Sr Manager Competitive Intelligence & Market Insights

About the role

The Senior Manager, Market Research & Insights reports into the Global Strategic Insights team at Alcon. This role is responsible for delivering high-impact, decision-ready competitive intelligence that informs enterprise-wide decision-making and go-to-market strategy.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a deep understanding of market conditions, trends, and competitor activity.
• Translate competitive intelligence business questions into analytical problems.
• Manage data collection—both qualitative and quantitative—to identify competitive threats and opportunities.
• Craft compelling storylines based on competitive intelligence findings.
• Define repeatable Competitive Intelligence processes as technology and organizational needs evolve.
• Conduct regular monitoring of market conditions, trends, and competitor activity.
• Provide actionable insights and recommendations to senior business unit stakeholders.
• Collaborate with senior business unit stakeholders to prioritize competitive intelligence needs.
• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration and impactful communication to drive action.
• Demonstrate resilience and adaptability in managing complex systems through change.
• Show strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills to identify critical, actionable insights.
• Achieve operational rigor by meeting weekly deadlines and high expectations.
• Communicate effectively with senior stakeholders and facilitate working sessions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent years of directly related experience (or high school+15 yrs; Assoc.+11 yrs; M.S.+4 yrs; PhD+3 yrs).
• The ability to fluently read, write, understand, and communicate in English.
• Seven years of relevant experience.
• Preferred: Experience in regulated or data-intensive environments (e.g., healthcare, pharma, MedTech, life sciences).
• Proven cross-functional collaboration skills and comfort influencing without authority.
• Experience with CI tools, automated monitoring systems, and/or advanced search (AI) methodologies.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Versatile communication skills, adept at engaging senior stakeholders and facilitating working sessions.

Skills

• Strategic fluency: Connects competitive signals to enterprise implications.
• Resilience and adaptability: Comfortable stewarding complex systems through change.
• Operational rigor: Thrives under weekly deadlines and high expectations.

Benefits

• Health
• Life
• Retail
• Flexible Time Off
• and much more!

Pay

TBD

Schedule

TBD