Avp, Business & Corporate Development

Associate Vice President, Business & Corporate Development - RETAINED with Top 10 Global Big Pharma - NYC Hybrid Based or Remote + Travel + (min. 450k+ OTE)

SciPro is retained with a Top 10 Global Top Pharma on an Executive search for an AVP, Business & Corporate Development (Out-partnering) position. This is an incredibly exciting opportunity to join one of the world's largest and most well-established companies in the Pharmaceutical industry to join their corporate development team working on the negotiation and execution of agreements for their R&D funding. In this role you will be the go-to person for partnering activity and/or externalize development and commercialization rights for existing assets and portfolios.

This is a Group Lead position where you will manage an existing team, reporting into the VP, Corporates Development (2 layers removed from CEO) who is looking for a demonstrated leader in out partnering and out licensing for R&D funding deals. The transactions could involve anything from pre-clinical and clinical development stage assets, to commercialized asset divestitures, businesses within the company, site sales, and reversions of assets related to terminated agreements on a global, multi-national and/or regional basis. You will be responsible for the post-closing follow-up of the transition and financial performance of the agreement. In this role you will be successful if you have the following experience:

Work Experience:

• Must understand how to run an end to end deal – operational aspects of what this looks like, know who to speak with, negotiation, terms sheets, contract evaluation etc.
• Be savvy when it comes to financial evaluation
• Need to have done deals and be able to evidence this through deal sheets
• Must have Industry specific experience in Pharma – must have tolerance levels to navigate larger pharma companies
• Proven leader in out partnering and out licensing for R&D funding deals
• In depth understanding of which companies to go after, strategy and negotiation
• Direct management and leadership experience – will come in to manage 3x direct reports (2x Directors, 1x Senior Manager)

Competencies:

• Must be adaptable and able to build internal relationships
• Work style and personality is important - Must be humble, a team player and willing to learn
• Ability to work in a collaborative environment – extremely cross functional role – clin dev, finance, legal, mfg, etc. (highly matrixed)

Eager to connect with industry leaders interested in exploring this opportunity further. Please apply with an updated CV, or send an email to [email protected] to learn more!