Associate Director, Corporate Development

Are you ready to shape external growth that turns bold science into treatments for people living with rare and devastating diseases? As Associate Director, Corporate Development, you will source, evaluate and help execute strategic opportunities that expand our pipeline and accelerate impact for patients. You will partner with R&D, Commercial, Finance, Legal and other experts to build rigorous business cases and inventive deal structures that advance our goals.

• Develop Opportunity Assessments:
  Create detailed evaluations of external growth opportunities across multiple therapy areas, including product portfolios, pipelines, corporate and asset valuations, deal structures, implementation plans, and execution risks
• Manage Projects and Transactions:
  Provide expert project and transaction management to design, evaluate and implement innovative deal structures
• Support Cross-Functional Evaluations:
  Collaborate on scientific and financial assessments of strategic opportunities
• Prepare Executive Business Cases:
  Draft presentations for Senior Executive Team (SET) and Board discussions
• Prioritize Portfolio Opportunities:
  Work with leadership to ensure appropriate prioritization and ranking of opportunities across the business
• Coordinate Live Transactions:
  Gather and synthesize actionable input from cross-functional teams including R&D, Finance, Commercial, Tax, Legal, IP and Operations during active deal execution
• Lead Due Diligence
  
  Activities:
  
  Work closely with cross-functional teams to identify key risks and develop risk mitigation proposals
• Support Deal Negotiations:
  Assist in deal negotiations and transaction closures
• Enable Integration Readiness:
  Collaborate with transaction integration and alliance management teams to ensure adequate arrangements are in place from closing
• Conduct Post-Closing Analytics:
  Assist in the preparation of purchase price allocations (PPA) after closing
• Drive Strategic Projects:
  Support ad hoc business development projects as business needs require
• Produce Financial Simulations:
  Create financial models in support of Group Finance planning and reporting activities

• Opportunity Assessment Expertise:
  Proven ability to develop detailed assessments of external growth opportunities across multiple therapy areas, including evaluation of product portfolios and pipelines, corporate and asset valuations, deal structures, transaction implementation, and execution risks
• Transaction Management:
  Demonstrated project and transaction management expertise to design, evaluate and implement innovative deal structures
• Cross-Functional Collaboration:
  
  Experience supporting cross-functional scientific and financial evaluations of strategic opportunities
• Executive Communication:
  Track record drafting business case presentations for Senior Executive Team and Board discussions
• Portfolio Prioritization:
  Ability to work with leadership to prioritize and rank opportunities across the business
• Transaction Coordination:
  Experience coordinating actionable input from cross-functional teams (R&D, Finance, Commercial, Tax, Legal, IP, Operations) in live transactions
• Due Diligence Leadership:
  Competence in due diligence assessments to identify key risks and develop risk mitigation proposals
• Negotiation Support:
  Experience assisting in deal negotiations and closures
• Integration Planning:
  Familiarity with transaction integration and alliance management to ensure arrangements are in place from closing
• Post-Closing Analytics:
  Ability to assist in preparation of purchase price allocations (PPA) after closing
• Project Flexibility:
  Capacity to support ad hoc business development projects as business needs require
• Financial Modeling:
  Proficiency producing financial simulations for planning and reporting activities

• Biopharma
  
  Experience:
  
  Corporate development experience spanning multiple therapy areas, including rare and underserved conditions
• Advanced Valuation
  
  Skills:
  
  Proficiency in valuation and scenario modeling (e.g., rNPV, DCF, sensitivities, Monte Carlo)
• Executive Engagement:
  Comfort engaging with senior executives and Boards; strong executive communication skills
• Integration…