Senior Analyst, Enterprise Competitive Intelligence

IN10 (FCRS = IN010) Novartis Healthcare Private Limited; Hyderabad; Hybrid; INR 2,000,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Job summary

In this role, you will conduct comprehensive Competitive Intelligence analysis at the franchise, brand, and disease-area levels, generating actionable insights to support strategic priorities. You will monitor competitive developments and communicate threats in a timely, proactive manner across CI, medical, commercial and regulatory teams.

You will collaborate with project teams to ensure timely CI deliverables, contribute to scenario planning and strategic discussions, and may mentor junior

Qualifications

• PhD/Master’s in Life Sciences or Pharmacy; business/healthcare analytics qualifications are a plus.
• 5–8 years in Competitive Intelligence or Market Intelligence in pharma/biotech/consulting.

Responsibilities

• Conduct CI analysis at franchise, brand and disease-area levels to generate actionable insights.
• Monitor competitive developments and summarize findings for cross-functional teams.
• Support pre-/post-congress activities and contribute to pipeline and strategy discussions.
• Mentor junior analysts and assist in quality assurance of CI deliverables.

Skills

Competitive Intelligence

Market Intelligence

Data Insights

Market Research

Business Analytics

Digital Marketing

Marketing Planning

Marketing Strategies

Education

PhD or Master's in Life Sciences or Pharmacy

MBA or qualification in healthcare analytics

Job description

Job Description Summary #LI-Hybrid Location: Hyderabad, India

About The Role

In this role you would, conduct comprehensive Competitive Intelligence (CI) analysis at the franchise, brand, and disease area levels, generating actionable insights that support strategic priorities. Support holistic CI surveillance of competitor products, companies, and therapy areas (TAs) of interest. Communicate competitive threats from external factors, such as market trends, competitor activity, and portfolio dynamics, in a timely and proactive manner. Contribute to identifying opportunities across clinical and marketing functions. Collaborate with project teams to ensure alignment and timely execution of CI deliverables.

Job Description Key Responsibilities

• Work with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver business value through secondary research and support primary CI activities.
• Monitor competitive developments using subscribed databases (e.g., ClinicalTrials.gov, TrialTrove) in coordination with CI, Medical, Commercial, and other teams, ensuring adherence to CI communication and compliance standards.
• Track and report competitive intelligence within assigned therapy areas, contributing insights to clinical, commercial, and regulatory strategy discussions.
• Support pre-congress planning (e.g., abstract mining) and post-congress reporting activities.
• Review and summarize materials from primary CI vendors, distilling key takeaways and supporting CI advisors in delivering insights to brand and cross-functional teams.
• Develop strategic implications and communicating findings to internal teams; contribute to ad-hoc projects and internal meetings such as scenario planning, pipeline updates, and LCM planning.
• May mentor junior analysts and contribute to quality assurance of CI deliverables.

Essential Requirements

• Education: PhD/Master’s degree in Life Sciences or Pharmacy. Additional qualifications in business or healthcare analytics are a plus.
• Experience: 5-8 years of experience in Competitive Intelligence, Market Intelligence, Business Analysis, or related roles in the pharmaceutical, biotech, or consulting sectors. (for PhD holders, the expected experience range is 2–5 years.)
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills.

Desirable Requirements

• Ability to work collaboratively within teams and collaborate with cross-functional and global teams.
• Experience in preparing CI deliverables for internal meetings and brand strategy discussions.
• Familiarity with therapy area dynamics, clinical trial design, and commercialization pathways.

Skills Desired

• Brand Management
• Brand Marketing
• Business Analytics
• Competitive Intelligence (CI)
• Continuous Integrations
• Data Insights
• Digital Marketing
• Digital Transformation
• Marketing Communications (MarCom)
• Marketing Planning
• Marketing Strategies
• Market Intelligence
• Market Research
• Media Campaigns
• Process Documentation
• Social Media

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