Senior Manager, Competitive Intelligence, Portfolio Analytics

Bristol Myers Squibb EU Policy; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Bristol Myers Squibb EU Policy in Hyderabad seeks a Senior Manager of Competitive Intelligence to lead end‑to‑end CI delivery for global pipeline and in‑market assets. The role blends strategic, hands‑on intelligence with team leadership across clinical, regulatory, scientific, and commercial domains.

You will partner with Business Development, Commercial, Medical, and R&D stakeholders to translate intelligence into actionable recommendations while managing a CI team in a complex global matrix

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s in a life sciences, pharmacy, or quantitative discipline (MBA or advanced scientific degree – PhD/PharmD – preferred).
• 13+ years of experience in pharmaceutical/biotech competitive intelligence, market intelligence, strategy, or related functions, including team leadership experience.
• Proven track record supporting global commercial, medical, and R&D stakeholders.
• Experience interacting with and influencing senior leadership – understanding, anticipating, and fulfilling their insight and analytical requirements.
• Deep understanding of therapeutic area landscapes, drug development, commercialization, lifecycle management.
• Hands-on experience utilizing leading pharmaceutical intelligence, commercial, and clinical datasets (e.g. Citeline, Evaluate, GlobalData, IQVIA) and public sources including SEC filings, publications, clinical trial registries, and patent databases.
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills; familiarity with visualization tools (e.g. Power BI, Tableau) is a plus.
• Experience operating successfully in a global matrix organization.

Responsibilities

• Partner with global CI leads and Strategy/Commercial/franchise teams to define Key Intelligence Topics and Questions (KITs & KIQs); prioritize the CI agenda across therapeutic areas and translate business questions into structured research plans.
• Lead hypothesis‑driven primary and secondary research across clinical, regulatory, scientific, and commercial domains to address critical business questions and intelligence gaps.
• Lead proactive monitoring of competitor pipelines, clinical milestones, regulatory developments, label changes, BD activity, and patent/IP developments to deliver timely intelligence and strategic implications.
• Drive pre‑conference framing, on‑site intelligence capture, and post‑congress synthesis for key scientific and medical meetings; debrief internal stakeholders with clear strategic and business implications.
• Design and facilitate competitive response modelling, competitive strategy simulations, and scenario workshops to stress‑test strategy across evolving competitive landscapes.
• Develop executive‑ready insights, competitive assessments, strategic implications, and decision‑support materials for senior leadership and governance forums, ensuring accuracy and on‑time delivery.
• Lead, coach, and mentor a team of CI analysts; allocate work, manage competing priorities, ensure on‑time delivery, and contribute to talent planning, performance reviews, and year‑end assessments.
• Serve as a trusted strategic thought partner to Commercial, Medical, R&D, Business Development, and CI stakeholders, influencing key decisions through timely and actionable competitive insights.
• Build and scale CI capabilities, frameworks, methodologies, and knowledge repositories while championing best practices, AI‑enabled approaches, and advanced analytics to enhance intelligence generation, delivery, and business impact.

Job description

Working with Us

Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those aren’t words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. You’ll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams. Take your career farther than you thought possible.

Summary

Senior Manager, Competitive Intelligence (CI), responsible for leading end-to-end CI delivery from the BMS Hyderabad Hub to support global pipeline and in-market assets. This role combines strategic hands‑on intelligence leadership with people management responsibilities, requiring both individual contribution and team leadership. The role drives competitive strategy through primary and secondary intelligence, competitor monitoring, congress insights, and strategic simulation exercises. Partners closely with Business Development, Commercial, Medical, and R&D stakeholders to translate competitive and scientific intelligence into actionable business recommendations. Requires deep pharmaceutical CI expertise, strong leadership capabilities, stakeholder influence, and the ability to operate effectively in a complex global matrix environment.

Roles And Responsibilities

• Partner with global CI leads and Strategy/Commercial/franchise teams to define Key Intelligence Topics and Questions (KITs & KIQs); prioritize the CI agenda across therapeutic areas and translate business questions into structured research plans.
• Lead hypothesis‑driven primary and secondary research across clinical, regulatory, scientific, and commercial domains to address critical business questions and intelligence gaps.
• Lead proactive monitoring of competitor pipelines, clinical milestones, regulatory developments, label changes, BD activity, and patent/IP developments to deliver timely intelligence and strategic implications.
• Drive pre‑conference framing, on‑site intelligence capture, and post‑congress synthesis for key scientific and medical meetings; debrief internal stakeholders with clear strategic and business implications.
• Design and facilitate competitive response modelling, competitive strategy simulations, and scenario workshops to stress‑test strategy across evolving competitive landscapes.
• Develop executive‑ready insights, competitive assessments, strategic implications, and decision‑support materials for senior leadership and governance forums, ensuring accuracy and on‑time delivery.
• Lead, coach, and mentor a team of CI analysts; allocate work, manage competing priorities, ensure on‑time delivery, and contribute to talent planning, performance reviews, and year‑end assessments.
• Serve as a trusted strategic thought partner to Commercial, Medical, R&D, Business Development, and CI stakeholders, influencing key decisions through timely and actionable competitive insights.
• Build and scale CI capabilities, frameworks, methodologies, and knowledge repositories while championing best practices, AI‑enabled approaches, and advanced analytics to enhance intelligence generation, delivery, and business impact.

Skills And Competencies

• Strong strategic thinking, analytical synthesis, and CI expertise, with a proven track record supporting decision‑making in a pharmaceutical MNC or GCC environment.
• Deep understanding of pharmaceutical R&D, clinical development, regulatory pathways, commercialization, and lifecycle management.
• Strong verbal/written communication and executive presence, with the ability to influence senior and global leadership.
• Demonstrated people leadership and project management skills, with the ability to lead diverse teams and successfully manage multiple strategic priorities.
• Strong problem‑solving skills and business acumen, identifying key findings from disparate data sources to drive recommendations.
• Ability to operate and influence cross‑functionally in a global matrix organization.

Experience

• Bachelor’s or master’s in a life sciences, pharmacy, or quantitative discipline (MBA or advanced scientific degree – PhD/PharmD – preferred).
• 13+ years of experience in pharmaceutical/biotech competitive intelligence, market intelligence, strategy, or related functions, including team leadership experience.
• Proven track record supporting global commercial, medical, and R&D stakeholders.
• Experience interacting with and influencing senior leadership – understanding, anticipating, and fulfilling their insight and analytical requirements.
• Deep understanding of therapeutic area landscapes, drug development, commercialization, lifecycle management, and business development.
• Hands‑on experience utilizing leading pharmaceutical intelligence, commercial, and clinical datasets (e.g. Citeline, Evaluate, GlobalData, IQVIA) and public sources including SEC filings, publications, clinical trial registries, and patent databases.
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills; familiarity with visualization tools (e.g. Power BI, Tableau) is a plus.
• Experience operating successfully in a global matrix organization.

If you come across a role that intrigues you but doesn’t perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be one step away from work that will transform your life and career.

Uniquely Interesting Work, Life‑changing Careers

With a single vision as inspiring as “Transforming patients’ lives through science™ ”, every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary. Each of us is empowered to apply our individual talents and unique perspectives in a supportive culture, promoting global participation in clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.

On-site Protocol

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