibilities

• Be a strategic thought partner to key collaborators across disease area, brand, corporate, and other cross-functional teams supporting Amgen’s cardiovascular portfolio
• 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 & red-team exercises to generate competitive insights and company plans
• Cook up and facilitate CI collection efforts at major medical conferences/congresses. Attend and support CI debrief activities at key congresses
• Manage a network of primary data sources, including vendors and Amgen employees, to enable effective project delivery
• Collaborate with fellow CI leads
• Understand and synthesize 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
• Abide by and strictly enforce Amgen’s CI Legal and Ethical Guidelines with internal colleagues and agencies
• Some travel (15-20%) required

Qualifications

• Doctorate degree
• OR Master’s degree and 2 years of consulting and/or competitive intelligence experience
• OR Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of consulting and/or competitive intelligence experience
• OR Associate’s degree and 8 years of consulting and/or competitive intelligence experience
• OR High school diploma / GED and 10 years of consulting and/or competitive intelligence experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree (PhD/MS/MBA) with a focus on life sciences and business
• Experience with in life science consulting work in Cardiovascular
• Familiarity with biopharma industry
• Relevant experience in cardiovascular via prior project work, disease area knowledge
• Prior experience in strategy/management consulting in the biopharma industry, roles of increasing responsibility accepted
• 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

What you can expect of us

• A comprehensive employee benefits package, including a Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions, group medical, dental and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts
• A discretionary annual bonus program, or for field sales representatives, a sales-based incentive plan
• Stock-based long-term incentives
• Award-winning time-off plans
• Flexible work models where possible

Pay

The expected annual salary range for this role in the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico) is posted. Actual salary will vary based on several factors including but not limited to, relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.

Schedule

Flexible Commuter role to the Thousand Oaks, CA, or Deerfield, IL offices; minimum of 2 days on site highly encouraged