Description:
Key Responsibilities
- Lead S&E efforts for BD opportunities across therapeutic areas such as Oncology, Hematology, Cell Therapy, Immunology, Cardiovascular, and Neuroscience
- Demonstrate leadership and scientific rigor while working closely with internal stakeholders such as Enterprise Strategy, R&D and Commercial and potential external partners
- Lead and conduct initial triaging and assessment of inbound BD opportunities
- Lead and conduct proactive search and external outreach in therapeutic areas to identify and initially qualify partnering or acquisition opportunities fitting BMS BD priorities.
- Ability to multi-task in balancing large book of work while ensuring consistent attention and prioritization of most critical and visible projects.
- Serve as thought partner to facilitate formulation of therapeutic area strategy (e.g., focus indications, target MOAs, potential partners, etc.) while driving the execution of external business development elements.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver assessments of external opportunities for BMS governance endorsement, including leading scientific evaluations and due diligence
- Collaborate with Transaction BD and Corporate Development colleagues to support agreement negotiation and contracting
- Lead and participate in BD external partnering events (e.g. BIO, BIO EU, BMS Partnering Days) and technical / scientific meetings, and support the preparation of materials such as presentations, FAQ and related documents.
- Coach and oversee junior team members on search and evaluation activities and business development projects
Qualifications & Experience
- MD, PhD, PharmD, or other advanced degree in the biomedical field required
- Minimum 10 years' experience within the biopharmaceutical industry or related biotech/healthcare practice (e.g., consulting, investment banking, venture capital); significant previous S&E/BD experience highly desirable
- Scientific knowledge in specific therapeutic areas with deep understanding of drug development processes from discovery to regulatory approval
- Strong analytical, communication, and leadership skills
- A proven record of effectively supporting discovery, clinical development or business development projects.
- Proven ability to efficiently 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 and 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.