88-50100574 Business Development Project Leader
About The Position
Genentech, Inc. is hiring a Business Development Project Leader at its South San Francisco, California location. The role leads cross-functional diligence teams evaluating and advancing business development opportunities in drug discovery, including licensing and mergers and acquisitions. It involves assessing opportunities in areas such as Neuroscience, Ophthalmology, Rare diseases, and Technologies; building relationships with third-party companies; and ensuring access to data needed to assess assets and technologies. The position leads negotiation and contract teams across Finance, Legal, Intellectual Property, and other functions; collaborates on deal structures, key terms, and financial offers; and conducts negotiations. The leader advances projects through internal governance processes, facilitates organizational decision-making, and contributes to identifying and prioritizing opportunities for the partnering pipeline. The role also works with senior Research and Development leaders to establish strategic partnering priorities, including Target Product Profiles, and prioritize targets and modalities for Corporate Business Development focus. The role may supervise up to three interns and/or rotational program participants in medical scientist, business analyst, or management analyst occupations. Telecommuting is permitted up to two days per week.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in Business Administration or a closely related field, with concentrated coursework in healthcare management.
- Three years of experience spearheading investment opportunities in the biotechnology or healthcare industry.
- Experience developing investment strategies, including prioritizing indications, targets, mechanistic pathways, and modalities, and analyzing scientific theory around cutting-edge targets and mechanisms for drug discovery for neurodegenerative diseases.
- Experience developing business cases around novel science, including therapeutic hypotheses, assets, technologies, assays, discovery and development plans, risks and mitigation strategies, competitive landscapes, market assessments, and valuations.
- Experience collecting and integrating cross-functional expert input to analyze assets and support organizational decision-making.
- Experience linking risk assessments and mitigation plans to deal structures.
- Experience negotiating Confidential Disclosure Agreements and other agreements with counterparts.
- Experience managing stakeholders for investment recommendations and governance meetings.
- Understanding of venture capital fundraising, company creation, investment, and key stakeholder roles to support relationship building and negotiations with venture-capital-backed companies for licensing or M&A deals.
Responsibilities
- Lead cross-functional diligence teams to evaluate and advance drug-discovery business development opportunities, including licensing and mergers and acquisitions.
- Identify business opportunity risks and mitigation strategies, including leading the design and negotiation of Material Transfer Agreements and Feasibility Study Agreements.
- Develop relationships with third-party companies and collaborate to ensure access to data needed to assess assets and technologies.
- Lead negotiation and contract teams involving Finance, Legal, Intellectual Property, and other functions.
- Collaborate with teams to develop deal structures, key terms, and financial offers, and conduct negotiations.
- Drive projects through internal governance processes and facilitate organizational decision-making.
- Identify, evaluate, and prioritize business development opportunities for the partnering pipeline through conferences, networks, landscaping, proactive outreach, and relationships with venture capitalists and accelerators.
- Collaborate with senior Research and Development leaders to establish strategic partnering priorities, including Target Product Profiles.
- Prioritize targets and modalities for Corporate Business Development focus.
- Contribute to departmental activities.
- May supervise up to three interns and/or rotational program participants in medical scientist, business analyst, or management analyst occupations.
Benefits
- A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance.
- The position qualifies for company benefits; specific benefits are described at the linked benefits page.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
