JOB DESCRIPTION

Our Company’s Business Development & Licensing (BD&L) organization is focused on building strong partnerships with the external life-science community to bring new and life-changing therapies to waiting patients. The Pacific BD&L team, which operates out of our Company’s state-of-the-art R&D site in South San Francisco, Shanghai and Tokyo is seeking to add an experienced Search & Evaluation business development professional. We focus on identifying and transacting on differentiated science across all therapeutic areas and modalities. We look for assets before human proof of concept and our geographic focus includes California, the Pacific Northwest, western Canada, China, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand and India.
For the Director, Search & Evaluation (S&E) role, based in South San Francisco, we seek an experienced business development professional with deep scientific expertise and acumen, excellent communication skills, demonstrated experience sourcing, evaluating and/ or negotiating partnering deals and at least 10 years of applicable industry experience. The S&E Director’s primary responsibilities will include identifying and assessing innovative therapeutic assets, conducting landscape and competitive analysis, leading scientific cross-functional teams to evaluate and perform due diligence, sourcing and reviewing potential partnering opportunities, building effective coalitions across a global organization and working with deal teams to negotiate and execute transactions. With guidance from R&D and BD&L leadership, the Director will communicate our Company’s partnering wants and needs to external companies while also remaining open to identifying and advocating for potentially game changing science. Importantly, the Director will manage a large portfolio of complex projects focused on specific therapeutic areas and be responsible for continuous and active engagement with potential partners.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE & SKILLS:

• Demonstrated ability to learn new science in therapeutic areas outside of your primary area of scientific expertise a plus.
• Experience in neuroscience and/or oncology preferred
• Experience with cross-border business development helpful but not required
  

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TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS:

10%

Education:

• Required: PhD in a life sciences discipline

Required Experience and Skills:

• At least 9-10 years of experience within the biopharmaceutical industry or related role (e.g. management consulting, equity research, university technology transfer), of which at least 3-5 years have been focused on business development.
• Broad-based scientific knowledge across human health therapeutic areas, coupled with strong business acumen and ability to translate scientific and technical information to frame attractive business opportunities.
• Demonstrated understanding of small molecule and/or biologics drug discovery and development, biopharmaceutical industry trends and competitive landscape.
• Superior presentation and communication skills. Demonstrated experience presenting complex science and/or business topics to management/ boards/ investors, including preparation of slides and cogent scientific and business rationale for decision-making.
• Desire and proven ability to have an impact. Energetic self-starter with a strong work ethic, capable of thriving in a high growth, fast paced and intellectual environment.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams, including demonstrated experience in project management and/or contract negotiations and the ability to build effective coalitions to move projects forward.
• Sound judgment and comfort in high visibility situations; good executive presence and ability to gain trust and respect of research and development colleagues.
• Strong networking, organizational and analytical skills.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office

• Identify, screen and evaluate cutting-edge science across all therapeutic areas (preclinical through pre-proof of concept in humans) and modalities to enhance and expand our Company’s pipeline. Your geographic area of focus will be the west coast of North America with secondary support of opportunities in China and Asia Pacific.
• Work closely with our Company’s scientific leadership and stakeholders across therapeutic areas and functions to review and assess partnering opportunities and help set partnering strategy, in addition to bringing and advocating for new partnering opportunities based on differentiated science and/or new modalities.
• Lead cross-functional scientific due diligence teams. Integrate internal subject matter expert input to build strategic rationale and internal support for business development opportunities. Prepare slides and materials for presentation of partnering opportunities to our Company’s R&D leadership for approval.
• Conduct competitive landscape analysis to help guide business development strategy and approach. Work closely with search and evaluation colleagues across BD&L to ensure comprehensive coverage of the relevant opportunity space and assessment of the best assets in a given space. Serve as primary scientific contact for business development opportunities.
• Manage large portfolio of business development projects. Work closely with search and evaluation colleagues across BD&L to ensure comprehensive coverage of the relevant biology/ mechanism of action and assessment of the best assets to evaluate and bring forward. Ensure timely consideration of all business development opportunities and open and prompt communication with potential partners.
• Contribute to deal teams and collaborate with scientific stakeholders, alliance management, intellectual property and legal counsel to support negotiation and completion of licensing deals, collaborations, acquisitions and strategic alliances.

Education:

• Required: PhD in a life sciences discipline.

Required Experience and Skills:

• At least 9-10 years of experience within the biopharmaceutical industry or related role (e.g. management consulting, equity research, university technology transfer), of which at least 3-5 years have been focused on business development.
• Broad-based scientific knowledge across human health therapeutic areas, coupled with strong business acumen and ability to translate scientific and technical information to frame attractive business opportunities.
• Demonstrated understanding of small molecule and/or biologics drug discovery and development, biopharmaceutical industry trends and competitive landscape.
• Superior presentation and communication skills. Demonstrated experience presenting complex science and/or business topics to management/ boards/ investors, including preparation of slides and cogent scientific and business rationale for decision-making.
• Desire and proven ability to have an impact. Energetic self-starter with a strong work ethic, capable of thriving in a high growth, fast paced and intellectual environment.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams, including demonstrated experience in project management and/or contract negotiations and the ability to build effective coalitions to move projects forward.
• Sound judgment and comfort in high visibility situations; good executive presence and ability to gain trust and respect of research and development colleagues.
• Strong networking, organizational and analytical skills.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office.