Do you have an uncompromising commitment to delivering exceptional results, a strong work ethic and a passion for applying your experience in science and business to build valuable relationships and bring new medicines to patients in need? Are you looking for that amazing career-making opportunity to run the BD operation for a company with extremely exciting technology and a growing clinical portfolio?

We’re hiring a Sr Director of Business Development for a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a novel approach to immunotherapy designed to employ the body’s own T cells to generate a specific, potent, and durable immune response that mimics natural biology. In this role you’ll be part of an entrepreneurial executive team with a board and investors that includes highly accomplished industry veterans from some of the top names in immunotherapy and biopharma who have come together to build an exceptional company capable of transforming the field of immunotherapy.

You will lead the company’s work in establishing strategic partnerships via outlicensing and collaborations, as well as other scientific and corporate alliances as needed. For an early-stage company, these alliances are critical to the company’s strategy and growth and this person will have significant visibility across the company and with the Board. This person’s responsibilities will include developing partnering strategies, targeting key potential partners and building / maintaining relationships with those partners, structuring and negotiating partnerships and preparing and delivering presentations to the management and Board integrating and summarizing relevant scientific, clinical, financial, and market information.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Establish and implement appropriate business development strategies to support company’s strategic growth goals.

• Establish new scientific and strategic partnerships, joint ventures and alliances in collaboration with the company’s R&D organization.

• Follow-up on all partnership activity including the tracking, documentation and status reporting of all collaborations along the business development pipeline.

• Direct the assessment of future markets and licensing potential, and be responsible for coordinating / quality-checking input across internal groups to support such assessments.

• Interact with existing corporate contacts, facilitate communication, keep track of milestones and identify opportunities to enhance the scope of these relationships.

• Manage the development of the business case and financial model with other internal functions, and project manage the overall assessment of interesting opportunities

• Prepare and deliver presentations to management team and Board integrating and summarizing scientific, clinical, financial, and market information

• Structure and negotiate terms of licensing agreements with potential business partners. In many cases you will work independently and play a lead negotiation role.

• Participate in or lead other internal strategic initiatives.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years of BD / licensing experience (out-licensing experience preferred) in the biotechnology and/or pharmaceutical industry.

• Must have conducted negotiations of deals with a certain level of complexity in terms of contract structure, project team interactions and approval processes.

• Self-starter, self-motivated and outgoing, with the ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams without direct authority over the team members. Is articulate, persuasive and convincing.

• Goal-oriented and able to drive and deliver a project through all of its complex and challenging stages whilst meeting externally and internally defined deadlines.

• Self-confident, can interact at high level and be able to brief senior executives in a clear and concise manner. Able to work independently and as part of a team.

• An individual of high personal and business integrity and ethics with uncompromising standards; ability to quickly establish trust.

• Medical and/or scientific education ideal; MBA a plus.

• Ability to build and maintain contacts with potential partner companies