Senior Competitive Intelligence Associate, Inflammation

Amgen

Competitive Intelligence Senior Associate gathering and analyzing competitive insights for Amgen’s Inflammation Business Unit. Collaborating with marketing teams to support biopharmaceutical strategies and decision-making.

Posted 6/26/2026full-timeThousand Oaks • California, Illinois • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $86,928 - $117,609 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Synthesize information from multiple sources to develop strategic insights and point of view on key competitive developments, implications to Amgen and actions Amgen must take.
Work in a highly cross functional manner and manage changing priorities across several key customers.
Develop productive relationships with global Product Teams to define business problems and develop coordinated analysis plans based on best practice methodologies.
Apply structured problem solving to collect, analyze and report CI, incorporating primary and secondary data sources to generate concrete insights.
Articulate and educate customers on the relevant impact of changing market dynamics (i.e. reimbursement environment, pharmaceutical/biotechnology regulations, general environmental factors, etc.) to their business from a CI perspective.
Organize and facilitate strategic exercises & competitive simulations to generate competitive insights and company plans.
Coordinate and facilitate CI collection efforts at major medical conferences/congresses.
Manage a network of primary data sources, including vendors and Amgen employees, to enable effective project implementation.
Assess the reliability of CI research findings, maintaining high standards for accuracy, relevance, and quality in deliverables at all times and communicate level of evidence to partners.
Present on a regular basis in-depth analyses and summaries of results, interpreting and communicating results with recommendations to brand/business partners.
Educate the value and importance of CI to new employees (sales, RML, BAI, marketing) and maintain a strong position of coaching/promoting CI through daily efforts.
Work to grow competitive intelligence/strategy to support other functions in the organization.
Some travel (15-20%) may be required.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Master’s degree OR Bachelor’s degree and 2 years of consulting/competitive intelligence/biopharma experience OR Associate’s degree and 6 years of consulting/competitive intelligence/biopharma experience OR High school diploma / GED and 8 years of consulting/competitive intelligence/biopharma experience
Prior competitive intelligence/biopharma experience in the commercial setting
Business savvy skills
Strong client service orientation
Flexible and creative problem-solving skills
High-energy, self-motivated, and organized
Understanding of basic pharmaceutical/biotechnology marketing concepts
Prior management consulting or pharmaceutical consulting experience
Demonstrated ability to think strategically and analyze data to support key business decisions
Excellent oral, written, and presentation skills—able to explain complex concepts clearly to a variety of audiences
Project management skills—able to balance multiple, simultaneous projects and data sources
Demonstrated analytical skills—understands the advantages and limits of different analytical approaches and studies
Ability to work collaboratively in team-based environment; Ability to establish/maintain effective working relationships
Strong understanding of the latest developments in the biopharmaceutical industry, unmet medical needs and opportunities in the assigned therapeutic area
Broad, working knowledge of commonly used biopharmaceutical industry databases
Understanding of at least one other functional area in BAI (market research, forecasting, marketing analysis)
Advanced degree (PhD/PharmD/MBA/MS/MA) with either Life Science focus
Experience in insights generation for the biopharmaceutical (or other healthcare) industries.

Benefits

Comp & perks

A comprehensive employee benefits package, including a Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions
group medical, dental and vision coverage
life and disability insurance
flexible spending accounts
A discretionary annual bonus program, or for field sales representatives, a sales-based incentive plan
Stock-based long-term incentives
Award-winning time-off plans
Flexible work models where possible.

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Hard Skills & Tools

competitive intelligencebiopharma experiencedata analysisproject managementstrategic insightsmarket researchforecastingmarketing analysisanalytical skillsbiopharmaceutical industry databases

Soft Skills

client service orientationflexible problem-solvingself-motivatedorganizedstrategic thinkingoral communicationwritten communicationpresentation skillscollaborative teamworkrelationship building

Certifications

Master’s degreeBachelor’s degreeAssociate’s degreePhDPharmDMBAMSMA