Senior Manager, Competitive Intelligence, Portfolio Analytics

Working with Us Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those aren’t words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. You’ll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams. Take your career farther than you thought possible. Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives. Read more: careers.bms.com/working-with-us . Summary : Senior Manager, Competitive Intelligence (CI), responsible for leading end-to-end CI delivery from the BMS Hyderabad Hub to support global pipeline and in-market assets. This role combines strategic hands-on intelligence leadership with people management responsibilities, requiring both individual contribution and team leadership. The role drives competitive strategy through primary and secondary intelligence, competitor monitoring, congress insights, and strategic simulation exercises. Partners closely with Business Development, Commercial, Medical, and R&D stakeholders to translate competitive and scientific intelligence into actionable business recommendations. Requires deep pharmaceutical CI expertise, strong leadership capabilities, stakeholder influence, and the ability to operate effectively in a complex global matrix environment. Roles and Responsibilities: CI Strategy & KITs/KIQs: Partner with global CI leads and Strategy/Commercial/franchise teams to define Key Intelligence Topics and Questions (KITs & KIQs); prioritize the CI agenda across therapeutic areas and translate business questions into structured research plans.   Secondary & Primary Research: Lead hypothesis-driven primary and secondary research across clinical, regulatory, scientific, and commercial domains to address critical business questions and intelligence gaps. Pipeline & Competitor Tracking: Lead proactive monitoring of competitor pipelines, clinical milestones, regulatory developments, label changes, BD activity, and patent/IP developments to deliver timely intelligence and strategic implications. Congress & Conference Intelligence: Drive pre-conference framing, on-site intelligence capture, and post-congress synthesis for key scientific and medical meetings; debrief internal stakeholders with clear strategic and business implications. Competitive Simulation & Scenario Analysis: Design and facilitate competitive response modelling, competitive strategy simulations, and scenario workshops to stress-test strategy across evolving competitive landscapes. Executive Deliverables: Develop executive-ready insights, competitive assessments, strategic implications, and decision-support materials for senior leadership and governance forums, ensuring accuracy and on-time delivery. People & Team Leadership: Lead, coach, and mentor a team of CI analysts; allocate work, manage competing priorities, ensure on-time delivery, and contribute to talent planning, performance reviews, and year-end assessments. Stakeholder Management: Serve as a trusted strategic thought partner to Commercial, Medical, R&D, Business Development, and CI stakeholders, influencing key decisions through timely and actionable competitive insights.   CI Capability & Innovation : Build and scale CI capabilities, frameworks, methodologies, and knowledge repositories while championing best practices, AI-enabled approaches, and advanced analytics to enhance intelligence generation, delivery, and business impact Skills and competencies: Strong strategic thinking, analytical