Position Summary:Zenas BioPharma is seeking an experienced Associate Director, New Product Planning & Competitive Intelligence to proactively support and advance the company's New Product Planning and Competitive Intelligence activities. Reporting to the Vice President of Corporate Development and New Product Planning, this individual will play a critical role in advancing Zenas BioPharma's ambition to build a robust and differentiated I&I portfolio.
The Associate Director will help ensure that Zenas remains at the forefront of evolving market trends, competitor strategies, and emerging opportunities, while also supporting business development diligence and portfolio strategy efforts. This individual will bring deep expertise in disease-area opportunity assessment, competitive intelligence, and business and corporate strategy, helping to inform strategic decision-making and position the organization for long-term success.
Key Responsibilities:- Support competitive intelligence (CI) activities for pipeline programs, monitoring competitor pipelines, clinical and regulatory developments, commercial activity, business development, and market trends.
- Developing CI planners (Excel) and coverage summaries (PowerPoint) for medical conferences
- Attending conferences and sharing timely, relevant CI updates with key stakeholders
- Producing post-conference summary reports
- Contribute to New Product Planning activities, including disease-area opportunity assessments, evaluation of emerging mechanisms and technologies, and development of strategic recommendations to inform pipeline and portfolio decisions
- Conduct primary and secondary research and support congress coverage, synthesizing emerging data into timely, actionable competitive insights.
- Develop competitive and market assessments, including landscape analyses, TPP benchmarking, SWOTs, opportunity assessments, and forecasts, to inform pipeline, portfolio, and business development strategy
- Partner with business development on licensing diligence through competitive, market, epidemiological, and forecasting analyses.
- Communicate insights through clear, concise, executive-ready presentations and deliverables
- Oversee the management of external vendors and consultants.
Qualifications:- Bachelor's degree in a life sciences, business, or related discipline required; advanced degree (PhD, PharmD, MD, MS, or MBA) preferred.
- 6+ years of relevant experience in pharmaceutical/biotech competitive intelligence, strategy, consulting, equity research, or a closely related field.
- Proficient in the use of CI tools to support data-driven decision making.
- Experience managing CI vendors or external partners with an emphasis on quality, timeliness, and alignment to strategic goals.
- Able to synthesize primary and secondary CI and translate findings into clear, actionable implications.
- Strong collaboration, communication, and presentation skills, with the ability to influence across functions and organizational levels.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint.
- Ability to navigate a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
- Willingness to travel as needed for meetings and industry events; typically 4-6 conferences a year in the U.S. and Europe.
- Experience in AI tools an advantage
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The position is eligible for a competitive compensation and benefits package.
Zenas is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The base salary pay range for this role is $174,200 to $205,000. Actual compensation packages will depend on various factors, including, but not limited to depth of experience, education, skillset, overall performance and/or location.
Zenas believes in providing a competitive compensation and benefits package to all employees. Our base salary is just one component of Zenas' competitive total rewards strategy that also includes annual performance bonus, equity, full range of benefits and other incentive compensation plans.
