BAI - Competitive Intelligence Senior Manager, Rare Disease

Amgen Inc. (IR); Town of Deerfield (WI); Hybrid; USD 156,000 - 211,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement plan and savings

Medical, dental & vision coverage

Stock-based incentives

Job summary

Amgen Inc. (IR) is seeking a Competitive Intelligence Senior Manager for Rare Disease to lead intelligence gathering, analysis, and synthesis across assets.

You will partner with US and Global Marketing and cross-functional teams to translate intelligence into strategic actions and influence business decisions. The role involves coordinating CI activities at major conferences, managing vendors, and ensuring adherence to CI guidelines while navigating evolving priorities.

Qualifications

• Advanced analytical capabilities to synthesize CI data into actionable insights.
• Strong skills in communicating complex findings clearly to diverse audiences.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Lead intelligence gathering and analysis for Rare Disease assets.
• Synthesize primary and secondary intelligence into strategic insights.
• Present recommendations to senior stakeholders and coordinate CI activities at conferences.
• Manage external vendors and internal CI networks to support projects.

Skills

Analytical skills

Strategic thinking

Presentation skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Doctorate degree

Master’s degree

Bachelor’s degree

Associate’s degree

High school diploma

Job description

Career Category Sales & Marketing Operations Job Description

Join Amgen's Mission of Serving Patients

At Amgen, if you feel like you're part of something bigger, it's because you are. Our shared mission- to serve patients living with serious illnesses- drives all that we do. Since 1980, we've helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world's toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas -Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease- we reach millions of patients each year. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline of medicines to treat cancer, heart disease, inflammatory conditions, rare diseases, and obesity and obesity-related conditions. As a member of the Amgen team, you'll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives. Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you'll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

Competitive Intelligence Senior Manager, Rare Disease

This role serves as the competitive intelligence lead for multiple assets within Amgen's Rare Disease Business Unit, partnering closely with US and Global Marketing and cross-functional stakeholders to monitor the competitive landscape, synthesize primary and secondary intelligence into actionable strategic insights, and communicate implications for the business.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include leading intelligence gathering and analysis, managing external vendors and internal intelligence networks, supporting major medical congresses through intelligence collection and debriefs, facilitating competitive simulations and strategic workshops, presenting recommendations to senior stakeholders, and ensuring all activities are conducted in accordance with Amgen's legal and ethical competitive intelligence standards while balancing multiple evolving priorities.

• Be a strategic thought partner to key collaborators across disease area, brand, corporate, and other cross-functional teams supporting Amgen's Rare Disease Business Unit
• Synthesize information from multiple sources to develop strategic insights and point of view on key competitive developments, implications to Amgen and actions Amgen must take
• Work in a highly cross functional manner and manage changing priorities across several key customers
• Develop productive relationships with Global and Regional teams to define business problems and develop integrated analysis plans based on standard methodologies
• Apply structured problem solving to collect, analyze and report CI, incorporating primary and secondary data sources to generate meaningful insights
• Articulate and educate customers on the relevant impact of changing market dynamics to their business from a CI perspective
• Organize and facilitate strategic exercises & competitive simulations to generate competitive insights and company plans
• Coordinate and facilitate CI collection efforts at major medical conferences/congresses
• Identify, evaluate, and implement new technologies and solutions into CI workflows
• Manage a network of primary data sources, including vendors and Amgen employees, to enable effective project delivery
• Learn and advance competitive intelligence capabilities and collaborate with fellow CI leads
• Understand and synthesize CI research findings, maintaining high standards for accuracy, relevance, and quality in deliverables at all times and communicate level of evidence to key partners
• Present on a regular basis in-depth analyses and summaries of results, interpreting and communicating results with recommendations to key stakeholders
• Attend and support CI debrief activities at key congresses
• Abide by and strictly enforce Amgen's CI Legal and Ethical Guidelines with internal colleagues and agencies

Some travel (15-20%) required

What we expect of you

Basic Qualifications:

• Doctorate degree and 2 years of analytics, consulting and/or competitive intelligence experience
• Master’s degree and 4 years of analytics, consulting and/or competitive intelligence experience
• Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of analytics, consulting and/or competitive intelligence experience
• Associate’s degree and 10 years of analytics, consulting and/or competitive intelligence experience
• High school diploma / GED and 12 years of analytics, consulting and/or competitive intelligence experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced degree (PhD/PharmD/MBA) with a focus on life sciences and business
• Experience with in Life science consulting work in rare disease
• Familiarity with biopharma industry
• Relevant experience in rare disease via prior project work, disease area knowledge
• Prior experience in strategy/management consulting in the biopharma industry, roles of increasing responsibility
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically and analyze data to support critical business decisions
• Excellent oral, written, and presentation skills—able to explain complex concepts clearly to a variety of audiences
• Evident project management skills—able to manage multiple, simultaneous projects and data sources
• Demonstrated analytical skills—understands the advantages and limits of different analytical approaches and studies
• Ability to work collaboratively in team-based environment
• Strong understanding of the latest developments and trends in the rare disease space, key competitive dynamics and unmet medical needs

What you can expect of us

• A comprehensive employee benefits package, including a Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions, group medical, dental and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts
• A discretionary annual bonus program, or for field sales representatives, a sales-based incentive plan
• Stock-based long-term incentives
• Award-winning time-off plans
• Flexible work models where possible

In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan, based on eligibility, comprising of health and welfare plans for staff and eligible dependents, financial plans with opportunities to save towards retirement or other goals, work/life balance, and career development opportunities that may include:

Salary & Benefits

Salary Range 155,747.20USD -210,716.80 USD

Location

Amgen facilitates remote/hybrid/office locations; see the Work Location Type in the job posting to see if this applies.

Application Deadline

Application deadline: Amgen does not have an application deadline for this position; we will continue accepting applications until we receive a sufficient number or select a candidate for the position.

Sponsorship & Eligibility

Sponsorship for this role is not guaranteed. As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world, Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of diverse, ethical, committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other and live the Amgen values to continue advancing science to serve patients. Together, we compete in the fight against serious disease. Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by applicable law. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

EEO/DEI Statement

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients.

Company Overview

Amgen is committed to unlocking the potential of biology for patients suffering from serious illnesses by discovering, developing, manufacturing and delivering innovative human therapeutics. This approach begins by using tools like advanced human genetics to unravel the complexities of disease and understand the fundamentals of human biology. Amgen focuses on areas of high unmet medical need and leverages its biologics manufacturing expertise to strive for solutions that improve health outcomes and dramatically improve people's lives. A biotechnology pioneer since 1980, Amgen has grown to be one of the world's leading independent biotechnology companies, has reached millions of patients around the world and is developing a pipeline of medicines with breakaway potential. For more information, visit www.amgen.com and follow us on www.twitter.com/amgen