Associate Director, Competitive Intelligence

Associate Director, Competitive Intelligence

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio.

Location: Florham Park, NJ, Hybrid (3 fixed days in the office (T,W,TH) /up to 2 days WFH).

Key Responsibilities

Provide objective commercial viewpoint of potential disruptive forces & pending market & competitive drivers, based on in-depth understanding & analysis of pharmaceutical industry dynamics, commercial, clinical, & scientific competitive information.

Lead Competitive Intelligence (CI) strategy within specified therapeutic areas to ensure franchise teams have actionable intelligence by escalating business implications of competitor's activities & disruptive market events & trends to near & long-term strategies.

Drive & execute CI plan by leading collection of CI from secondary sources such as Biomedtracker.

Manage external vendors, & synthesize & disseminating intelligence & associated implications.

Coordinate, plan & execute company-wide CI activities at scientific conferences & consolidate & report back critical findings & implications.

Act as CI expert, demonstrating awareness & understanding of appropriate CI applications & key internal & external data/information sources.

Partner across organization to incorporate clinical, medical, access, & regulatory perspectives that inform CI viewpoint & implications.

Ensure all CI activities are conducted in accordance with financial & ethical compliance guidelines.

Partner with internal team to minimize overlap & optimize CI investment.

Manage competitive intelligence research within agreed upon budgets & timelines.

Qualifications

Must possess a PhD or foreign academic equivalent in Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Business Administration, Pharmaceutical Science or a highly related field of study, & 3 years of competitive intelligence related experience in pharmaceutical or healthcare industry. Alternatively, will accept a Master's Degree or foreign academic equivalent in the Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Business Administration, Pharmaceutical Science, or a highly related field of study, & 6 years of competitive intelligence related experience in pharmaceutical or healthcare industry.

With each educational alternative, must have 3 years of experience in the following: (i) collecting CI from secondary sources such as Biomedtracker; (ii) ensuring all CI activities are conducted in accordance with financial & ethical compliance guidelines; (iii) managing external vendors & synthesizing & disseminating intelligence & associated implications; & (iv) managing competitive intelligence research within agreed upon budgets & timelines. Work experience may be gained concurrently. Employer will accept any suitable combination of education, training, or experience.

Salary Range: $246,438 - $268,500 per year.

AbbVie is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community, and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVie's policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.