Senior Analyst, Enterprise Competitive Intelligence
Hyderabad Full-time Senior Market Research
At a glance
Senior Market Research role at Novartis. Hyderabad · full-time.
Pay not stated Market Research salary
RoleMarket Research
SenioritySenior
LocationHyderabad
EmploymentFull-time
PostedNov 3, 2026
Role brief
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What you'll do
- Analyze competitors, brands and disease areas, turning findings into insights for strategic decisions
- Track competitor products, companies and therapy-area developments, then flag threats and opportunities to relevant teams
- Use subscribed research databases with CI, Medical and Commercial colleagues to follow competitive activity
- Prepare congress briefings and reports, and distill vendor research into useful takeaways for brand teams
- Develop strategic implications for planning discussions, support ad-hoc projects and help review deliverable quality
What you bring
- A PhD or master’s degree in life sciences or pharmacy
- Relevant experience in competitive intelligence, market intelligence or business analysis within pharma, biotech or consulting
- Strong writing, speaking and presentation skills
Who this fits
This senior analyst role suits someone who can turn competitive research into clear guidance for clinical, commercial and regulatory discussions. The expected experience range is two to five years for PhD holders and five to eight years for others. You may also mentor junior analysts.
From the employer
Job Description Summary
Location: Hyderabad, India
About The Role:
In this role you would, conduct comprehensive Competitive Intelligence (CI) analysis at the franchise, brand, and disease area levels, generating actionable insights that support strategic priorities. Support holistic CI surveillance of competitor products, companies, and therapy areas (TAs) of interest. Communicate competitive threats from external factors, such as market trends, competitor activity, and portfolio dynamics, in a timely and proactive manner. Contribute to identifying opportunities across clinical and marketing functions. Collaborate with project teams to ensure alignment and timely execution of CI deliverables.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities
- Work with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver business value through secondary research and support primary CI activities.
- Monitor competitive developments using subscribed databases (e.g., ClinicalTrials.gov, TrialTrove) in coordination with CI, Medical, Commercial, and other teams, ensuring adherence to CI communication and compliance standards.
- Track and report competitive intelligence within assigned therapy areas, contributing insights to clinical, commercial, and regulatory strategy discussions.
- Support pre-congress planning (e.g., abstract mining) and post-congress reporting activities.
- Review and summarize materials from primary CI vendors, distilling key takeaways and supporting CI advisors in delivering insights to brand and cross-functional teams.
- Develop strategic implications and communicating findings to internal teams; contribute to ad-hoc projects and internal meetings such as scenario planning, pipeline updates, and LCM planning.
- May mentor junior analysts and contribute to quality assurance of CI deliverables.
Essential Requirements:
- Education: PhD/Master’s degree in Life Sciences or Pharmacy. Additional qualifications in business or healthcare analytics are a plus.
- Experience: 5-8 years of experience in Competitive Intelligence, Market Intelligence, Business Analysis, or related roles in the pharmaceutical, biotech, or consulting sectors. (for PhD holders, the expected experience range is 2–5 years.)
- Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
Desirable Requirements:
- Ability to work collaboratively within teams and collaborate with cross-functional and global teams.
- Experience in preparing CI deliverables for internal meetings and brand strategy discussions.
- Familiarity with therapy area dynamics, clinical trial design, and commercialization pathways.
Skills Desired
Brand Management, Brand Marketing, Business Analytics, Competitive Intelligence (CI), Continuous Integrations, Data Insights, Digital Marketing, Digital Transformation, Marketing Communications (MarCom), Marketing Planning, Marketing Strategies, Market Intelligence, Market Research, Media Campaigns, Process Documentation, Social Media