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Competitive Intelligence (3-5 yrs)
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Written by MBA Jobs
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Monday, 08 March 2010 |
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Job Code: 13435
Location: A global healthcare leader, Novartis has one of the most exciting product
pipelines in the industry today. A pipeline of innovative medicines
brought to life by diverse, talented and performance driven people. All of
which makes us one of the most rewarding employers in our field.
Sr.Analyst : Competitive Intelligence
Job Description
- To Perform data analyses for deriving insights to competitor activities
such as trials, launches, publications, promotion, regulatory and
environmental issues;
- to evaluate impact of these developments on Novartis? clinical/marketing
programs; to ensure recommendations and key findings for further
review/analysis and communicated to the right stakeholders;
- to provide inputs into Clinical Development Plans (CDP) / Lifecycle
Management Study (LCM/BOS)designs, situational analysis and strategic
positioning;
- to provide support to proactively address competitive threats and
optimize opportunities in both clinical and marketing activities;
- to Support Senior Insights Manager in coordinating inputs for
situational analysis, key management presentations and workshops.
MAJOR ACCOUNTABILITIES
- Working closely with global clinical, marketing and CI teams to add
business value through secondary data analysis
- Tracking Competitive developments using multiple Novartis subscribed
databases e.g. ClinicalTrials. gov, TrialTrove, Adis, IMS etc, working in
close collaboration with CI/Clinical/ IPT teams
- Tracking competitive developments in new areas-imaging, biomarkers,
compliance trials etc and report back to Clinical teams, provide input
into adapting clinical trial designs. Present key issues and learnings to
ICT/IPT teams
- Work is differentiated from usual secondary vendors through additional
value in bringing insights into trial designs/recruitment
criteria/implicatio n of meeting primary/secondary endpoints/potential
guideline implications
- Manage Pre-congress planning (via abstract mining) and Post-congress
reporting activities
- Collating materials gathered by the CI vendors, which is then reviewed,
summarised. The key lessons and takeaways are then distilled by CI
advisors with recommendations and insights for the brand and development
teams
- Developing strategic implications of ?traffic-light? news reports,
including applicable team actions; managing communications with the team
and external customers as necessary
- Supporting ad-hoc projects and internal meetings such as Scenario
Planning pre-read preparation, clinical trial/pipeline report updates,
Global Brand Team meeting preparations, brand/ CDP / LCM/BOS plan inputs
etc.
Skills
Desired Profile Educational
- MBA with Pharmacy degree/ MBA with Medical degree with MD / PhD in
Pharmacology
- 3-5 yrs Pharma work experience preferably as a business analyst within
pharma industry and/or in medico-marketing area with strong commercial
interface
- Has sufficient background of key secondary databases, familiarity with
clintrials.gov, participated in new product development and launch plans,
experience of working with global teams.
REQUIRED SKILLS
o Demonstrated understanding of pharmaceutical business from commercial
and clinical development perspectives, good knowledge of global
pharmaceutical environment and challenges
o Strong ability to understand, interpret and present scientific data in
IID disease area(s), especially transplant
o PowerPoint proficiency and business writing skills a must
o Ability to work independently with minimum supervision
o Strong analytical skills to grasp problems (complexity, context etc),
the scope of the solution and effort estimation
o Superior communication ability to ensure that the scope of
projects/initiative s and expectations are commonly understood between
customers and stakeholders
o Good presentation skills, ability to interface with cross-functional
teams on a sound clinical and scientific base.
Gayatri Devi Kuppa
Novartis Healthcare Pvt. Ltd.
Phone: +91 40 67673190
Email : gayatri.kuppa@novartis.com
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