R&D Scientific Competitive Intelligence Analyst

Role overview

R&D Scientific Competitive Intelligence Analyst at Sanofi

Employment details

• Location: Hyderabad [India]

About the employer

• The Global R&D Strategy and Portfolio Management team’s overarching objective is to equip Sanofi’s leaders with robust, objective and externally focused insights and recommendations they need to make better informed R&D strategy, and portfolio and project investment decisions to ensure pipeline sustainability.
• We achieve this by (1) delivering a comprehensive R&D strategy positioning the organization to embrace future opportunities and challenges, driving sustained success (2) ensuring a sustainable portfolio strategy, robust valuation and prioritization of the R&D portfolio and optimization of resources, high quality pipeline reporting, benchmarking, and scientific competitive intelligence (3) ensuring high quality investment governance incorporating decision quality and thoughtful risk taking principles.
• As part of the R&D Portfolio Strategy and Management team, the Competitive Intelligence group works with key stakeholders across the organization (R&D and GBUs) to deliver robust external competitive intelligence insights and ensure data-driven decision-making.
• We are seeking a dynamic and experienced IP Competitive Intelligence Analyst to join our offshore hub in India.
• In this role, you will leverage patent data as a strategic source of competitive and technological intelligence.
• You will analyze innovation trends, competitor R&D directions, and emerging technologies to support early- and mid-stage pipeline decisions, strategic R&D and innovation decisions.
• This role focuses on identifying strategic insights from patent activity to inform R&D and business strategy.
• You will leverage patent data as a strategic source of competitive and technological intelligence.
• Main responsibilities Use patent data and other scientific sources to provide a comprehensive and insightful view of the competitive innovation landscape and competition to Sanofi programs.
• Collaborate with CI Senior Analyst, CI Leaders and Portfolio Strategy teams to interpret the strategic implications of competitors’ IP activity and communicate key insights to R&D stakeholders.
• Deliver high-impact CI deliverables such as patent landscapes, innovation trend analyses, technology benchmarking, and competitor watchlists.
• Monitor key competitors’ patenting activity to identify shifts in R&D focus, emerging technologies, technology trends .
• Support Global Project Teams by providing timely and relevant patent-based intelligence aligned with therapeutic or technological priorities.
• Work closely with Scientific CI, Portfolio Management to ensure consistency and integration of insights.
• Contribute to the evaluation and implementation of digital and AI tools for patent analytics and competitive monitoring.