Associate Director, Market Intelligence

R75259 Associate Director, Market Intelligence Manager

Location: Hyderabad, India

Intro Summary of the Role

Today, Lonza is a global leader in life sciences. We design and deliver solutions that enable scientists to accelerate innovation and improve health outcomes.

We are seeking an Associate Director, Market Intelligence Manager, a key role within our CDMO, Central Marketing team. This position provides high-quality insights on customers, market environments, and trends across various CDMO offerings—a business-critical function that enables digital laboratory workflows and strategic commercial efficiency across Lonza’s global platforms.

What You Will Get

At Lonza, we offer competitive benefits tailored to the region, including health coverage, retirement plans, career development opportunities, and relocation support where applicable. Our people are our greatest strength, and we are committed to supporting their growth and wellbeing.

What You Will Do

• Defines and investigates existing markets within various Lonza Platforms.

• Explores adjacent or new business opportunities for assigned technologies together with commercial and strategic teams.

• Provides high-quality insights on customer, market environment, and trends; leads MI & CI initiatives across various Business Units and supporting functions.

• Proactively develops and leads all market and competitive intelligence activities to provide directions for strategic decision-making.

• Works cross-functionally as an embedded partner with strategy, strategic marketing, ComDev, or business intelligence teams.

• Identifies critical MI & CI business issues and opportunities to ensure growth for the intelligence team.

• Collaborates with team members regularly across all modalities to improve best practices in MI & CI.

• Establishes methods and procedures for attaining specific goals and objectives under broad directional guidance.

What We Are Looking For

Domain Expertise

• Bachelor’s degree in a scientific, engineering, or business area is essential; an MBA or PhD is preferred.

• Significant experience in Pharma/Biotech or R&D (0-4 years) or Consulting (5-10 years) environments.

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to manage and interpret large amounts of data.

• Understanding of the CDMO market landscape and strategic commercial frameworks.

• Experience writing and updating reports, business cases, and strategic documentation.

• Business fluent in English (Level 2).

Skills & Attributes

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with high business acumen.

• Developed communication and negotiation skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders at higher levels.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial work environment.

• Collaborative mindset and an enthusiastic team player with a proactive attitude.

• High level of agility and a very high focus on driving results and customer needs.

About Lonza

At Lonza, our people are our greatest strength. With more than 30 sites across five continents, our globally connected teams work together every day to manufacture the medicines of tomorrow. Our core values—Collaboration, Accountability, Excellence, Passion, and Integrity—reflect who we are and how we work together.
 

Every day, Lonza’s products and services have a positive impact on millions of people. For us, this is not only a great privilege, but also a great responsibility. How we achieve our business results is just as important as the achievements themselves. At Lonza, we respect and protect our people and our environment. Any success we achieve is no success at all if not achieved ethically.