Senior Manager, Business Analytics & Portfolio Strategy

Location of role Gaithersburg, MD Conshohocken, PA

Department Corporate

Key Responsibilities MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB

The Senior Manager of Competitive Intelligence will serve as a strategic partner within Immunocore, integrating deep competitive insights with early commercial thinking to shape the company’s R&D and portfolio strategy. This role is pivotal in identifying opportunities, anticipating market dynamics, and informing key decisions across the product lifecycle, with a particular emphasis on platform-based approaches and technology innovation.

This individual will collaborate closely with R&D, Commercial, and Business Development teams to ensure Immunocore’s pipeline is positioned for long-term success in a rapidly evolving immuno-oncology and platform technology landscape.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Competitive Intelligence

• Analyze and track companies, products, and technology platforms, with a focus on platform-based innovation and competitive positioning
• Scan the horizon to identify new developments and implications for Immunocore’s strategy, especially in emerging technology platforms
• Translate detailed competitor and platform analysis into clear and concise summaries and implications
• Serve as a subject matter expert on key indications and platform technologies, acting as a point of reference for CI questions from senior leadership
• Partner with the broader portfolio strategy team to ensure analyses are comprehensive and actionable
• Ensure outputs are evidence-based and underpinned by thorough analysis
• Conceive and deliver specific competitive intelligence projects to support business needs
• Clearly articulate and communicate learnings from key congresses, competitor presentations, and technology showcases
• Continually refine and maintain summaries of key competitive landscapes (platforms, targets, indications)
• Monitor evolving standards of care and technology trends to anticipate future market challenges and opportunities
• Lead cross-functional workstreams and undertake deep dives on specific topics as required to inform strategy development
• Support research team in strategic competitive intelligence needs
  
  

Early Commercial, Program & Portfolio Strategy

• Collaborate proactively with Program Leaders and Program Teams to provide insights and integrate CI into clinical trial design, indication selection, and investment decisions
• Conduct market assessments, including patient segmentation, treatment algorithms, and unmet needs
• Drive development of benchmarking and/or target product profiles (TPPs) to facilitate clinical decisions and align with future commercial success
• Partner with the commercial team to ensure longer-term commercial considerations are integrated early in strategic development
  
  

Executive Engagement & Strategic Communication

• Deliver high-impact presentations and strategic briefings to Executive Leadership and key stakeholders
• Represent CI in governance forums and cross-functional strategic initiatives
• Deliver analysis to inform decisions for new R&D areas and long-range strategy
• Partner with multiple functions to proactively understand and anticipate needed insights to inform decision making across the portfolio
• Undertake bespoke analysis on specific topics or questions as required to inform R&D strategy development
• Identify key opportunities for analysis that can inform portfolio strategy
• As needed, partner with Business Development to identify and evaluate external opportunities by supporting deep-dive assessments of external assets, platforms, and companies
  
  

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY

No supervisory responsibility is expected

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Experience & knowledge

• Excellent analytical abilities
• Experience performing complex competitor and market opportunity analysis in the biopharma industry – experience in oncology preferred
• Ability to collate and structure data from multiple sources to form a clear narrative and distil key issues
• Understanding of scientific, clinical and market data to identify patterns and opportunities
• Understanding of the drug development process
• Highly familiar with technical materials (e.g. scientific publications and clinical manuscripts) and sources for competitive information
• Experience performing complex competitor and market opportunity analysis
• Experience in a global matrix environment across a range of functions, seniority, and locations
• Demonstrated ability to independently undertake competitive analysis projects
• Demonstrated ability to influence without authority and establish and maintain credibility with senior audiences
  
  

Essential Competencies

• Excellent strategic thinking
• Deeply analytical and credible
• Fact-based decision-making
• Ability to challenge, influence and support senior leadership
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Ability to bring structure to vaguely defined problems and solve them with creative yet pragmatic approaches
• Resourceful, self-motivated, and proactive – strong drive for excellence
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-growing organization
  
  

Education & Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree (BA/BS) in life sciences (or equivalent experience)
• 3 years of direct Biotech / pharma sector experience via industry, banking, or consultancy roles required
• Experience in oncology strongly preferred
• Professional experience in market and competitor insight roles
• Business or financial qualification an advantage but not essential -- seeking balanced combination of scientific and business acumen
  
  

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About the Company Immunocore (NASDAQ: IMCR) is a pioneering, commercial-stage T cell receptor biotechnology company whose purpose is to develop and commercialize a new generation of transformative medicines which address unmet patient needs in oncology, infectious diseases and autoimmune disease. Our leaders in R&D are internationally recognised as some of the biotech industry’s most successful drug developers. We are creating not just an environment where great minds can interact but an innovation powerhouse answering the big questions.

Focused on delivering first-in-class biological therapies to patients, we have developed a highly innovative soluble TCR platform. Our ImmTAX molecules underpin a new generation of precision engineered drugs that harness the immune system to treat a broad spectrum of diseases with high unmet medical need, including oncology, infectious diseases and autoimmune diseases.

At Immunocore, we recognize that our employees are our greatest asset. We value the unique contributions each person brings to our team. By embracing Science, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Diversity, and Entrepreneurship (STRIDE), we create an environment where collaboration thrives, ideas flourish, and transformative changes happen. STRIDE represents more than just letters; it embodies our shared identity and drives our mission. We are dedicated to developing breakthrough therapies that transform patients’ lives, advancing medicine, and supporting one another in these pursuits.

Immunocore is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As such, we are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law.