Senior Manager, Competitive Intelligence

General Summary 

The Senior Manager of Competitive Intelligence is a key contributor to competitive planning efforts that shape the company’s commercial and development strategies. This individual will be a crucial strategic thought partner to key internal stakeholders throughout the organization. This individual will be responsible for leading and managing primary and secondary competitive intelligence activities and will work closely with multiple cross-functional teams. This individual will also lead and support strategy analyses in support of cross-functional teams including commercial, clinical, IR and business development.  

RESPONSIBILITIES: 

Competitive Intelligence: 70% of TIME 

• Define and lead CI processes that meet the evolving needs of cross-functional stakeholders. Proactively anticipate competitive milestones and evolving industry dynamics. 
• Organize CI activities, including scoping and overseeing vendor support as appropriate. 
• Lead planning for key industry, medical, and broker conferences  
• Define yearly schedule and drive working team preparedness  
• Attend key scientific congresses and summarize key insights from a scientific perspective focusing on novel treatment paradigms, mechanisms of action, and clinical trial landscape.
• Communicates conference coverage insights (oversees which meetings to attend, which presentations to flag, drives CI writeups)
• Cover competitor earnings and key investor calls, providing summaries of key metrics and implications in a timely manner
• Consistently and effectively communicates with key stakeholders to inform on timely alerts (e.g. clinical data releases, product approvals/failures) and landscape updates with commercial implications
• Develop and maintain accessible competitive summaries and analyses across the portfolio
• Lead  and manage the collection and analysis of information from other teams at 4DMT (Clinical, IR)
• Proactively anticipate cross-functional needs
• Take the initiative to partner with peers across business functions to gather and analyze data
• Achieve visibility across teams within the company
• Generate reports, dashboards and analyses for company executives to  support strategic decision making, including portfolio and pipeline management and business development activities 

Strategy Analysis: 30% of TIME 

• Support insight generation and competitive scenarios to aid with forecast models and strategic plans, including risks and opportunities, and alternate scenarios 
• Research relevant and emerging technologies of interest and understanding the impact on our business 
• Translate data and information into compelling insights and recommendations. Effectively communicate insights and lead meetings with commercial leaders and other cross functional business partners 
• Lead and support analytics required to generate and triangulate insights across data sources, including primary market research, secondary literature and other data sources, as available 
• Other duties as assigned, nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time 

QUALIFICATIONS: 

 Education: 

• Advanced degree in a relevant life science discipline. 

Experience: 

• Minimum of 2-3 years work experience, preferably with specific biopharma competitive intelligence responsibilities and/or with a life science consulting firm. 
• Demonstrated understanding of the pharmaceutical product development lifecycle 
• Prior knowledge about the workings of clinical trials 
• Understanding of biotech market 
• Knowledge of biology behind disease manifestations 
• Demonstrated excellence in communication as related to writing, analysis and presentation 
• Experience with primary intelligence and secondary data sources is highly desirable 
•  Expertise in ophthalmology and/or gene therapy is preferred 

 Skills 

• Advanced or Expert level in Microsoft Office: Excel, Powerpoint, Word, Outlook  
• Qualitative and quantitative databases and analysis 
• Project oriented (have full autonomy over specific topics and job duties)  
• Analytical mindset 
• Growth mindset, flexible to take on new assignments in a dynamic environment 

Base salary compensation range:

Bay Area Range: $150,000/yr - $190,000/yr

National Range: $131,000/yr - $167,000/yr

Please note that compensation varies based on a variety of factors including experience, location, etc.