Director of Business Development

Responsibilities

• Evaluate external growth opportunities and execute transactions to access assets of interest.
• Partner with Search & Evaluation and therapeutic area heads to identify deals of interest and drive diligence to reach “go”/“no go” decisions.
• Lead cross-functional evaluations of therapeutic drug programs from preclinical through clinical stages, including clinical benefit, mechanism, preclinical data, manufacturing, regulatory strategy, clinical development path, intellectual property, and commercial potential.
• Participate in and ideally lead negotiations in business transactions.
• Work with legal, finance, commercial, clinical, and scientific teams to develop business development proposals to senior management.
• Contribute to strategy planning for financial investment trade-off decisions.

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
• 8+ years of relevant experience required; pharmaceutical or biotechnology experience preferred (advanced degree may substitute as appropriate).
• Record of presenting partnership opportunities to senior management.
• Ability to build rapport with therapeutic and functional area leaders.
• Strong analytical skills for financial evaluations.
• Strong presentation skills.
• Proven ability to lead due diligence and deal negotiation.
• Ability to identify/prioritize risks across functions and frame decisions for senior leadership.
• Experience navigating internal dynamics; matrix organization experience preferred.

• 5–10% overnight travel.

• Base compensation range: $187,000–$279,000; eligible for company bonus and long-term incentive compensation and/or company vehicles (role-dependent).