Associate Director, Competitive Intelligence

AbbVie; Florham Park (NJ); On-site; USD 246,000 - 269,000; Full time

Job summary

AbbVie in Florham Park, NJ seeks an Associate Director of Competitive Intelligence. Hybrid work with three in-office days and up to two days remote. The role leads CI strategy across therapeutic areas, analyzes market dynamics, coordinates conference activities, and ensures compliance with guidelines.

The candidate will manage CI programs, collaborate with clinical and regulatory teams, and oversee external vendors to deliver actionable insights for franchises.

Qualifications

• PhD or foreign equivalent in a relevant field with CI experience in pharma/healthcare.
• Alternative: Master’s with 6+ years in CI relevant to pharma/healthcare.
• Must have 3 years collecting CI from secondary sources and managing vendors.

Responsibilities

• Provide objective commercial view of disruptive forces and market/competitive drivers.
• Lead CI strategy within therapeutic areas for actionable intelligence.
• Drive CI plan by collecting CI from secondary sources like Biomedtracker.
• Manage external vendors and synthesize intelligence implications.
• Coordinate CI activities at conferences and report critical findings.
• Act as CI expert with knowledge of data sources and CI applications.
• Partner across org to incorporate clinical, medical, access and regulatory perspectives.
• Ensure CI activities comply with financial and ethical guidelines.
• Minimize overlap and optimize CI investment; manage CI budgets and timelines.

Education

PhD in Biochemistry/Biotechnology/Pharmaceutical Science or related field

3 years CI experience (pharmaceutical/healthcare)

Tools

Biomedtracker

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Company Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com . Follow @abbvie on X , Facebook , Instagram , YouTube , LinkedIn and Tik Tok .

Job Description

Associate Director, Competitive Intelligence, AbbVie US LLC, Florham Park, NJ, Hybrid (3 fixed days in the office (T,W,TH) /up to 2 days WFH).

Key Responsibilities

• Provideobjective commercial viewpoint of potential disruptive forces & pending market & competitive drivers, based on in-depth understanding & analysis of pharmaceutical industry dynamics, commercial, clinical, & scientific competitive information.
• Lead Competitive Intelligence (CI) strategy within specified therapeutic areas to ensure franchise teams have actionable intelligence by escalating business implications of competitor’s activities & disruptive market events & trends to near & long-term strategies.
• Drive & execute CI plan by leading collection of CI from secondary sources such as Biomedtracker.
• Manage external vendors, & synthesize & disseminating intelligence & associated implications.
• Coordinate, plan & execute company-wide CI activities at scientific conferences & consolidate & report back critical findings & implications.
• Act as CI expert, demonstrating awareness & understanding of appropriate CI applications & key internal & external data/information sources.
• Partner across organization to incorporate clinical, medical, access, & regulatory perspectives that inform CI viewpoint & implications.
• Ensure all CI activities are conducted in accordance with financial & ethical compliance guidelines.
• Partner with internal team to minimize overlap & optimize CI investment.

Manage competitive intelligence research within agreed upon budgets & timelines.

Qualifications

Education & Experience

Must possess a PhD or foreign academic equivalent in Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Business Administration, Pharmaceutical Science or a highly related field of study, & 3 years of competitive intelligence related experience in pharmaceutical or healthcare industry. Alternatively, will accept a Master's Degree or foreign academic equivalent in the Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Business Administration, Pharmaceutical Science, or a highly related field of study, & 6 years of competitive intelligence related experience in pharmaceutical or healthcare industry.

With each educational alternative, must have 3 years of experience in the following: (i) collecting CI from secondary sources such as Biomedtracker; (ii) ensuring all CI activities are conducted in accordance with financial & ethical compliance guidelines; (iii) managing external vendors & synthesizing & disseminating intelligence & associated implications; & (iv) managing competitive intelligence research within agreed upon budgets & timelines. Work experience may be gained concurrently. Employer will accept any suitable combination of education, training, or experience.

Additional Information

Salary Range:$246,438 - $268,500 per year.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees. This job is eligible to participate in our short-term and long-term incentive programs.

AbbVie is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community, and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

US & Puerto Rico applicants seeking a reasonable accommodation.