Job Title: Specialist - Competitive Intelligence Career Level - D2

Introduction to Role:

Are you ready to shape the next chapter of our growth story? Join us as a Specialist in Competitive Intelligence and play a key role in overseeing and leading the daily operations of our Competitive Intelligence Team. You will ensure that project goals and objectives are met on time and according to specifications, fostering a collaborative and productive team environment, mentoring team members, and driving continuous improvement in development processes and practices.

Accountabilities:

As a Specialist in Competitive Intelligence, you will be responsible for using data, analytics, and insights to drive decision making that will allow us to tackle some of the worlds greatest health threats. Your deliverables will support planning and decision making across multiple functional areas such as finance, manufacturing, product development, and commercial. You will also drive synergies across the franchise, foster innovation and best practices, and create solutions to bring speed, scale, and shareability to our planning processes.

Essential Skills/Experience:

• Bachelors OR Masters in Life Science
• 8+ years of experience in pharmaceutical product commercial and CI analytics preferably in Respiratory & Inhaled, Cardiovascular Renal Metabolism and / or Vaccines & Immunology
• Demonstrated ability to drive to deadlines, balance competing priorities, and ensure high quality.
• Experienced and well-versed in various secondary sources, company and Financial Sources, clinical trial registries & regulatory sources (Cortellis, Evaluate, DRG, Biomedtracker, AlphaSense, syndicated market research - FirstWord, Spherix)
• Create dashboards to synthesize and visualize key information and enable business decisions.
• Experience of developing and managing dashboards
• An aptitude for problem solving and strategic thinking.
• Ability to synthesize complex information into clear and actionable insights.
• Proven ability to work effectively across all levels of stakeholders and diverse functions.
• Solid understanding of pharmaceutical development, manufacturing, supply chain and marketing functions
• Demonstrated leadership and management in driving innovation and automation leveraging advanced statistical and analytical techniques.

Desirable Skills/Experience:

• 2-6 years of insights (competitive intelligence, market research and/or analytics) experience with demonstrated ability to think strategically in a fast-moving environment.
• Advanced MS-office skills (MS-Excel and MS-PowerPoint)
• Experience in data visualization and reporting tools (like Power BI) is a plus
• Experience with pharmaceutical data sources and CRM data systems (e.g. IQVIA, Symphony, Komodo, Veeva, Salesforce) is a plus
• Project Management and Agile Principles
• Expert knowledge of Excel and proficiency in VBA is a plus.
• Experience in conducting competitive intelligence analysis in global markets.
• Ability to innovate and leverage emerging technologies and methodologies in competitive intelligence.

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. Thats why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn\'t mean were not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world. Why AstraZeneca? Join a team that supports the delivery of life-changing medicines for patients by enabling the rest of the business to run effectively and harness our transformative science. We're on a journey of growth and evolution to find better ways to translate value for the business and our patients. As a multi-cultural team, we are a winning combination of deep process knowledge, business acumen and hard work. We always go the extra mile for the collective good of the team. And with a deep personal connection to our patients, there's nowhere we\'d rather be. Ready to make a difference? Apply now and join us in our mission to create life-changing medicines!