Senior Director, Immunology, Business Development

Who we are

Together, we’re on a mission to make good health more affordable and accessible, to help millions around the world enjoy healthier lives. It’s a mission that bonds our people across nearly 60 countries and a rich, diverse variety of nationalities and backgrounds. Working here means working with the world’s leading manufacturer of generic medicines, and the proud producer of many of the products on the World Health Organization’s Essential Medicines List. Today, at least 200 million people around the world take one of our medicines every single day. An amazing number, but we’re always looking for new ways to continue making a difference, and new people to make a difference with.

The opportunity

As part of Teva’s “Pivot to Growth” strategy, business development is a key pillar of the strategic framework for short-and long-term growth within Immunology and the Innovative Medicines business.  Global Business development encompasses the full spectrum of external opportunities as a critical growth engine with in-and out-licensing opportunities, strategic partnership opportunities, M&A for diversification, bolt-on, and/or inorganic growth opportunities, along with monetizing divestiture opportunities with non-core assets and non-core businesses.

 

With a progressive and creative deal-doing mindset as a critical success factor for a newly created position, Senior Director Immunology BD, will support key functions driving and delivering on transactions, collaborations, and partnerships, such as search & evaluation, due diligence, deal structure and modelling, transaction, and negotiation.

How you’ll spend your day

• Responsible for long-and-near term deal making strategy for driving Teva’s growth in Immunology.
• Serves as a key ambassador for Teva’s business development aims and objectives with biopharma and biotech companies within Immunology.  
• Supports deal teams to drive internal and external processes to bring deals to closure.

Your experience and qualifications

• The ideal candidate profile will be a seasoned dealmaker with a track record as a deal architect and a deal closer in the global biopharma arena. They will bring functional expertise in BD&L, strategic partnership, and financing, along with a strong reputation and network for “opening doors” in the industry. The ideal candidate profile will likely come from a current role with equivalent responsibilities in a global big pharma or a big biotech, and yet operate with a dynamic and entrepreneurial mindset.
• The top candidate profile will be an enterprise leader who is agile and nimble with a proven track record of successfully navigating through ambiguity and delivering results with creativity and forward-thinking. They will be a thought partner senior leaders within the organization, possessing a global mindset and a strong ability to collaborate and operate with diverse teams and leadership across geographies and cultures. 
• The successful candidate will be pragmatic and operationally savvy. They will bring a sense of urgency in the ability to identify, evaluate, and seize opportunities, leveraging their expertise in a dynamic and competitive market environment. This Senior Director is someone who naturally excels in a complex, challenging, highly entrepreneurial environment and can quickly identify the optimal path to corporate value creation. They will be hands-on, ready to pivot and change course when necessary to reach the best outcome.
• For operational efficiency and effectiveness with global teams, the target geographic location for this role is in New Jersey for the ease of access to Teva’s physical office.
• Bachelor’s degree is required.  Master’s degree or a higher level degree is preferred, along with a scientific background in drug development and commercialization.
• Minimum 10 years experience cumulative related to BD, R&D in biopharma and a strong understanding of the pharmaceutical industry. 
• Strong relationship-building skills, able to influence internal and external stakeholders. This individual will be highly visible at all levels of the organization and must be able to build trust and credibility.
• Intimate understanding of the pharmaceutical industry and third-party-partnered development is strongly preferred.
• Advanced principles and practices of project management.
• Advanced principles and practices of program development, public speaking, program and project administration and management, including procurement and contract management.
• Ability to support department goals, track, and report execution progress.
• Proactive and collaborative, working with key stakeholders internally and externally.
• Techniques to work effectively under pressure, meet deadlines, and adjust to changing priorities.
• Interpreting