Takeda · 4 days ago
Associate Director, Scientific & Competitive Analysis, Global Oncology
Boston, MA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$154K/yr - $241K/yr
7+ years expTakeda is a global pharmaceutical company focused on transforming patient care. The Associate Director, Scientific & Competitive Analysis, Global Oncology will serve as a strategic partner, providing competitive analysis and insights to support brand strategies and clinical development within the oncology domain.
BiotechnologyHealth CareManufacturingMedicalPharmaceutical
Responsibilities
Engage consultative influence
Create cross-source insights, recommendations and alignment for action
Develop competitive landscape analysis, business need understanding, knowledge gap identification, primary and/or secondary CI to fill prioritized gaps
Communicate those integrated insights to relevant stakeholders across Takeda with urgency
Leverage data and specialty expertise in Competitive Intelligence external analysis, with internal market planning, business development, strategic or tactical work streams for long-term and short-term impact
Proactively identifies strategic and tactical CI needs of brands and pipeline, establishing both long-range and short-term business impact
Collaboratively prioritizes and builds a CI plan (KITs, KIQs), integrated with primary market research, analytics and cross-functional teams
Lead the coordination, planning and execution of competitive coverage at assigned conferences
Provide brand partners with actionable intelligence about the competitive environment with a focus on opportunities and threats that could impact Takeda's portfolio
Contribute to the development and/or assessment of new products and services to be offered by Scientific & Competitive Analysis
Work to continually improve the business processes of the Scientific & Competitive Analysis team and of key customer groups
Ensures that Global CI assumptions are consistent across functions as well as regions. Where assumptions differ, understand the reasons for the differences and communicates them clearly
Work closely with US and ex-US based market insights and forecasting colleagues to ensure cohesive and aligned contributions to strategic decisions and planning
Plan and facilitate key Competitor Workshops (War Games, Gap Analysis, Scenario Planning) within Oncology Business Unit to prepare teams for future potential competitor threats
Take a leadership role in defining and executing the necessary competitive intelligence activities required to generate insights that support global clinical development and commercialization of Takeda Oncology's current portfolio as well as future business development
Creates and communicates to stakeholders a summary of key competitor events impacting Takeda business, CI activities to address these competitor threats as well as CI activities to support and aligned with forecasting process and feeding into market research activities
Proactively develops and implements new and innovative solutions to meet business needs and resolve business issues
Develops, implements, and maintains project management of CI projects
Build internal stakeholder relationships from a variety of groups (i.e. commercial, medical affairs, patient value and patient access, R&D, corporate communication, patient advocacy)
Additional duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
BS in a life science; plus MS/MBA/PhD or equivalent, 7+ years of experience in the healthcare industry with exposure to pharmaceutical product development
Sound knowledge of primary and secondary research methodologies and of information resources pertinent to the industry
Sound knowledge of competitive intelligence techniques
Very strong verbal presentation, analytical, and critical thinking skills are essential
Advanced understanding of CI processes, methods, industry ethics and compliance as well as bench strengths in CI execution for strategic-to-tactical recommendations
Advanced knowledge of best practices and leadership in specialty pharmaceutical commercial business operations, and the use of CI to drive decision-making in commercial strategy and tactics to achieve a leadership position
Demonstrated leadership in synthesis of primary and secondary CI, forecasting impact, competitive intelligence and data management to advise the development, execution and monitoring of specialty pharmaceutical leadership status
Proven ability to negotiate and influence in a consultative role
Proactive ability to effectively monitor competitive activity, predict probable issues and problem solve (scenario planning)
Proven consultative influence, communication and presentation skills – organizational, written and verbal
Expertise in CI research methods as they pertain to integration with specialty pharmaceutical data sources for strategic recommendations
History of managing multiple tasks of varied complexity simultaneously
Able to delegate effectively
Proven advanced skills in utilizing Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, and Word
Benefits
Short-term and/ or long-term incentives
Medical, dental, vision insurance
401(k) plan and company match
Short-term and long-term disability coverage
Basic life insurance
Tuition reimbursement program
Paid volunteer time off
Company holidays
Well-being benefits
Up to 80 hours of sick time
Up to 120 hours of paid vacation
Company
Takeda
Takeda is a biopharmaceutical company that researches and develops pharmaceutical drugs.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.46B2025-06-27Post Ipo Debt· $2.4B
2016-09-01Grant· $19.8M
2016-05-08Grant· $38M
Leadership Team
Christophe Weber
President and CEO
Schuyler Fairfield
Senior Vice President, Global Head of Supply Chain
Recent News
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