The CSI Director drives insights at a global level (with a US focus) for pre-clinical to late clinical Oncology assets, providing an objective view of the competitive landscape and emerging trends. This individual will be a strategic partner to the asset strategy teams and influence the overall development of the assets or key mechanisms of interest.
Responsibilities include informing the clinical target product profile, supporting go/no go decisions, tracking safety & efficacy data of competitors, assessing evolution of the standard of care, understanding clinical timelines and competitor status. The CSI team supports key governance decisions at asset milestones and partners with BD and S&E. The individual in this role will have high visibility and opportunities to influence key decisions to support AbbVie’ Oncology pipeline.
Responsibilities:
- Scientific expertise for ease in informing and aligning with clinical and discovery scientists as this role will include evaluation of early development targets, trends and assets
- Develop R&D CI and generate insights across key Oncology indications (including but not limited to SCLC, Neuroendocrine, HNSCC) as well as emerging MOAs (including but not limited to ADC, TCE, in vivo CAR T)
- Rapidly develop functional expertise in new disease-areas and technologies as priorities shift
- Drive and execute the CI plan to embed research and clinical insights across the portfolio of assets; ensure the CI plan is supported by robust methodology and delivered in a timely manner
- Be an influential voice regarding R&D/BD CI within the organization; advise senior management on CI topics and implications for AbbVie
- Create strategic partnerships with internal CI beneficiaries and resources (R&D leadership, TASCs, ASTs, Global Medical Affairs, Discovery Research, Development, Search & Evaluation, Business Development & Acquisitions, PCS, IMABI and APEX)
- Communicate competitive intelligence in a timely and actionable manner, including implications, in a succinct manner
- Advance and coordinate standard CI deliverables (conference coverage, alerts, landscapes, etc.) across the CI team; ensure consistency and create synergies across AbbVie assets by maintaining the same framework for key deliverables
- Develop and maintain a repository of clinical knowledge for each area of interest that will become a reference set of documents (e.g., on SharePoint, proprietary platforms, etc.) to develop strategies
- Act as a CI expert, demonstrating awareness and understanding of appropriate CI applications and key internal and external data/information sources
- Bring innovative methodologies and approaches into the organization
- Build and maintain required CI tools and platforms to enable process efficiency, ease of access and content management
- Effectively deliver against competing priorities in time-sensitive environment
- Work collaboratively across the Competitive Intelligence team, ensuring continued high-performance and collective success
- Manage CI vendors, as necessary
- Operate Competitive Intelligence within AbbVie SOPs and CI policy and highest standard of professional conduct