Associate Director, Corporate Strategy & Competitive Intelligence

Legend Biotech is seeking an Associate Director, Corporate Strategy & Competitive Intelligence as part of the Commercial team based in Somerset, NJ.

Role Overview

The Associate Director of Competitive Intelligence (CI) will serve as a strategic thought partner responsible for generating actionable insights that inform decision-making across R&D, commercial, and corporate strategy functions. This individual will lead proactive and on-demand strategic initiatives, including internal KPI management, CI monitoring, landscape assessments, early signal detection, conference surveillance, and strategic analysis that supports pipeline development, lifecycle management, and long-term planning. The ideal candidate is a highly analytical, collaborative, and business-oriented professional with strong communication skills and a deep understanding of the biopharmaceutical landscape.

Key Responsibilities

• Conducting value stream mapping to identify inefficiencies and areas for improvement.
• Developing, implementing, and sustaining lean transformation strategies aligned with business objectives.
• Establishing and monitoring KPIs to track continuous improvement efforts.
• Collaborating with leadership to prioritize improvement opportunities and allocate resources.
• Lead competitive intelligence activities across assigned therapeutic areas, platforms, and/or programs, delivering high-quality, actionable insights to senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders
• Monitor competitors pipelines, clinical data, regulatory actions, collaborations, and market events to identify emerging threats, opportunities, and early signals.
• Monitor new entrants and startup tracking: Monitoring early innovation signals, investments, and disruptive players
• Assist CI partners with end-to-end conference CI planning and execution, including surveillance plans, abstract triage, onsite (or virtual) monitoring, rapid-readouts, and post-conference summaries.
• Build and maintain CI frameworks, KPI dashboards, market landscapes, and tracking systems to support continuous monitoring.
• Assist in managing internally created CI dashboard and in some cases external CI vendors and ensure high-quality deliverables aligned with business needs.
• Serve as collaborator with R&D, commercial, BD, and strategy teams; participate in team meetings and strategic discussions as an insights partner.
• Partner with forecasting, medical affairs, and commercial strategy to ensure cohesive interpretation of external environment dynamics.
• Requires autonomy in making decisions related to day-to-day operations and their technical aspects mostly.

Requirements

• Advanced degree preferred (PhD, PharmD, MD, or Masters in life sciences, business, or related field).
• 5+ years of experience in pharmaceutical/biotech competitive intelligence, strategy, consulting, market research.
• Strong scientific and clinical acumen in relevant therapeutic areas; hematology/oncology/IAI experience preferred (if applicable).
• Relevant certification in Six Sigma (Green Belt/Black Belt) or Lean Management.
• Experience with coding, use of R scripts, python and pivot tables is required.
• Strong analytical and strategic thinking abilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to distill complex information into clear insights.
• Experience with coding, use of R scripts, python and pivot tables is required. Highly proficient in CI methodologies, secondary research, data interpretation, and triangulation.
• Skilled at working in fast-paced, cross-functional environments with tight timelines.
• High integrity and ability to manage sensitive/confidential information.
• Familiarity with CI tools, databases, and information platforms (e.g., Evaluate, Cortellis, Datamonitor, Alphasense, and clinical databases).

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