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Senior Market Intelligence and Knowledge Manager
Client: The RFT Group
Location: Ireland
Job Category: Other
EU work permit required: Yes
Job Reference:
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Job Views:
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Posted:
28.03.2025
Expiry Date:
12.05.2025
Job Description:
Market Intelligence and Knowledge Management Senior Manager
This is a rare opportunity to join a young, exciting clinical-stage biotechnology company.
Our client is focused on the discovery and development of novel therapies, with the potential to fundamentally change the course of progressive, debilitating diseases. 2023 has been a year of highly successful rapid growth in the company.
The preferred candidate will bring passion, energy and enthusiasm. An entrepreneurial business-oriented mindset and a strong fit with company ethos. Agility and versatility are essential traits. The role of Market Intelligence and Knowledge Management Senior Manager will be filled on a permanent basis. The role is hybrid role based in Dublin HQ.
Overall Purpose:
Leads the company’s activities in competitive intelligence & market analysis; liaises between IP function and internal clinical and technical development teams to ensure IP is identified and appropriately captured. Works with IP, Legal and Corporate functions to ensure fit-for-purpose knowledge management systems are established and maintained.
Job Responsibilities:
1. Carries out deep scientific and technical analyses of IP portfolios of relevant market players (core responsibility, expected to constitute a minimum of 50% of its time);
2. Builds an appreciation of the relative strengths and weaknesses of products under development;
3. Summarises key findings for senior management;
4. Builds comprehensive market landscape knowledge to inform company strategy and development programmes;
5. Generates summary information dossiers on relevant market players;
6. Maintains overview of events/news stories related to relevant market players and provides regular updates of same to senior management and broader team;
7. Acts as subject matter expert in the use of the market intelligence platform.
Knowledge Management Responsibilities:
1. Engages with internal development teams and programme management to identify potential IP arising from ongoing development activities;
2. Works with IP function to ensure identified programme outputs are appropriately protected, acting as scientific/technical liaison between IP function and development teams;
3. Assists development team members in the generation of appropriate invention records and the capture of all relevant supporting information;
4. In the case of outputs identified as potential trade secrets, assists development team members in providing required information to Legal and IP functions for trade secret register population;
5. Supports the roll-out of knowledge capture processes in partnership with the IP function, including the identification and capture of trade secrets metadata.
Person Specification:
Experience:
1. A minimum of 8 years’ post-Ph.D. experience within life sciences R&D; (10 years post degree);
2. Background in one or more of neuroscience, synthetic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, combination products preferred;
3. Must have significant experience with the review and interpretation of patents/patent applications;
4. Appreciates the means by which patents confer competitive advantage, in particular within the pharmaceuticals industry;
5. Comfortable with summarising and communicating the potential commercial implications of published patents/patent applications;
6. Clear track record of engaging with scientific/technical/clinical teams to capture knowledge generated from within complex development programmes;
7. Stakeholder management – demonstrated ability to engage with senior management as well as development teams, bridging the gap between strategy and execution.
Education:
1. B.Sc./M.Sc. in a scientific, medical or engineering discipline;
2. Ph.D. preferred;
3. MBA preferred.
Knowledge and Abilities:
1. A self-starter and comfortable working on their own initiative;
2. Ability to perform multiple tasks simultaneously under direction and prioritise workload;
3. Maintain a professional and positive attitude and present clear instruction/direction to team members;
4. Proven ability to successfully achieve results within a multi-cultural and geographically diverse cross-functional team;
5. Flexible, able to adjust, embrace and drive change;
6. An entrepreneurial, business-oriented mindset and a strong fit with the team, comfortable with the pace and ambiguity common in early start-ups;
7. Resilient, energetic, and enthusiastic.
Contact: Gerry Kennedy, Managing Director, Recruitment for Technology Ltd.
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