Director, Business Development

Veracyte • San Diego, CA

5h • Hybrid

About The Position

At Veracyte, we offer exciting career opportunities for those interested in joining a pioneering team that is committed to transforming cancer care for patients across the globe. Working at Veracyte enables our employees to not only make a meaningful impact on the lives of patients, but to also learn and grow within a purpose driven environment. This is what we call the Veracyte way – it’s about how we work together, guided by our values, to give clinicians the insights they need to help patients make life-changing decisions.
Our Values:
We Seek A Better Way: We innovate boldly, learn from our setbacks, and are resilient in our pursuit to transform cancer care
We Make It Happen: We act with urgency, commit to quality, and bring fun to our hard work
We Are Stronger Together: We collaborate openly, seek to understand, and celebrate our wins
We Care Deeply: We embrace our differences, do the right thing, and encourage each other
The Position:
We are hiring an experienced Director of Business Development to help us continue to grow.

Requirements

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree with at least 10 years of business experience or MBA/other advanced degree, with at least 7 years of relevant partnering, licensing, business development, mergers/acquisitions, consulting, or banking experience.
• Significant expertise in project management and contract negotiation.
• Technical acumen in biology/genomics/NGS and experience in oncology and/or molecular diagnostics
• Strong business, negotiation, analytical decision-making, and executive functioning skills.
• Ability to effectively communicate, build relationships, and influence a broad variety of business leaders, both internally and externally.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working within a matrixed environment and supporting senior leaders in high‑impact business development activities.
• Prior exposure to M&A or complex strategic partnerships, with progression in responsibility over time.

Responsibilities

• Support and contribute to evaluation, negotiation, structuring, and closing of transactions. Operate with moderate independence and partnering closely with senior BD leadership.
• Develop comprehensive business cases for new business opportunities, supporting decision-making and alignment with corporate objectives.
• Lead and support assessment of M&A opportunities, including target identification, evaluation, and strategic fit analysis.
• Support diligence and integration activities post-transaction, collaborating cross-functionally to ensure seamless transition and value realization.
• Translate unmet customer and market needs to identify and execute on potential new business arrangements (i.e., licensing, OEM, development, supply, co-promotion).
• Manage select business relationships and provide input to internal and external business partners on transaction and strategic issues pertaining to licensing/strategic alliances.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with internal functions (Research and Tech Dev, Product Development, Finance, Operations, Legal, Marketing, and Commercial) to assess market potential, financial viability, technical relevance, and proprietary and legal implications.
• Gather and communicate intelligence by reading published literature and patents and press releases, attending conferences and trade shows, networking, and seeking other sources of intelligence.
• Participate in and support continuous improvement of BD processes, creative deal structures, and contracting.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees