Manager, Competitive Intelligence

Legend Biotech is seeking a Manager, Competitive Intelligence as part of the Commercial team based in Somerset, NJ.

Role Overview

The of Competitive Intelligence (CI) will serve as a strategic thought partner responsible for generating actionable insights that inform decision-making across R&D, commercial, and corporate strategy functions. This individual will lead proactive and on-demand CI initiatives, including competitor monitoring, landscape assessments, early signal detection, conference surveillance, and strategic analysis that supports pipeline development, lifecycle management, and long-term planning. The ideal candidate is a highly analytical, collaborative, and business-oriented professional with strong communication skills and a deep understanding of the biopharmaceutical landscape.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Intelligence & Insight Generation

• Lead competitive intelligence activities across assigned therapeutic areas, platforms, and/or programs, delivering high-quality, actionable insights to senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Conduct comprehensive landscape assessments, including scientific, clinical, regulatory, and commercial dimensions.
• Monitor competitors’ pipelines, clinical data, regulatory actions, collaborations, and market events to identify emerging threats, opportunities, and early signals.
• Monitor new entrants and startup tracking: Monitoring early innovation signals, investments, and disruptive players
• Synthesize complex data into clear narrative insights and strategic recommendations.

Conference Coverage & Surveillance

• Lead end-to-end conference CI planning and execution, including surveillance plans, abstract triage, onsite (or virtual) monitoring, rapid-readouts, and post-conference summaries.
• Coordinate cross-functional stakeholders to ensure aligned priorities and actionable outputs.

Data & Analysis Leadership

• Build and maintain CI frameworks, dashboards, market landscapes, and tracking systems to support continuous monitoring.
• Manage internally created CI dashboard and in some cases external CI vendors and ensure high-quality deliverables aligned with business needs.
• Develop and implement CI best practices, tools, and standardized processes.

Cross-Functional Partnership

• Serve as CI lead for R&D, commercial, BD, and strategy teams; participate in team meetings and strategic discussions as an insights partner.
• Partner with forecasting, medical affairs, and commercial strategy to ensure cohesive interpretation of external environment dynamics.
• Required to make decisions on a day-to-day operations for their tasks, and technicalities related to CI mostly. 

Requirements

• Master’s in life sciences, business, or related field
• 3+ years of experience in pharmaceutical/biotech competitive intelligence, strategy, consulting, market research.
• Strong scientific and clinical acumen in relevant therapeutic areas; hematology/oncology and Autoimmune experience preferred (if applicable).
• Demonstrated track record of delivering strategic insights and influencing decision-making.
• Strong analytical and strategic thinking abilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to distill complex information into clear insights.
• Highly proficient in CI methodologies, secondary research, data interpretation, and triangulation.
• Skilled at working in fast-paced, cross-functional environments with tight timelines.
• High integrity and ability to manage sensitive/confidential information.
• Familiarity with CI tools, databases, and information platforms (e.g., Evaluate, Cortellis, Datamonitor, Alphasense, and clinical databases). 

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Legend Biotech is a global biotechnology company dedicated to treating, and one day curing, life-threatening diseases. Headquartered in Somerset, New Jersey, we are developing advanced cell therapies across a diverse array of technology platforms, including autologous and allogenic chimeric antigen receptor T-cell, T-cell receptor (TCR-T), and natural killer (NK) cell-based immunotherapy. From our three R&D sites around the world, we apply these innovative technologies to pursue the discovery of safe, efficacious and cutting-edge therapeutics for patients worldwide.  

Legend Biotech entered into a global collaboration agreement with Janssen, one of the pharmaceutical companies of Johnson & Johnson, to jointly develop and commercialize ciltacabtagene autolecuel (cilta-cel). Our strategic partnership is designed to combine the strengths and expertise of both companies to advance the promise of an immunotherapy in the treatment of multiple myeloma.