Competitive Intelligence Senior Associate (Obesity)

Career Category

Sales & Marketing Operations

Job Description

Join our team at AMGEN Capability Center Portugal, number 1 company in Best WorkplacesTM https://www.greatplacetowork.pt/ ranking in Portugal (category 201-500 employees) by the Great Place to Work Institute. We have a team of over 300 talented people and more than 35 different nationalities, diverse areas of expertise and professional experience that are shaping the future of healthcare. This is your chance to explore a world of opportunities in different areas such as Cybersecurity, Data & Analytics, Digital, Technology and Innovation, Finance, General & Admin, Human Resources, Regulatory Affairs and many more. In Lisbon's city center, our AMGEN office fosters innovation, excellence, and inspiration. Come thrive with us at AMGEN, supporting our mission To Serve Patients. What we do at AMGEN matters in people’s lives.

COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE SENIOR ASSOCIATE

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What you will do

The Commercial Intelligence team at Amgen is key business partner that analyzes the competitive landscape, performs research, and provides strategic insight to the business. In this vital role you will lead intelligence gathering activities for US and Global marketing teams to support pipeline obesity assets. You will develop productive relationships with Global and Regional teams to define business problems and develop integrated analysis plans based on standard methodologies.

The individual will need to be a strategic thought partner to key collaborators across disease area, brand, corporate, and other cross-functional teams supporting the corresponding US business units (OBU/IBBU/CBU).

You, as our Competitive Intelligence Senior Associate will have a deep understanding of obesity competition in support of metabolic business units. You will 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. This critical role will deal in a matrix manager environment, reporting to the Executive Director of Commercial Analytics Obesity and US & Global Support Lead at the ACCP.

Other responsibilities include:

• Work in a highly cross functional manner and manage changing priorities across several key customers.

• Apply structured problem solving to collect, analyze and report CI, incorporating primary and secondary data sources to generate meaningful insights.

• Communicate to stakeholders on the relevant impact of changing market dynamics to their business from a CI perspective.

• Facilitate strategic exercises & competitive simulations to generate competitive insights and company plans.

• Facilitate CI collection efforts at major medical conferences/congresses.

• Develop a network of primary data sources, including vendors and Amgen employees, to enable effective project delivery.

• Understand 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 key partners.

• Present 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 colleagues and agencies.

• Some travel (15-20%) required.

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What we expect of you

Our ideal candidate is a strategic team player with a focus on structure and critical thinking. He/she is problem solving, result oriented and has time and process management skills.

Proven experience and skills needed:

• Master’s degree and 3 years of competitive intelligence/consulting/equity research/industry experience

• Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of competitive intelligence/consulting/equity research/industry experience

• University Degree in business, finance, economics, mathematics, healthcare or related field.

• Fluency in English, both in written and oral communication.

• Strong Excel and PowerPoint knowledge

Preferred Requirements:

• Advanced degree (MS/MBA/PhD) with a focus on life sciences and business

• Experience with previous competitive intelligence role through agency and/or biopharma experience