Competitive Intelligence Director – New Technology (Early R&D)

Do you have a passion for influencing global strategies with deep insights extracted from a strategic understanding of the competitive environment? AstraZeneca invites you to join a leading force in biopharmaceutical innovation, where your ideas will contribute to life-changing medicines.

About AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca is at the forefront of the pharmaceutical industry, driven by one imperative: to transform ideas into life-changing medicines. Our commitment to "following the science" is not just a slogan but a comprehensive strategy that propels us toward breakthroughs in therapy and patient care. We boast a diverse and potent pipeline designed to tackle some of the world’s most pressing health challenges through innovative new assets and modalities that redefine treatment paradigms.

Beyond traditional therapeutics, AstraZeneca is passionately investing in the advancements of data and AI to reshape both the scientific landscape and our operational methodologies. These pioneering technologies allow us to develop smarter, faster approaches to drug discovery and development—enhancing our ability to make informed decisions and accelerate delivery of high-quality medicines.

By joining AstraZeneca, you will be part of a collaborative, purpose-driven team that values curiosity and creativity, encouraging ground breaking work that significantly impacts science and medicine globally.

We are seeking an experienced Competitive Intelligence Director – New Technology (Early R&D) who is passionate about to join AstraZeneca’s R&D Strategy group. AstraZeneca has grown to be a leader in innovation by building a world-class R&D unit with strong foundations across multiple scientific and technologic platforms. We aim to expand our leadership by identifying and leveraging cutting edge external technologies and platforms that will support our capacity to pioneer the race to scientific innovation and will impact patient’s’ lives.

What You Will Do

• Identify the new transforming technologies that we unveil future leading MoA and assets for next decade

• Identify the future cutting edge engineering technologies that will support new targets identification, target delivery and assets manufacturing

• Play an important role in strategic-decision making by providing early insights/ opportunities for early R&D technology innovation

• Point of reference for active scouting emerging/ breakthrough technology trends in early R&D, through a deep and continuous monitoring and understanding of the cutting edge scientific innovation (databases, communications, congresses, biotech ecosystem)

• Co-ordinates, prioritizes and conducts secondary research, analyses data and derive actionable insights

• Leverages his or her strong written and oral communication skills to develop and share CI insights and recommendations that drive strategic decisions

• TA agnostic, focuses on discovery and early development

• Leverages executive VC/investor/industry network to gather CI and inform strategy

• Establishes strong working relationships with R&D leadership across Discovery Science, Biological sciences and Cell therapy divisions to define the range of problems and translate these complex business problems into intelligence hypotheses

• Develop a solid network of scientific experts internally and externally, allowing to bridge internal scientific priorities and challenges with the latest trends of external innovation

• Prioritizes and designs research and analytical plans aligning with the CI information lead on knowledge capture

• Conducts research, analyses data and derives actionable insights and recommendations that are shared with R&D division leadership, strategy and BD&L teams to drive high quality, evidence-driven strategic decisions

• Responsible for proactively flagging key trigger events in the competitive landscape and driving work on potential implications for AZ

• Communicates efficiently synthetic outcomes of complex/comprehensive CI reports

• Responsible for the management of specific elements of CI budget and TA vendor relationships

Who You Are

• PhD in Life sciences/ medicine

• Prior experience working directly with senior executives.

• Established network within VC investing community and key innovation centres – healthcare focused

• Prior, direct experience in scouting breakthrough trends/ emerging technology disruptors in pharma/biotech HC sector

• Research and analytics experience

• Experience of Competitive Intelligence

• A strong background of building successful internal/external partnership and collaborative relationships, demonstrating cultural sensitivity and awareness.

• Demonstrated ability to lead and influence experienced professionals,

• Strong ability to build trust-based relationships and foster collaboration without enforcing territorial boundaries, serving as a catalyst and enabler.

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

• Ability to think critically, creatively and to anticipate and solve problems.

• Collaborative Leadership: proactive leader capable of leading cross-functional efforts, cultivating a culture of open exchange to enhance strategic outcomes.

• Service oriented, self-motivated, curious and results-oriented

• Agility and capacity to navigate and be successful in a fast-paced, highly-matrixed work environment.

Why Join AstraZeneca?

At AstraZeneca, we recognize the importance of identifying and capturing the best assets and trends emerging from this key market. As part of our Global Strategy Team, you'll play a crucial role in redefining pharmaceutical competition by leveraging deep cultural and scientific insights to drive global success. Embrace the opportunity to innovate, pioneer new methods, and join diverse teams in shaping the future.

Ready to Influence and Innovate?

If you're driven to make a substantial impact with your expertise in competitive intelligence and have a passion for understanding the intricacies of the Chinese market, join our journey to transform patient outcomes worldwide. Apply today to become part of the exciting AstraZeneca community!

AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorisation and employment eligibility verification requirements.