Director, External Innovation & Research Alliances

Location: Town of Belgium

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** Director, External Innovation & Research Alliances
** This position reports to the Vice President, External Innovation, Veterinary Medicine Research and Development (VMRD), and is expected to be part of the global External Innovation team.

The incumbent will need to be a self-starter and deliver on objectives as well as build and maintain strong relationships. The position would be research alliance focused. The position is based in Europe.

The position is expected to coordinate alliances and collaborations, and effectively communicate anticipated investments, commitments, and deliverables from the alliances, and update all alliance information to the centralized alliance database for VMRD. This will require working with colleagues to multiply the "reach" into institutes, universities, biotech’s, and companies, developing and managing relationships with key external collaborators. Total travel will likely be approximately 10-15%.
** Key responsibilities will include**:

Identification, assessment, triage, negotiation, transaction, and management of external relationships that provide substrate, technologies, disease models, and/or research information or expertise that delivers critical aspects to projects in the VMRD portfolio.

Effective communication and engagement with VMRD research project teams, commercial development partners, and business development will be vital.

The role will support global portfolio needs.
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* Qualifications:

** The successful applicant should have:
• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (or equivalent) or PhD (or equivalent) in biological field or equivalent on-the-job experience, and experience in negotiations.
• At least 10 years transactional experience in academia or industry developing, contracting and managing research alliances and/or technical transfer in the life sciences
• Specific experience in developing and managing solid business/ research alliance relationships with industry and academia; and drafting and negotiating technology-based agreements.
• Demonstrated and working knowledge of intellectual property concerns in research/ business alliances
• Broad scientific knowledge and understanding in the area of animal health research, development, and products
• Strong interpersonal skills to forge business relationships with outside organizations and across internal partners
• Understanding of business valuation, project progression, and research and development costs and timelines
• Strong attention to detail and a “finisher” mentality
** To be considered for this position the following competencies / accomplishments would be highly regarded:*
* • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Critical thinking skills
• Outstanding negotiation skills, particularly with external partners
• Experience overseeing or managing inter-institutional relationships
• Experience and expertise in Animal Health industry.

Full time

At , our purpose is to nurture the world and humankind by advancing care for animals. As a Fortune 500 company and the world leader in animal health, we discover, develop, manufacture and commercialize vaccines, medicines, diagnostics and other technologies for companion animals and livestock. We know our people drive our success. Our award-winning culture, built around our Core Beliefs, focuses on our colleagues’ careers, connection and support.

We offer competitive healthcare and retirement savings benefits, along with an array of benefits, policies and programs to support employee well-being in every sense, from health and financial wellness to family and lifestyle resources.
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