Senior Director, Competitive Intelligence & Strategy

neurocrine; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 210,000 - 310,000; Full time

Job summary

Neurocrine Biosciences seeks a Senior Director, Competitive Intelligence to lead the enterprise CI across our commercial portfolio, clinical pipeline, research programs and external innovation activities.

Serves as a strategic advisor to senior and executive leadership, translating complex and rapidly evolving scientific, clinical, regulatory, commercial and competitive information into clear insights that inform corporate strategy, portfolio decisions, business development, R&D strategy and

Responsibilities

• Owns and leads Neurocrine's enterprise competitive intelligence strategy across marketed products, development-stage assets, research programs and emerging areas of strategic interest
• Develops deep competitive landscapes across Neurocrine's therapeutic areas, integrating scientific, clinical, regulatory, commercial, market access and financial perspectives
• Identifies emerging competitors, mechanisms, technologies and market developments before they become consensus, and assess their potential implications for Neurocrine
• Serves as a trusted thought partner to Corporate Strategy, Business Development, R&D, Commercial, Medical Affairs and executive leadership
• Translates complex competitive information into clear strategic implications and recommendations, rather than simply reporting developments
• Develops competitor and asset-level scenarios, including likely clinical-development strategies, regulatory paths, launch timing, positioning, commercial potential and potential competitor responses
• Leads competitive assessments around major catalysts, including clinical readouts, regulatory decisions, medical congresses, product launches, earnings calls and business development transactions
• Develops and maintains competitive landscapes, company profiles, pipeline databases, catalyst calendars and other decision-support tools across the portfolio
• Partners with Business Development and Corporate Strategy on external innovation, transaction evaluations, market landscapes and strategic opportunity assessments
• Partners with R&D teams to understand emerging biology, modalities and development strategies and identify competitive implications early in the research and development lifecycle
• Partners with Commercial and Medical teams to understand evolving standards of care, physician behavior, market dynamics and competitor positioning
• Designs and leads competitive simulations and war-gaming exercises around important clinical, regulatory and commercial events
• Builds an effective system for rapidly communicating material competitive developments to leadership while avoiding information overload
• Builds an AI-native competitive intelligence capability across Neurocrine's entire portfolio, using tools to increase the breadth, speed and depth of competitive analysis
• Uses large language models and other AI-enabled research and analytical tools to synthesize scientific literature, clinical-trial information, regulatory documents, patents, company disclosures, medical-congress data, market research and other s

Job description

Neurocrine Biosciences seeks a Senior Director, Competitive Intelligence to lead the enterprise CI across our commercial portfolio, clinical pipeline, research programs and external innovation activities.

Serves as a strategic advisor to senior and executive leadership, translating complex and rapidly evolving scientific, clinical, regulatory, commercial and competitive information into clear insights that inform corporate strategy, portfolio decisions, business development, R&D strategy and