Executive Director, Business Development, Search and Evaluation

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Position: Executive Director, Business Development, Search and Evaluation

Location: Princeton, NJ, Cambridge, MA, or San Francisco, CA,

Position Summary

This is a leadership role within Business Development Search and Evaluation. The ideal candidate will possess strong scientific expertise, broad drug development experience, and core leadership qualities.

A deep understanding of drug discovery, development, and regulatory processes is required, as the candidate will lead both scouting activities and evaluation/diligence of novel therapeutic opportunities for both licensing and M&A, while supporting transactional activities. Within BMS, the candidate is required to have strong interpersonal skills and work with multiple internal stakeholders to drive and support highly visible and time-sensitive business development projects. Furthermore, the candidate will be able to develop and deliver scientific, clinical, technical, and commercial assessments and evaluations to the relevant BMS governance bodies.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead S&E to identify and evaluate BD opportunities
• Represent S&E as the scientific thought leader in strategic area teams and other settings
• Demonstrate leadership and scientific rigor while collaborating closely with internal BD, Enterprise Strategy, R&D,  Commercial and potential external partners on opportunities.
• Lead a team to conduct triaging and assessment of all inbound opportunities
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize while balancing a large book of work
• Serve as thought leader to formulate therapeutic area strategy while driving the execution of external business development elements.
• Lead and coach cross-functional teams to deliver assessments of external opportunities for BMS governance endorsement
• Collaborate with Transaction and Corporate Development to support agreement negotiation and contracting
• Oversee and lead diligence teams for opportunities
• Lead and participate in BD external partnering events (JPM, BIO, BIO EU, BMS Partnering Days etc.) and relevant technical / scientific meetings, including preparing materials such as presentations, FAQ and related documents.
• Coach a high-performing team and cultivate future leaders in Search & Evaluation

Qualifications & Experience

• MD,  PhD, or PharmD
• Experience within the biopharmaceutical industry or related biotech/healthcare practice (e.g., consulting, investment banking, venture capital)
• Direct experience in Oncology preferred
• Strong analytical, communication, and leadership skills.
• A proven record of leading discovery, development, or business development projects.
• Scientific knowledge in Oncology and relevant therapeutic areas with a deep understanding of drug development from discovery to approval
• Proven ability to lead multiple projects in a matrixed environment with a high degree of independence.
• Consistently deliver on commitments with a sense of urgency .
• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate ideas and lead others to accomplish challenging objectives.
• Experience working with both internal and external multidisciplinary teams/customers.
• Can-do attitude with an ability to work in a highly matrixed and dynamic business environment
• Deep scientific curiosity and commitment to advancing therapeutic innovation that provides better options for patients.

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