Global Competitive Intelligence & Strategy, Senior Manager

We have world-class cross-functional staff across the globe including sales and marketing, regional medical liaisons, oncology nurse specialists and customer account teams to ensure our discoveries go from bench to bedside.

This Competitive Intelligence (CI) team member will lead Competitive Intelligence efforts and initiatives to support the Amgen Global Oncology business unit.

This person will:

Be a strategic thought partner to key stakeholders across disease area, brand, corporate, and other cross-functional teams supporting the Global Oncology 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 best practice methodologies.

Apply structured problem solving to collect, analyze and report CI, incorporating primary and secondary data sources to generate actionable 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 execution.

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 stakeholders.

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 stakeholders and agencies.

Some travel (15-20%) required.

Basic Qualifications

Doctorate degree and 2 years of biopharma consulting, competitive intelligence and/or analytics experience

OR

Master's degree and 4 years of biopharma consulting, competitive intelligence and/or analytics experience

OR

Bachelor's degree and 6 years of biopharma consulting, competitive intelligence and/or analytics 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 industry experience

Relevant experience in oncology 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

Proven track record of influencing key business decisions through thoughtful insights and recommendations

Demonstrated ability to think strategically and analyze data to support key business decisions

Excellent oral, written, and presentation skills-able to explain complex concepts clearly to a variety of audiences

Proven 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 BAI (market research, forecasting, marketing analysis)

Experience in insights generation for the biopharmaceutical (or other healthcare) industries

We understand that to successfully sustain and grow as a global enterprise and deliver for patients - we must ensure a diverse and inclusive work environment.

Our culture is what makes Amgen a special place to work. We have a powerful shared purpose around our mission - to serve patients. We respect one another, recognize contributions, and have embedded collaboration, trust, empowerment and inclusion in all that we do.

We equip all our staff members to live well-rounded, healthy lives. Most recently, Amgen added benefits for transgender employees and continues to pride itself on industry-leading, family-friendly offerings for families of all compositions.

Amgen is committed to unlocking the potential of biology for patients suffering from serious illnesses by discovering, developing, manufacturing and delivering innovative human therapeutics. This approach begins by using tools like advanced human genetics to unravel the complexities of disease and understand the fundamentals of human biology.