Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships

SVP;
Strategic Partnerships

Location: Abingdon, Alderley Park

Remote Type: Remote

Time Type: As Required

Job Title:Senior Vice Principal, Strategic Partnerships

Job Type:Permanent

Site Locations: Abingdon, Oxfordshire or Alderley Park, Macclesfield

This role is remote, but must be located near to one of the above sites.

Our Company

Evotec is a leader in the discovery and development of novel small molecule drugs with operational sites in Europe and the US. The Company has built substantial drug discovery expertise and an industrialised platform that can drive new innovative small molecule compounds into the clinic. In addition, Evotec has built a deep internal knowledge base in the treatment of diseases related to neuroscience, pain, oncology, inflammation and metabolic diseases.

Leveraging these skills and expertise the Company intends to develop best-in-class differentiated therapeutics and deliver superior science-driven discovery alliances with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.

Evotec seeks a senior leader to shape and execute its next generation of strategic partnerships. The SVP Strategic Partnerships will design and secure long-term, innovation-driven alliances with global pharmaceutical companies, emerging biotechs, and ecosystem partners. The mandate is portfolio-focused and forward-looking. This role anticipates where science, technology, and capital will converge over the next 5 to 10 years and translates that view into differentiated, high-impact collaborations.

The objective is to unlock the full potential of Evotec’s precision medicine and multimodal discovery platforms through structured, scalable partnerships that generate durable value.

The role requires deep scientific credibility, advanced deal architecture capability, and the ability to influence executive and board-level stakeholders across the life sciences industry.

• Develop and execute a forward-looking partnership thesis aligned with market evolution and platform priorities

• Design complex, multi-asset and platform-based alliances including risk-share and co-development models

• Structure IP, governance, economics, and milestone frameworks to optimize long-term portfolio value

• Exit or restructure partnerships when strategic value no longer aligns

• Conduct systematic market scanning to identify emerging science, technology inflection points, and capital flows

• Anticipate future innovation clusters and shape participation in these ecosystems

• Build regional and global partnership strategies aligned with Evotec’s long-term growth agenda

• Lead negotiations with C-suite and Board-level stakeholders

• Translate scientific and translational strategy into commercially viable deal structures

• Balance risk, capital exposure, and resource allocation across a diversified partnership portfolio

• Align scientific, legal, finance, and operational functions from concept to contract and into launch

• Establish governance models that enable effective decision-making and execution

• Drive internal alignment across geographies and therapeutic areas

• Articulate strategic rationale and long-term value creation to executive committees and external partners

• Position partnerships within the broader portfolio strategy

• Demonstrated track record of structuring and closing complex, innovation-driven partnerships

• Experience negotiating at C-suite and Board level

• Established global network across senior scientific and industry leadership

• Portfolio-oriented thinking across multinational territories

• Strong understanding of portfolio balance including risk, capital, and resource exposure

• Ability to anticipate emerging scientific and market inflection points

• Experience designing governance models that accelerate…