Senior Director, Competitive Intelligence & Strategy

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Location of role Gaithersburg, MD, Conshohocken, PA, Oxford, UK
Department Corporate
Key Responsibilities Main Purpose of Job:
The Senior Director of Competitive Intelligence will serve as a strategic leader within Immunocore, integrating deep competitive insights with early commercial thinking to shape the company’s R&D and portfolio strategy. This role will be pivotal in identifying opportunities, anticipating market dynamics, and informing key decisions across the product lifecycle—from discovery through late-stage development.
This individual will partner 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 landscape.
Key Responsibilities:
Strategic Competitive Intelligence Leadership

• Lead the development and execution of a global CI strategy across Immunocore’s pipeline and therapeutic focus areas.
• Serve as the enterprise-wide expert on competitor dynamics, emerging threats, and new opportunities.
• Deliver real-time intelligence and strategic implications from competitor activities, clinical developments, and regulatory milestones.
• Lead competitive coverage for major scientific and medical congresses, synthesizing key takeaways and implications.
• Lead the CI/Strategy team to deliver robust competitive analyses that are integrated into program and portfolio strategy.
• Translate complex data into actionable insights that inform portfolio prioritization and development opportunities.

Competitive Intelligence Team Leadership & Capability Building

• Build and mentor a high-performing CI and early commercial team as the function scales.
• Continue to evolve best practices, tools, and processes for CI
• Foster a culture of strategic thinking, cross-functional collaboration, and continuous learning.

Early Commercial, Program & Portfolio Strategy

• Collaborate with Program Leaders and Program Teams to integrate CI and commercial insights into clinical trial design, indication selection, and investment decisions.
• Conduct market opportunity assessments, including patient segmentation, treatment algorithms, and unmet needs.
• Inform potential commercial risks and considerations early in development, including pricing, access, and reimbursement considerations.
• Drive development of target product profiles (TPPs) to align with future commercial success.
• Monitor evolving standards of care to anticipate future market challenges and opportunities.
• Lead business case development for new indications and pipeline investments, incorporating scientific, clinical, and commercial perspectives.
• Support long-range planning and scenario modeling to guide Immunocore’s growth strategy.
• Identify and execute cross-portfolio analyses and strategies that deliver value for platform or company strategy

Executive Engagement & Strategic Communication

• Deliver high-impact presentations and strategic briefings to Executive Leadership, Board of Directors, and key stakeholders.
• Represent CI and Early Commercial Strategy in governance forums and cross-functional strategic initiatives.

Business Development & External Innovation

• Partner with BD to identify and evaluate external opportunities
• Support deep-dive assessments of external assets, platforms, and companies to support due diligence and strategic fit analyses.
• Track landscape for competitor partnering strategies.

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Supervisory Responsibility (If applicable):
Role will lead, manage and mentor the CI/Early commercial strategy team.
Education, Experience and Knowledge:

• Bachelor’s degree in life sciences or related field with 20+ years of related experience or equivalent experience required.
• Advanced degree (PhD, MBA, MD) strongly preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in competitive intelligence, commercial strategy, or business development within the biotech/pharma industry.
• Strong background in oncology highly preferred.
• Proven track record of influencing portfolio and program decisions through strategic insights and commercial acumen.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills — ability to present clear analysis to senior leadership and the board of directors
• Deep understanding of drug development, clinical trial design, and commercialization pathways.
• Experience in a global, matrixed organization with cross-functional leadership responsibilities.
• Excellent analytical abilities
• Extensive experience in biotech / pharma via industry, banking or strategy consultancy roles
• Understanding of scientific, clinical and market data to identify patterns and opportunities
• Deep understanding of the drug development process
• Expert knowledge of a wide range of competitor information sources
• 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 collate and structure data from multiple sources to form a clear narrative and distil key issues
• Demonstrated ability to independently undertake competitive analysis projects
• Demonstrated ability to influence without authority and establish and maintain credibility with senior audiences
• Excellent strategic thinking
• Highly analytical with strong business and scientific acumen
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills
• Ability to influence in a global matrix environment
• Proactive, resourceful, and results-oriented
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and complexity

IMMUNOCORE Values
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.
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.

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