Senior Director, External Scientific Innovation Transactions

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com

Job Function:

Strategy & Corporate Development

Job Sub Function:

Strategic Partnerships & Alliances

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America, Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America, US063 NJ Raritan - 920 US Hwy 202, US159 NJ Titusville - 1125 Trenton-Harbourton Rd

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson Innovation

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Pharmaceuticals and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/.  

The aim of External Scientific Innovation (ESI) is to successfully compete for the top science and transformational innovation externally, including at universities, biotech companies and elsewhere in the life sciences industry ecosystem, allowing J&J to build the best healthcare pipeline, advancing transformative products and services for patients and consumers. 

The Sr Director External Scientific Innovation Transactions is a core member of our Global Transactions team, and responsible for leading business development activities including transactions, research collaborations, licensing, and/or asset acquisitions for their region. This leader will also handle the business case development, negotiations, financing and communications to senior management to execute transactions. This leader will primarily focus on deals within North America region and if needed, will be asked to support others during times of high demand.

We are searching for the best talent for Senior Director, External Scientific Innovation Transactions.

Key Responsibilities

• Leads cross-functional team in identifying transformational innovation externally that are strategically aligned to the TA/Function portfolio and building compelling business cases that are clearly communicated to senior leaders.
• Lead diligence, negotiations, and executions for a wide range of complex deals including research collaborations, licensing, and asset acquisitions from discovery stage through the end of Phase 1.
• Work closely with R&D, finance, legal, and IP to creatively develop new business models and deal structures in line with overall J&J IM R&D best interests. Ensures that team members prepare high quality internal review and briefing documents, including substantial quantitative and qualitative analysis of opportunities that drive internal alignment and agreement.
• Proactively anticipates concerns, risks, and issues, and resolves issues throughout the business development process by leveraging research, data and internal stakeholder feedback.
• Interact regularly with IM R&D Therapeutic Area leads, regional Innovation Center Head, and IM Business Development.
• Mentor talent on the Global Transactions team and other colleagues in the deal making process.
• Establish an industry network to the benefit of J&J and IM R&D. Assimilate and synthesize emerging trends in the region by attending relevant meetings and conferences.

The above duties and responsibilities are not an exhaustive list, and you may be required to undertake any other reasonable duties compatible with your experience and competencies. This description may be varied from time to time to reflect changing business requirements.

Qualifications

• BA/BS level degree required. Advanced degree such as, an MBA and/or PhD in Scientific field of study is preferred
• Deep experience of the pharmaceutical and/or biotechnology industry with a minimum of 10 years of healthcare experience including 7+ years in Business Development deal experience including research collaborati