Senior Director - Business Development

Our company has an opening for BD Partnering. You will be responsible for the full value generation in partnering from search & evaluation, partner engagement through leading the negotiation and transaction process. The key focus will be identifying, evaluating and negotiating partnerships that support our R&D and corporate strategy.

The successful candidate will play an integral driving role shaping the external innovation with other biopharmaceutical companies and academia by supporting scouting, evaluation and negotiation of collaboration agreements. You will develop and manage new scientific and strategic partnerships, collaborations in line with the companies and portfolio strategy.

Do you have a strong scientific background with an entrepreneurial attitude, applying business principles and market dynamics across various therapeutic areas with focus on oncology and are looking for an opportunity to apply your expertise in an environment where we are following science to turn ideas into life changing medicines?

This challenging and diverse position will include the following tasks and responsibilities:

• Lead cross-functional deal team & management through the deal work streams (partner engagement, due diligence, transactions, internal approvals, alliance management)
• Identify & evaluate new partnering opportunities through your existing network with biopharma
• Reach-out to potential partners and advocate partnering opportunities
• Lead the transaction team in partnering discussions
• Identify, evaluate and develop strategic external partnering and innovation opportunities
• Lead and support collaboration discussions with biotech, pharma and academia to access external innovation or complementary technology
• Work with the internal research & development teams to sharpen value propositions of opportunities
• Monitor competitive environment and partnering landscape and apply and shape the partnering strategy
• Develop, refine and implement business partnerships and collaborations.

Requirements

For this position, we are looking for a highly motivated individual bringing along:

• PhD or MS in biomedical sciences or MD strongly preferred, MBA is a plus
• Minimum 10 years of industry experience, minimum 7 years of experience in business development or related functions
• Experience in BD&L with manifested responsibility as Transaction Lead (focus on out-licensing)
• Track record of deal-making and a sound understanding of successful collaboration (deal sheet required)
• The ability to engage and guide a broad range of stakeholders, both scientific and business in orientation, internally and externally is essential
• The ability to communicate science in an engaging and inspiring way while framing up strategic and financial benefits of deals under evaluation
• High potential for travel (within US and to CH on a regular basis)
• Proven track record in strategic leadership in cross-functional teams
• Ability to build strong collaborative relationships with different stakeholders.

This position summary is not intended to be all inclusive. An employee may perform other related duties as negotiated to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.

Our offer

Partnership and collaboration are at the core of our company, our research activities and our product candidates. Molecular Partners offers an international working environment and the opportunity to collaborate with outstanding individuals from numerous disciplines, who contribute to our shared goals of scientific excellence, respectful teamwork and personal aspiration. We foster true innovation and creative thinking to advance our therapeutic product candidates and continue to be inspired by the difference we can make for our patients. At Molecular Partners you will discover a challenging job, inspiring colleagues and a true purpose. If you are interested in working at Molecular Partners, we are looking forward to hearing from you! Please submit your detailed curriculum vitae via our career portal.

We only accept online applications.

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Information about Molecular Partners AG

Founded in 2004 by a group of PhD students as a spin-off from the University of Zurich, Molecular Partners AG is a thriving and steadily growing clinical stage biotech company located in Zurich-Schlieren (Switzerland) with 180 highly qualified employees. In order to advance modern medicine and significantly improve the management of serious diseases, we have developed and successfully established a powerful new class of potent, specific and versatile small protein therapies, called DARPin therapeutics. The continuous development of a broad portfolio of therapeutic product candidates in oncology, radio-ligand therapy and ophthalmology based on the company’s proprietary DARPin platform allowed a successful listing of the company on the SIX Swiss Exchange and Nasdaq (ticker: MOLN). Next to our own pipeline of drug candidates we have entered into collaborations with leading international pharmaceutical companies, including AbbVie, Amgen, Oranomed and Novartis. Our highly dedicated, multi-disciplined team is committed to bringing novel, life-changing treatments to patients by leveraging our innovative technology platform. We seek passionate, creative, and dynamic individuals to join our mission to transform the therapeutic landscape.

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