Associate Director, Competitive Intelligence

Scorpion Therapeutics; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plan with match

Paid time off

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Job summary

Travere Therapeutics is seeking an Associate Director, Competitive Intelligence to generate timely, objective competitive intelligence for strategic decision-making. You will monitor scientific, regulatory, clinical, commercial, and partnership developments related to Travere’s portfolio and prepare insightful reports.

You will lead landscape analyses, asset summaries, and congress planning, while partnering with Commercial, Medical Affairs, Regulatory, and Clinical Development teams to deliver

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in Life Sciences; advanced degree preferred.
• At least 8 years in biotech/pharma/CI or related fields.
• Experience with literature synthesis and competitive analyses.

Responsibilities

• Monitor external developments across multiple domains related to Travere’s portfolio.
• Develop competitive landscape assessments and asset summaries.
• Identify emerging trends and communicate insights to stakeholders.
• Prepare CI reports, summaries, trackers, and updates.
• Lead congress analyses and related planning activities.
• Maintain CI repositories and support cross-functional teams.

Skills

Drug development

Clinical research

Regulatory pathways

Biotech industry knowledge

Analytical thinking

Written & oral communication

Education

Bachelor’s in Life Sciences

Job description

Position Summary

The Associate Director, Competitive Intelligence generates timely, objective, actionable competitive intelligence to support organizational decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Monitor external scientific, clinical, regulatory, commercial, financial, partnership, and competitive developments relevant to Travere’s portfolio.
• Develop and maintain competitive landscape assessments, competitor profiles, asset summaries, clinical trial trackers, timelines, and intelligence resources.
• Identify and communicate significant competitive developments, emerging trends, and industry changes.
• Gather, evaluate, and synthesize information from literature, trial databases, regulatory agencies, congress presentations, disclosures, and other public sources.
• Prepare competitive intelligence reports, presentations, executive summaries, trackers, and recurring updates.
• Lead planning and execution for scientific/medical congresses (pre-, during, and post-congress analyses).
• Maintain intelligence repositories, monitoring systems, and knowledge management resources.
• Partner with Commercial, Medical Affairs, Regulatory Affairs, Clinical Development, Research, and others.
• Respond to ad hoc requests and support cross-functional planning with evidence-based insights.
• Improve CI processes, workflows, templates, and reporting; evaluate AI-enabled tools.
• Manage relationships with external intelligence vendors/consultants; ensure activities follow policies and ethical standards.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Education/Experience Requirements

• Bachelor’s in Life Sciences (advanced degree preferred); equivalent education/experience considered.
• At least 8 years in biotech/pharma/life sciences consulting, competitive intelligence, scientific/medical/commercial strategy, or related.

Additional/Required Skills

• Strong drug development, clinical research, regulatory pathways, commercialization, and biotech industry knowledge.
• Ability to gather/evaluate/synthesize diverse information into clear insights.
• Experience leading CI projects and managing multiple workstreams under time pressure.
• Excellent analytical, writing, verbal, presentation, and organizational skills.
• Ability to communicate complex information to cross-functional stakeholders.
• Ability to travel up to 10% and work onsite in San Diego (not 100% remote).

Preferred Skills/Experience

• Experience in rare disease, nephrology, rare metabolic diseases, or specialty pharmaceuticals.
• CI congress planning/execution; cross-functional support across the drug development lifecycle.
• Experience building competitive landscapes, asset/company profiles, clinical trial trackers, and recurring updates.
• Experience leveraging AI and emerging technologies.

Benefits

• Premium health, financial, work-life/well-being offerings; wellness/support programs; life insurance; disability; retirement plans with match; generous paid time off.

Compensation

Target base pay range: $150,000–$195,000.