EVP Head of Strategic Partnerships

Evotec

About The Position

Evotec is seeking a transformative and future-focused EVP Head of Strategic Partnerships to redefine how the industry discovers and develops tomorrow’s breakthrough medicines. This role is not about incremental growth — it’s about anticipating where science, technology, and investment will converge over the next 5–10 years and forging the bold partnerships that will make that future real. As a visionary dealmaker and strategic architect, the EVP Head of Strategic Partnerships will lead the design and execution of long-term alliances with global pharmaceutical leaders, emerging biotech's, and/or innovation ecosystems. Your mission is to unlock the full potential of Evotec’s precision medicine and multimodal discovery platforms by building differentiated, future-forward collaborations that shape entire therapeutic landscapes. This is a unique opportunity for a strategic thinker who sees around corners — someone with deep drug discovery expertise, exceptional business instincts, strong scientific and business acumen and the credibility to influence C-suite decisions across the life sciences industry. The EVP Head of Strategic Partnerships plays a pivotal role in shaping Evotec’s growth strategy, ensuring we’re not only responding to where the market is going, but actively creating what comes next. Evotec is a life science company with a unique business model that delivers on its mission to discover and develop highly effective therapeutics and make them available to the patients. The Company’s multimodality platform comprises a unique combination of innovative technologies, data and science for the discovery, development, and production of first-in-class and best-in-class pharmaceutical products. Evotec leverages this “Data-driven R&D Autobahn to Cures” for proprietary projects and within a network of partners including all Top 20 Pharma and over 800 biotechnology companies, academic institutions, as well as other healthcare stakeholders. Evotec has strategic activities in a broad range of currently underserved therapeutic areas, including e.g. neurology, oncology, as well as metabolic and infectious diseases. Within these areas of expertise, Evotec aims to create the world-leading co-owned pipeline for innovative therapeutics and has to-date established a portfolio of more than 200 proprietary and co-owned R&D projects from early discovery to clinical development. Evotec operates globally with more than 5,000 highly qualified people. The Company’s 17 sites offer highly synergistic technologies and services and operate as complementary clusters of excellence. For additional information please go to www.evotec.com and follow us on X/Twitter @Evotec and LinkedIn. Please click on the link below to access and review our Privacy Information for Applicants: Privacy Information for Applicants

Requirements

Deep understanding of how pharma is evolving — scientifically, commercially, and structurally.
Ability to anticipate the strategic imperatives of future pharma pipelines and align Evotec’s platforms and discovery engines accordingly.
A bold, entrepreneurial mindset with a proven ability to identify opportunities, initiate bold partnerships, and lead change at scale.
Passion for creating what doesn’t yet exist.
Extensive experience in drug discovery and development, including translational science and early clinical strategy.
Fluency in both scientific and business domains, with an ability to build deals that are both visionary and executable.
Proven success in negotiating complex, high-value partnerships that redefine strategic positioning.
Comfortable navigating ambiguity, assessing risk, and crafting innovative deal structures that align long-term interests.
Experience leading globally dispersed teams across scientific, business, and operational domains.
Skilled in inspiring cross-functional collaboration, building trust, and driving unified execution of strategic initiatives.

Responsibilities

Focus on building a pipeline of high-impact, first-in-class therapeutics through transformative partnerships with pharma and biotech.
Prioritize collaborations that leverage differentiated technology platforms and address future unmet needs.
Identify, design, and secure future-focused strategic alliances that position Evotec at the center of next-generation therapeutic innovation.
Drive long-term, value-creating relationships that go beyond transactions — creating shared roadmaps for scientific and commercial success
Serve as the lead architect of complex, innovation-driven partnerships.
Structure deals that are bold, future-facing, and aligned with evolving industry priorities.
Negotiate from a position of deep scientific understanding and long-term strategic vision, creating enduring value for Evotec and its partners.
Lead globally distributed business development teams, uniting scientific, legal, and operational functions around a shared vision.
Champion a collaborative, agile, and integrated approach to building a high-value pipeline across geographies and therapeutic areas.

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