Competitive Intelligence Manager

CVRM team

Hays Life Sciences is now looking to recruit a 50% FTE Competitive Intelligence Manager to work with the CVRM team for 3-month contract assignment at AstraZeneca in Gothenburg.

Are you a curious about Competitive Intelligence (CI)? Do you want to play a key role in making sure our analyses and insights will be transformed into product strategies delivering real value for patients? Then this position might be the one for you!

At AstraZeneca, we work at the cutting edge of science to develop the ground-breaking medicines of the future - here we do things that have never been done before. We put patients first and strive to meet their unmet needs worldwide.

We are now looking to recruit a Competitive Intelligence Manager with disease area experience in CVRM (cardiovascular, renal and metabolic) to support our CI activities.

At the Competitive Intelligence (CI) Function we use a variety of tools and capabilities to get to the insights that matter to help the business to understand the competitive environment and with it, the opportunities as well as challenges. In this role, you will analyse and develop insights on competitor activities to support our portfolio from early discovery up to Phase 3 across the CVRM therapy areas and modalities. We work in partnerships externally and internally to deliver sound insights to support strategic/business decisions.

We are looking for someone who embraces change, shows initiative, flexibility and willingness to learn. This is an exciting opportunity to gain experience in competitive intelligence to support a range of projects and strategies across the CVRM therapeutic areas.

What you'll do

* Perform searches and analyses on competitor activities for strategic/business decision making
* Provide insights and direction to Early CVRM project teams, based on understanding of the competitor environment
* Manage a portfolio of CI projects and represent the group in cross-functional project teams
* Contribute to the development of tools, best practice and knowledge sharing in CI
* Coordinate and ensure analysis requests to third party vendors are executed
* Monitor competitor activities at major congresses, delivering alerts during congresses and post-congress reports of key takeaways

Essential for the role

* Master's degree or PhD in Life Sciences
* 5+ years' experience in pharmaceutical industry
* Good understanding of the CVRM disease area
* Pharma specific knowledge/background
* Research and analytics experience
* Strong verbal and written communication skills

Desirable for the role

* Knowledge of the CVRM indication area
* Prior, direct competitive intelligence experience desirable

Why AstraZeneca?
Our Gothenburg site is one of AstraZeneca's three strategic R&D centers. With more than 2,400 employees from over than 50 countries, our vibrant Gothenburg site is a truly inspiring place to work. Here, the history and future of scientific breakthrough come together. We believe that the diversity of our people is crucial to bringing new discoveries to life.