Competitive Intelligence Manager

Date: Nov 17, 2024

Department: Strategy, Sustainability & Growth

Job Type: Direct Employee

Team: Mktg, Market Access, Bus. Excellence & Med. Affair

Contract Type: Permanent

Location:

Parma, IT

About us

Based in Parma, Italy, Chiesi is an international research-focused pharmaceutical and healthcare group with over 85 years’ experience, operating in 31 countries with more than 7,000 employees (Chiesi Group). To achieve its mission of improving people’s quality of life by acting responsibly towards society and the environment, the Group researches, develops and markets innovative drugs in its main therapeutic areas: Discover more here

We are proud to to have been awarded with B Corp Certification, a recognition of high social and environmental standards. We are a reliable company that adopts and promotes a transparent and ethical behavior at all levels.

We believe that the success of Chiesi is built and shaped by our people and our strong set of shared Values and Behaviors. Our people make a critical difference to our success, which is why it is vital that we attract and retain the right talent who will continue to enrich our culture by living and breathing our values and behaviors.

We are committed to embrace diversity, inclusion and equal opportunities. In fact, we are a global family made up of different cultures, different genders, generations, ethnicities, abilities, sexual identities and many other enriching diversities.

Chiesi Corporate Functions

These are the functions supporting the business at a Corporate Level:

Global HR
Global Finance, Procurement & IT
Group Legal & Corporate Affairs
Global Communication & External Relations
Transformation
Strategy, Sustainability and Growth (SSG)

Who we are looking for

Purpose

Context
Competitive Intelligence – part of Strategy, Sustainability and Growth Unit – is responsible for monitoring, analyzing and interpreting the competitive landscape of AIR and CARE therapeutic areas and for assessing external competitive environment of areas of interest for Chiesi business by providing insights about opportunities/threats to trigger business decisions.

Purpose
As Competitive Intelligence Manager you will work in a cross-functional and dynamic environment analyzing and interpreting the external landscape and providing actionable strategic insights and compelling recommendations to inform and/or trigger strategic business decisions, enhance commercial operations and support functions’ projects.

Main Responsibilities

The Competitive Intelligence Manager will:

Build robust competitive landscapes by proactively analyzing secondary and primary intelligence sources
Collect, monitor and interpret competitors’ insights with regards to products’ development and life cycle management, organizational capabilities and company’s strategy
Partner closely with global/corporate and local teams (e.g. SSG Unit, AIR & CARE Franchises, R&D, GMD, Affiliates, etc…) to integrate existing knowledge and inputs into the intelligence process and delivery
Provide actionable strategic insights and compelling recommendations ensuring the effective incorporation in the Company’s plans and the delivery to key stakeholders
Collaborate in cross-functional teams to the identification and evaluation of potential in-licensing/external opportunities in several therapeutic areas, indications and/or geographical expansion, providing recommendations on the scenario’s challenges and opportunities
Lead primary intelligence projects partnering with external providers/vendors
Organize and moderate strategic workshops and war games
Gather intelligence at main international congresses by highlighting business/commercial implications
Support the creation of an internal CI newsletter/report and news/updates dissemination with related commercial/business implications
Support Competitive Intelligence capability strengthening, sharing best practices and learnings with the local CI team at affiliate level

Experience Required

5+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry in Consulting or Competitive Intelligence, Market Intelligence, Medical Affairs, Strategy & Insights, Market Access, New Product Planning, Business Development functions.

Education

PhD/Master's Degree in Life Sciences
Master in Business/Marketing will be a plus.

Languages

Fluency in English (both spoken and written)

Technical Skills

Well-rounded knowledge of pharmaceutical drug development, regulatory and IP framework and business/marketing principles
Ability of scientific literature search, review and understanding; knowledge of scientific and market intelligence database (e.g. CT.gov, Cortellis, Citeline, Alphasense) will be considered a plus
Strong analytical skills
Microsoft Office proficiency (Excel, Word, Power Point)
Previous experience in workshop/war games organization and moderation

Soft Skills

Communication skills
Proactiveness
Strategic thinking
Quality orientation
Planning and organizational skills

Location

Flexible solutions can be evisaged with at least 25% travel to the Headquarters in Parma

What we offer

You would join a dynamic, fast-growing, challenging and friendly environment.
In Chiesi we firmly believe that our people are our most valuable asset, that is why we invest in continuous training, learning and development. Therefore, we strive to continuously promote and satisfy development needs, paying particular attention to the quality of our working environment and to collective well-being.
We want our people to come to work happy every day, and we know how important it is to find the right work-life balance in order to be able to give our best. That is why we offer flexible working approach, remote working, support in the relocation process, tax assistance service for foreign colleagues and many other people-care services.