BAI - Competitive Intelligence Senior Manager, Rare Disease

About the role

This role serves as the competitive intelligence lead for multiple assets within Amgen's Rare Disease Business Unit, partnering closely with US and Global Marketing and cross-functional stakeholders to monitor the competitive landscape, synthesize primary and secondary intelligence into actionable strategic insights, and communicate implications for the business.

Responsibilities

• Be a strategic thought partner to key collaborators across disease area, brand, corporate, and other cross-functional teams supporting Amgen’s Rare Disease Business Unit.
• 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 competitive intelligence (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 and competitive simulations to generate competitive insights and company plans.
• Coordinate and facilitate CI collection efforts at major medical conferences/congresses.
• Identify, evaluate, and implement new technologies and solutions into CI workflows.
• Manage a network of primary data sources, including vendors and Amgen employees, to enable effective project delivery.
• Learn and advance competitive intelligence capabilities and 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 the 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.
• Attend and support CI debrief activities at key congresses.
• Abide by and strictly enforce Amgen’s CI Legal and Ethical Guidelines with internal colleagues and agencies.
• Some travel (15-20%) required.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• Doctorate degree and 2 years of analytics, consulting, and/or competitive intelligence experience, OR
• Master’s degree and 4 years of analytics, consulting, and/or competitive intelligence experience, OR
• Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of analytics, consulting, and/or competitive intelligence experience, OR
• Associate’s degree and 10 years of analytics, consulting, and/or competitive intelligence experience, OR
• High school diploma / GED and 12 years of analytics, consulting, and/or competitive intelligence experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree (PhD/PharmD/MBA) with a focus on life sciences and business.
• Experience with life science consulting work in rare disease.
• Familiarity with the biopharma industry.
• Relevant experience in rare disease via prior project work or disease area knowledge.
• Prior experience in strategy/management consulting in the biopharma industry, with roles of increasing responsibility.
• 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 a team-based environment.
• Strong understanding of the latest developments and trends in the rare disease space, key competitive dynamics, and unmet medical needs.

Benefits

• 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.
  • 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.