Associate Director, Portfolio Strategy, Market Planning, and Competitive Intelligence Details

Associate Director, Portfolio Strategy, Market Planning, and Competitive Intelligence

Alector - South San Francisco, CA

Employment Type : Full-Time

At Alector, our mission is to develop therapies that empower the immune system to combat neurodegeneration. Our team is solely focused on developing treatments for some of the most challenging diseases facing our society. We are supported in this mission by experienced and accomplished scientists and clinicians, leading healthcare investors, and pharma company partners who share in our commitment to bettering the lives of patients.
The Associate Director, Portfolio Strategy, Market Planning and Competitive Intelligence, will play a key role on the Corporate Development team as Alector continues to grow with a broader and increasingly complex portfolio of programs and indications, spanning neurodegeneration and oncology. You will work closely with business development, finance, project teams, and portfolio management to support portfolio strategy and optimization activities with detailed analyses that drive decision making. In addition, you will also hone and build up Alector’s competitive intelligence knowledge base, becoming Alector’s in-house expert on the market trends, competitive landscape, and benchmarking. Examples of some of your workstreams and responsibilities will include:

• Conducting analyses to address strategic portfolio questions by combining data, qualitative insights, and perspectives from relevant Alector team members.
• Owning the design, implementation, and management of business analytical tools and methodologies to facilitate portfolio strategy optimization and capital allocation.
• Integrate commercial analytics, development cost and timelines with probability of technical success to support and guide effective and efficient decision-making across the business.
• Openly sharing perspective and insights to elevate team thinking and drive a balanced, holistic point of view; effectively weigh and communicate trade-off considerations between programs and projects.
• Providing targeted support for Alector’s long-range planning
• Developing a robust competitive intelligence (CI) capability by leading assessments of competitor strategies, gathering primary and secondary competitive intelligence through vendors, leading competitor strategy workshops/simulations, and running competitive threat assessments for our immuno-neurology and immuno-oncology portfolio.
• Acting as a thought partner to relevant teams and stakeholders.

We would love to hear from you if:

• You are a great team member and a strong leader who can effectively influence across groups and at all levels without authority and build effective relationships with internal and external collaborators
• You are a strategic problem solver with excellent critical thinking skills
• You have a strong point of view but are low ego
• Your education includes a Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant discipline: Computer or Physical Sciences or related field, Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, or Economics along with an MBA or equivalent training in business
• Strong knowledge of secondary data sources including epidemiology, syndicated sales, promotional & marketing data, longitudinal patient level data; payer data, etc.
• Considerable experience and expertise with portfolio modeling, probabilistic forecasting and presentation of results to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience translating research or analysis to concise, compelling business stories that influence decisions and strategy
• Expertise in standard analysis and presentation software (e.g. Excel, PowerPoint)
• Persuasive written and verbal communication skills
• Strong attention to detail

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At Alector, we believe that hard-working teams include people from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences who can challenge each other’s assumptions with fresh perspectives and bring creative ideas to the table. We are committed to building an open, diverse, and inclusive environment for all employees. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, or any other characteristics protected under applicable federal, state, or local laws.
Employees of Alector working on-site are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19, and are required to provide proof of vaccination. Employees may be entitled to an exception or reasonable accommodation if they cannot be vaccinated because of a disability/medical necessity, or sincerely held religious belief.
Alector is a phenomenal place to learn and experiment. If you excel in a dynamic environment where everyone is committed to finding a treatment, where you’ll drive growth, this is your role. There is no limit to how far you can go with us.
Benefits While we’ve focused on what to look forward to during the first year and beyond, Day One is great, too: committed and driven colleagues, a bold and important company goal, brand-new brightly-lit offices in the heart of the biotech area, competitive compensation and benefits. But these matter only if you’re excited to build and own something great, and tackle these challenges with us. Come join us. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.