Senior Director, Competitive Intelligence Respiratory & Immunology

Senior Director, Competitive Intelligence Respiratory & Immunology

With relevant Respiratory & Immunology expertise, coupled with sound business judgement, this role leads and executes the Competitive Intelligence strategy across the entire TA to shape future-proofed disease therapy area and product strategies and deliver a sustainably differentiated portfolio.

With responsibility for shaping and leading competitive intelligence activities in the Respiratory & Immunology across the R&D and commercial lifecycle this role:

• Sets the vision and ensures delivery of robust competitive intelligence across all TA activities

• Combines conceptual power and practical judgment, generating powerful insights addressing complex problems facing AstraZeneca

• Builds, motivates and develops a team of competitive intelligence professionals

• Represents the voice of competitive intelligence at senior levels of the TA

• Plays a key role in evolving AstraZeneca’s competitive dynamics with the support of their respective team

What You Will Do

• Establishes strong working relationships across senior leadership to define the range of problems and translate these complex business problems into intelligence hypotheses

• Ensures the competitive intelligence team is aligned to key organisation priorities

• Conducts research, analyses data and derives actionable insights and recommendations that are shared across the TA and with senior leaders to drive high quality, evidence-driven strategic decisions in areas of the highest priority

• Influences TA strategic direction through painting a compelling view of current and future competitor landscape, including applying a full understanding of global issues.

• Responsible for managing and developing a high performing TA aligned competitive intelligence team

• Overall accountability of CI input into governance interactions and specific BD programs along with input into broader TA processes such as TAS, LTP, MTP

• Owning the CI team vision within TA

• Overall accountability for the CI budget within the relevant area including ability to secure ongoing financial contribution and setting expectations and strategy for TA vendor relationships

Who You Are

• Science related degree.

• 10+ years’ experience in pharmaceutical industry.

• Deep expertise in the Immunology field and Respiratory.

• Prior, direct experience of leading a CI (or similar) team covering both R&D and aspects.

• Ability to synthesise and integrate multiple sources of information to provide concise insights and recommendations.

• Ability to deal with ambiguity and objectively challenge and influence senior partners and provide alternate solutions.

• Navigate complex internal relationships with the ability to overcome resistance.

• Ability to build credibility and constructive relationships across senior levels of the organisation.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills with confidence to present to and engage with senior level partners. 

• Demonstrated ability to influence and challenge senior level executives.

Why AstraZeneca?

At AstraZeneca, we are on a journey to bring life-saving medicines to patients. Our role in contributing to decreasing mortality rates globally is clear. We are shaping the future by spotting scientifically-led commercial opportunities and acting now to operationalise and scale them. We are driven by the solutions we bring to the healthcare ecosystem. It powers us to make an impact at every step of the patient journey. We are constantly thinking big to answer new challenges. We push ourselves to start small and scale fast. The pioneers of digital and innovative solutions that have never been seen before.

Ready to join us on this exciting journey? Apply now!

Date Posted

25-Jun-2025

Closing Date

08-Jul-2025Our mission is to build an inclusive and equitable environment. We want people to feel they belong at AstraZeneca and Alexion, starting with our recruitment process. We welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of characteristics. We offer reasonable adjustments/accommodations to help all candidates to perform at their best. If you have a need for any adjustments/accommodations, please complete the section in the application form. ]]>

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