Director, Tech Scouting & Business Development

This is a hybrid position requiring the team member to be onsite a minimum of 3 days per week.

At West, we're a dedicated team that is connected by a purpose to improve patient lives that has been at the center of our Company for more than a century. Our story began when Herman O. West solved the problem of supplying penicillin in mass quantities to the US Government during World War 2.

Through our work to deliver thousands of life‑saving and life‑enhancing injectable medicines to millions of patients daily, West's indelible mark on the healthcare industry has just begun. A name started our story. How will yours help write our future?

There's no better place to join an inclusive community of professionals with opportunities for lifelong learning, growth and development. Supported by benefit programs, we empower the physical, mental, emotional and financial health of our team members and their families.

We believe in giving back to help those in need in the communities where we live and work. And are equally committed to creating a healthier environment and planet through our sustainability efforts.

Inclusive & Collaborative Culture: A global workforce that values diversity, equity, and inclusion-where all voices are heard and respected in a supportive environment.

Recognition & Rewards:
Performance-based bonuses, service recognition, and employee appreciation initiatives celebrate dedication and impact.

Global Career Opportunities:
With facilities across North America, Europe, and Asia‑Pacific, employees have opportunities for international exposure and cross‑functional collaboration.

West aims to foster innovative technologies that improve patient health and enhance drug delivery. By combining early‑stage funding with West's 100 years of expertise in integrated containment and delivery systems, wearable devices, and digital technology, we can help turn today's ideas into the products of tomorrow.

Our approach/intent is to create mutually beneficial partnerships where West's expertise can provide added value and accelerate the development and delivery of our partners' products to the market. We achieve this through strategic investments and providing our partners access to West's extensive scientific, global manufacturing, and commercial capabilities.

In this role you will be expected to bring a substantial depth of subject matter expertise, knowledge of current developments in both research and industry in new technologies pertinent to West's business. They are set to work closely both internally - with R&D colleagues as well as Commercial and Corporate Development teams - and externally - with startups, incubator and accelerator organizations - to bring through the correct technologies for the West Ventures team to target.

• Lead all tech scouting due diligence activities for West R&D, enabling the company to discover, understand and explore new technologies that may lead to future inorganic investment.
• Responsible for the process of identifying, contacting, socializing, examining and analyzing target technologies and companies with the expectation to prepare findings into correct format for multi‑functional stakeholder group to determine next steps.
• Collaborate and gain commitment with stakeholders internally within West (Commercial, Corporate Development) as well as foster external relationships with outside organizations (startups, incubator and accelerator) as needed to achieve project objectives.
• Work across West R&D's numerous subject matter experts (SMEs) to understand technologies and determine trends and establish an SME network to support deep dives on selected targets.
• Translate highly technical results into easily understood recommendations that will influence senior stakeholders. Provide clear communication, proactively communicate plans and progress while escalating risks, or needs to remove roadblocks that may stall an investment.
• Travel to select targeted research or industry conferences to learn of and scout new technologies.
• Performs other duties as assigned based on business needs.

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