Job Function
Marketing
Job Sub Function
Strategic Marketing
Job Category
Professional
All Job Posting Locations
Allschwil, Basel-Country, Switzerland; Zug, Switzerland
Job Description
Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine is searching for a Senior Manager, Competitive Intelligence (CI) & Insights – Cardiopulmonary (CP) DAS to be located in Allschwil or Zug, Switzerland.
About Innovative Medicine
Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow. Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.
Eligibility & Requisition
This role is available across multiple countries and may be posted under different requisition numbers to comply with local requirements. Please apply to the specific country that aligns with your preferred location.
United States - Requisition Number: R-072176
Switzerland - Requisition Number: R-074189
Purpose
The Senior Manager, Competitive Intelligence & Insights – Cardiopulmonary Therapeutic Area is a key functional role responsible for shaping pipeline, portfolio, and commercialization decisions through deep competitive understanding across cardiovascular and pulmonary disease areas.
Key Responsibilities
Competitive Landscape Assessment & Strategic Insight
* Lead comprehensive assessment of the global competitive landscape across Cardiopulmonary disease areas, including:
* Competitor pipeline progress, clinical trial designs, timelines, recruitment status, and data readouts
* Gather, interpret and summarize insights from competitor earning reports and investor calls
* Emerging development strategies and go‑to‑market models
* Synthesize competitive intelligence into clear strategic implications, risks, and opportunities for pipeline and in‑market assets
* Develop and communicate actionable recommendations to key stakeholders, ensuring decisions reflect current and future market dynamics
* Lead competitive scenario planning to support pipeline, lifecycle, and investment decisions
Scientific Congress Intelligence & Insight Generation
* Own competitive intelligence strategy for key scientific congresses across Cardiopulmonary therapy areas
* Develop integrated CI plans (playbooks) with defined intelligence objectives, priority competitors, and focus areas
* Lead cross‑functional and cross‑regional debriefs to drive consistent interpretation, insight synthesis, and alignment
* Ensure timely, clear, and impactful dissemination of insights to senior stakeholders
Market Analysis & New Opportunity Exploration
* Monitor emerging science, targets, and mechanisms of action to identify early‑stage competitive and external innovation opportunities
* Conduct competitive due diligence to support early pipeline assessments and Business Development activities
* Translate competitive insights into implications for Target Product Profiles (TPP), lifecycle strategy, forecasting assumptions, and to inform LRFP
* Apply analytical rigor by integrating CI, market research, and secondary data to support data‑driven decision making
Strategic Decision Support & Analytics
* Utilize data, insights, and analytics to create strategic scenarios, option sets, and trade‑off assessments
* Enable faster, more aligned decision making by providing structured competitive perspectives tailored to leadership needs
* Partner with Forecasting, Market Research, and Analytics teams to ensure competitive assumptions are consistent and transparent
Collaboration, Leadership & Stakeholder Management
* Foster strong cross‑functional collaboration across Therapy Area functions, regions, and advanced asset teams
* Act as a trusted CI thought partner to Disease Area and Commercial leadership
* Lead and inspire matrixed teams through regular competitive landscape reviews and forward‑looking insight discussions
* Manage external vendors supporting primary and secondary CI initiatives, ensuring quality, relevance, and timeliness
* Lead with authenticity to build trust, promote a “One Cardiopulmonary TA” mindset, and reduce internal silos across development and commercialization pathways
Continuous Improvement & Capability Building
* Drive enhancement of competitive intelligence capabilities, tools, and processes
* Introduce innovative CI approaches to elevate organizational effectiveness and strategic clarity
* Embed best practices that improve speed, quality, and impact of competitive insights across the TA
Education
Master’s degree in a scientific or related discipline required.
Requirements
* Minimum of 8 years of professional experience, including at least 3 years in pharmaceutical competitive intelligence or commercial strategy
* Demonstrated ability to synthesize complex data into strategic insight and clear recommendations
* Experienced in the use of AI tools such as Copilot and LLM to streamline data synthesis, analysis and inform executive summaries
* Strong leadership, stakeholder influence, and matrix‑management capabilities
* Excellent communication and storytelling skills, with experience supporting senior leadership decisions
* High learning agility and ability to rapidly build expertise in new disease areas or strategic topics
Preferred Qualifications
* Experience in cardiovascular, pulmonary, or related disease areas strongly preferred
Skills
* Brand Marketing, Brand Positioning Strategy, Business Alignment, Business Storytelling, Business Valuations, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Customer Intelligence, Data Analysis, Data-Driven Decision Making, Digital Strategy, Execution Focus, Financial Analysis, Go-to-Market Strategies, Industry Analysis, Market Research, Negotiation, Organizing, Problem Solving, Product Development Lifecycle, Product Portfolio Management, Product Strategies, Program Management, Strategic Thinking, Tactical Planning, Technical Credibility
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