Experienced pharmaceutical industry professional specializing in competitive intelligence, analytics, and market insights. Proven track record of leveraging data to drive strategic decisions and enhance market positioning. Seeking to transition skills into sales, hospitality management, or sports marketing to align professional endeavors with personal passions for a more fulfilling career.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Associate Director, Market Insights
argenx
Boston, MA
08.2024 - Current
Analyzed data collected from various sources in order to identify trends for our launched products, including Vyvgart and Vyvgart Hytrulo, as well as pipeline indications.
Perform market intelligence activities for insights generation in support of efgartigimod in neuromuscular conditions, including myasthenia gravis (MG) and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP).
Manage global CI monitoring for the neuromuscular landscape and collaborate with local
market partners to ensure comprehensive coverage and data gathering.
Synthesize findings to address business questions, inform strategy development, and support superior decision-making.
Engage in thoughtful cross-functional collaboration with analytics, marketing, medical, and market access to integrate market insights, and effectively manage multiple external vendor/partner relationships to ensure high-quality deliverables to achieve business objectives within budget and timeline. Manage budget of over $1.5M annually.
Associate Director Competitive intelligence & Market analysis
Brii Biosciences
01.2023 - Current
Evaluate, summarize, and create reports on overall market landscape in key disease areas
Provide context and objective analysis of competitive (scientific, clinical, and commercial) information to inform business decision-making for business development and portfolio strategies as well as insights to guide R&D decision making
Lead core CI and market analytic initiatives, including congress coverage, monitoring new data as well as leading cross-functional working sessions
Create and maintain documents on competitor products, launch timings, and product profiles and make available to cross-functional teams
Evaluate and synthesize broader market and specific competitive dynamics in key indications and / or therapeutic areas
Maintain updated documents and communicate key competitive information and potential implications to teams and leadership throughout the organization
Provide conference coverage and analysis of clinical data
Support stakeholders in development of function-specific deliverables such as disease area strategies, business development planning and portfolio-level decisions
Partner with third party agencies to support CI and analytics projects as needed
Senior Manager Competitive intelligence & Market Research
Arena Pharmaceuticals
10.2021 - 06.2022
Perform competitive intelligence for the Gastroenterology and Dermatology markets and ensure that key competitive information is provided across functional teams (Ulcerative Colitis, Crohn’s Disease, Atopic Dermatitis, Eosinophilic Esophagitis, Alopecia Areata)
Manage or identify new external vendor(s) to proactively maintain appropriate levels of competitive intelligence coverage
Maintain established Competitive Intelligence portals
Monitor and provide insights regarding clinical trials and launch timelines of competitive programs and coordinate with cross functional stakeholders to provide in-depth analysis and summaries to stakeholders
Develop and collaborate in competitive assessments, on a regular basis, to illustrate the dynamics and trends of the competitive landscape and disseminate findings to key stakeholders
Participate in the development of the Market Insights Books and contribute to the Integrated Product Plans
Address and establish competitive information from Business Development requests
Collaborate with Global Business Analytics and Insights team, and utilizing market intelligence data, to formulate relevant insights to forecasting and market understanding
Participate or lead primary market research projects for Etrasimod
Senior Strategy and CI Analyst
Millipore Sigma (Merck Kgaa)
02.2019 - 10.2021
Responsible for driving and supporting the development of global strategy with the SI team function by maintaining our peer benchmarking dashboard and working with the different sub business units to aid in ad hoc projects
Led the transition of automated information alerting to over 4,000 subscribers for industry news
Along with assisting BD and the broader strategy team with projects I was highly engaged with our LSET members to provide necessary research and information to make the best business decisions
Set up an automated alert news system that uses NLP, and BERT model training
Maintained an SI dashboard that monitors 23 of our closest competitors for financial and strategic implications
Worked with our three major business units to help on research solutions, applied sciences products and applications, and bioprocessing solutions projects
Collaborated with BD, in-house consulting, and others to help provide insights
Pharmaceutical Research Analyst
Clarivate Analytics
01.2013 - 02.2019
Conducted primary and secondary market research by speaking with industry experts both at the domestic and international levels to uncover information about a range of different pharmaceuticals and therapy areas
Evaluated patent and intellectual property data, forecasting demand algorithms, and IQVIA (IMS) sales information
All in an effort to understand supply chains, drug shortages, recalls, and all aspects that can affect drug substance and biotech manufacturing
Test and ensure the quality and performance of our subscription-based software Newport
Collaborate with international cross functional teams to ensure data is accurate
Establish long standing relationships with leaders in pharmaceutical supply chain from territories including North America, India, China, South Korea, EU
Monitor pipeline strategy and maintenance along with investment analysis for indications including Oncology Biologics (Rituxan, Herceptin, Avastin), cardiovascular, dermatology, anticoagulants, antifungals
Coordinate custom consulting projects that help our sales support teams
Education
MBA -
Bentley University
Waltham, MA
01.2023
Bachelor of Arts - Psychobiology (Neuroscience)
Wheaton College
Norton, MA
01.2010
Skills
Competitive intelligence
Business Development
Customer Service Expertise
Financial Performance Analytics
Project Execution
Collaborating With Cross-Functional Teams
Strong Negotiation Skills
Industry Driver Analysis
Vendor Relationship Management
Additionalproficiencies
Content management
Consulting for professional services/targeted projects
Motivated and passionate about interesting opportunities
Able to learn new skills & software quickly
Enjoy coaching individuals to get the best out of them
Timeline
Associate Director, Market Insights
argenx
08.2024 - Current
Associate Director Competitive intelligence & Market analysis
Brii Biosciences
01.2023 - Current
Senior Manager Competitive intelligence & Market Research