Competitive Intelligence Consultant - Infectious Diseases & Vaccines

Atacana Group, Inc. is a global competitive intelligence firm focused on the healthcare industry. We help our pharma & biotech clients develop winning strategies by combining human domain expertise with cutting-edge technologies. Clients partner with us when they have to make business-critical decisions and investments, such as creating and executing development and launch plans, maximizing market penetration or developing portfolio strategies.

Why join our fast-growing team?

• Passion for innovation

  . We are passionate about AI and the advancement of innovations in healthcare.

• A culture of results

  , not hours spent. Flexible hours let us schedule our days so that we do our best work without missing out on life's important moments.

• Freedom of location

  .100% remote work. We are a globally distributed team, so we can work wherever we're happiest.

• Diverse and global team

  . Our team members are located across 4 continents and 11+ countries.

• Growth mindset

  . We are a learning organization that has allowed us to grow rapidly.

Purpose of the Role

CI Consultant (Infectious Diseases & Vaccines)

Key Responsibilities

Competitive Intelligence & Commercial Strategy:

• Provide real-time insights into late-stage and marketed products, including regulatory filings, trial readouts, label expansions, and pre/post-launch commercial strategies
• Conduct competitive landscape assessments to monitor key players, emerging therapies, asset prioritization, and market trends
• Develop and refine go-to-market strategies, ensuring market differentiation

Launch Readiness:

• Uncover insights to support competitive launch readiness strategies, advocacy and outreach programs, brand messaging, benefit ladder development, counter-messaging, and sales-force structure optimization
• Identify regulatory and commercial hurdles to help clients proactively address potential launch challenges

Research and Analysis:

• Analyze news sources, databases, and primary intelligence to provide real-time alerts and in-depth reports (FYIs, monthly/quarterly)
• Deliver actionable insights that support pre-launch planning, launch execution and market expansion

Team & Client Collaboration:

• Contribute to a high-performing team culture, fostering innovation and excellence
• Engage with clients and work across the US and EU time zones, ensuring seamless communication and strategic alignment
• Attend medical conferences and off-site meetings as needed to strengthen strategic insights and client engagement

Minimum Requirements

• Advanced degree: MBA, M Pharma, PhD
• 5+ years of experience in healthcare consulting or competitive intelligence within the pharmaceutical industry
• Deep understanding of the pharmaceutical industry, in particular drug development, regulatory, and commercialization processes (US and EU)
• Expertise in infectious diseases and/ or vaccines and ability to hit the ground running with minimal TA onboarding
• Proficiency in CI tools and databases (Citeline, Biomedtracker, ClinicalTrials.gov, IQVIA, etc.).
• Natural curiosity about how things work and interest in developing technical fields such as Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Soft Skills

• Live the Atacana values

  : Build Trust, Be Bold, Be Curious, Have Fun, Deliver Excellence

• Leadership

  : ability to motivate yourself and contribute to the team goals, learning objectives, and Key Performance Indicators.

• Team player

  : Act as a team player and individual contributor, depending on the requirements

• Excellent communication and presentation skills

  , with experience engaging senior stakeholders

• Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills

  , with the ability to translate complex data into actionable insights