Director, Competitive Intelligence

Insulet Corporation • Acton, MA

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About The Position

The Director, Competitive Intelligence is a senior strategic leader responsible for driving Insulet’s enterprise understanding of competitive, market, and industry dynamics across the diabetes and medical device landscape. This role delivers executive-ready insights that shape corporate strategy and guide critical business decisions. The Director holds clear decision-making authority within scope, owns outcomes of strategic recommendations, and is accountable for the impact of competitive intelligence on enterprise decisions. The Director leads the overall competitive intelligence strategy, builds advanced capabilities, and ensures insights are synthesized, understood, and then disseminated across commercial, clinical, and product organizations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Life Sciences, Healthcare, or related field required. Advanced degree or MBA strongly preferred.
• Minimum 10+ years of progressive experience in competitive intelligence, market strategy, corporate strategy, or related fields within healthcare or medical devices.
• Demonstrated experience operating at the enterprise level, influencing Executive Leadership Teams and Boards.
• Proven track record of shaping long-term strategy, portfolio decisions, and enterprise outcomes.

Nice To Haves

• Deep expertise in competitive intelligence methodologies, scenario planning, forecasting, and strategic analysis.
• Strong business judgment and decision-making capability in complex, ambiguous environments.
• Exceptional executive communication, influence, and storytelling skills.
• Experience leveraging advanced analytics, visualization platforms, and GenAI-enabled tools.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership & Capability Ownership
• Defines and owns the vision, strategy, and operating model for competitive intelligence, ensuring sustained alignment with corporate strategy and long-term growth priorities.
• Serves as a trusted strategic advisor to the Executive Leadership Team, providing forward-looking intelligence, scenario-based insights, and clear strategic implications to guide enterprise decision making.
• Exercises broad independent judgment to set priorities, determine analytical approaches, and make recommendations that directly influence portfolio strategy and investment decisions.
• Owns competitive intelligence inputs used in long-range planning (LRP), enterprise forecasting, portfolio prioritization, and corporate strategy processes.
• Enterprise Decision Enablement & Scenario Planning
• Leads enterprise scenario planning and competitive war-gaming to evaluate strategic options, risks, and opportunities under conditions of ambiguity.
• Establishes and governs decision frameworks that enable leadership to assess trade-offs, understand competitive risk, and commit to strategic actions.
• Ensures intelligence insights are translated into clear strategic options with defined implications, assumptions, and recommended paths forward.
• Cross-Functional & Executive Leadership
• Partners with senior leaders across Growth, Marketing, Sales, Medical, R&D, Finance, and Corporate Strategy to embed intelligence into business planning, product roadmaps, and go-to-market strategies.
• Drives executive alignment across a highly matrixed organization by framing key issues and influencing outcomes through data-driven insights.
• Provides enterprise thought leadership to elevate organizational strategic acumen and competitive awareness.
• Market & Competitive Intelligence Excellence
• Oversees deep, forward-looking analyses of competitive activity, emerging technologies, regulatory and reimbursement dynamics, and broader healthcare and medical device trends.
• Identifies inflection points and proactively recommends strategic actions to defend, extend, or create competitive advantage.
• Owns external intelligence partnerships, vendors, and platforms, with accountability for performance, quality, and return on investment.
• Executive Communication & Accountability
• Synthesizes complex, ambiguous information into compelling, executive-ready narratives for the Executive Leadership Team and Board.
• Owns the recommendations presented, tracks post-decision outcomes, and incorporates learnings into future strategic guidance.
• Ensures timely, high-quality deliverables aligned to enterprise planning and decision cycles.
• People & Organizational Leadership
• Builds, leads, and develops a high-performing competitive intelligence team.
• Champions a culture of curiosity, strategic thinking, accountability, and data-driven decision making.
• Sets clear objectives, success metrics, and development plans, holding self and team accountable for results.
• Other
• Performs other duties as required.
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Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid time off (PTO)
• And additional employee wellness programs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director