C.I. Consultant - Therapeutic Area: Oncology - Remote

at  Atacana

COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE CONSULTANT – ONCOLOGY (REMOTE)

Atacana Group, Inc. is a global competitive strategy and intelligence firm focused on the healthcare industry. Our experienced pharma executives advise leading organizations in developing strategies to accelerate value creation and innovation. Clients partner with us when they have to make business-critical decisions and investments such as acquiring new assets, creating and executing development and launch plans, or for maximizing market penetration.

Minimum Requirements

• Life sciences degree with a preference for advanced degree (PhD) holders.
• Strong knowledge of the oncology therapeutic area: 5+ years of competitive intelligence experience in Pharma, 2 of which should be in oncology (especially solid tumors) therapeutic areas.
• Understanding of Oncology Diagnostics and related technology
• Must understand the mechanisms of disease within oncology and understand the molecular basis of disease, including biomarkers, in oncology.
• Deep understanding of oncology drug development process from pre-clinical to launch.
• Must understand treatment paradigms, patient segmentation, current and upcoming trends within oncology area.
• This is a part-time role expected to work 2-3 days a week

Desired Skills

• PhD or Master’s in oncology
• Pharma experience: Hands-on experience with regulatory, medical, and commercial functions within the biotech and pharma industry
• Experience using the following databases/websites – Citeline, Pharmatell, Alphasense. Clinical trial registries (US, EU, Canada, etc.), Regulatory websites (FDA, EMA, Health Canada, etc.

Soft Skills

• Keen attention to detail with the ability to work as a team member and deliver on commitments.
• Well-organized and timely.
• Willingness to work in new areas and adjust to a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to understand the key insights from complex data and communicate in an easy-to-understand way

• Provide objective and timely Competitive Intelligence for clients’ marketed products and pipeline assets.
• Proactively and continuously monitor our clients’ competitive landscape using various resources (e.g., news/updates, press releases, investor events, regional clinical trial, and regulatory databases) and proprietary databases (such as Alphasense, Pharmatell, Citeline)
• Translate competitive findings into insights and recommendations for our clients.
• Availability to travel to attend medical conferences. Understand the conference coverage objectives, write-up session summaries and create a post-conference report for clients.
• Deep Dive secondary research utilizing various data sources and databases as above.
• Solid understanding of commercial, regulatory, and clinical domains to best support client needs.
• Develop CI news alerts with analysis and insights for key competitor updates.

Minimum Requirements

• Life sciences degree with a preference for advanced degree (PhD) holders.
• Strong knowledge of the oncology therapeutic area: 5+ years of competitive intelligence experience in Pharma, 2 of which should be in oncology (especially solid tumors) therapeutic areas.
• Understanding of Oncology Diagnostics and related technology
• Must understand the mechanisms of disease within oncology and understand the molecular basis of disease, including biomarkers, in oncology.
• Deep understanding of oncology drug development process from pre-clinical to launch.
• Must understand treatment paradigms, patient segmentation, current and upcoming trends within oncology area.
• This is a part-time role expected to work 2-3 days a week.

Desired Skills

• PhD or Master’s in oncology
• Pharma experience: Hands-on experience with regulatory, medical, and commercial functions within the biotech and pharma industry
• Experience using the following databases/websites – Citeline, Pharmatell, Alphasense. Clinical trial registries (US, EU, Canada, etc.), Regulatory websites (FDA, EMA, Health Canada, etc.)

Soft Skills

• Keen attention to detail with the ability to work as a team member and deliver on commitments.
• Well-organized and timely.
• Willingness to work in new areas and adjust to a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to understand the key insights from complex data and communicate in an easy-to-understand way.