Associate Director, Business Development Transactions

Job Description

The Associate Director, Business Development & Licensing (BD&L) Discovery Transactions will be part of a seasoned team of transaction leads located in Rahway, NJ, West Point, PA, Cambridge, MA, South San Francisco, CA, and London, England. The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing and negotiating a broad spectrum of transactions supporting our company's Research Laboratories in the discovery and preclinical stage across in support of therapeutic and functional areas with external academic, government, and industry partners worldwide. One position will be based in our offices in West Point, PA, and the other will be located in our offices in London, England.  This position will report to a Director in the BD&L Discovery Transactions group.

Primary responsibilities:

• Collaborating closely with our company's research scientists, management, legal and external partners to negotiate material transfers, licenses, evaluations, consortia, research collaborations and other agreements to establish external scientific partnerships

• Negotiating with external counterparts to execute appropriate agreements in a timely manner in support of our Research Division objectives and compliance policies

• Educating and influencing our Research Division scientists and management in the executional and relational aspects of external partnering 

• Participation and networking at industry-academia professional events to es

• Establish our Research Division as a partner of choice

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in a scientific discipline; an advanced degree in business, law or science is a plus

• A minimum of 5 years work experience in one or more pharmaceutical or biotech companies

• Experience in transactions with academic institutions; contract drafting and negotiation experience desired

• Demonstrated leadership, judgment, and creativity in applying analytical frameworks and solutions to business- and discovery-stage scientific issues

• Demonstrated ability to partner with client groups

• Understanding of scientific principles and the drug-development process

• Candidate must demonstrate superb interpersonal skills and the ability to influence without authority

• Exceptional written, verbal, and organizational skills are essential

• Some travel (<10%) will be required

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