Senior Manager / Associate Director, Business Development

Flagship Pioneering, Inc.•Cambridge, MA

About The Position

Flagship Pioneering is a biotechnology company that invents and builds platform companies that change the world. We bring together the greatest scientific minds with entrepreneurial company builders and assemble the capital to allow them to take courageous leaps. Those big leaps in human health and sustainability exponentially accelerate scientific progress in areas ranging from cancer detection and treatment to nature-positive agriculture. What sets Flagship apart is our ability to advance biotechnology by uniting life science innovation, company creation, and capital investment under one roof in a way that is largely without precedent. Our scientific founders, entrepreneurial leaders, and professional capital managers are each aligned around an institutionalized process that enables us to innovate and transform for the benefit of people and planet. Many of the companies Flagship has founded have addressed humanity’s most urgent challenges: vaccinating billions of people against COVID-19, curing intractable diseases, improving human health, preempting illness, and feeding the world by improving the resiliency and sustainability of agriculture. Flagship has been recognized twice on FORTUNE’s “Change the World” list, an annual ranking of companies that have made a positive social and environmental impact through activities that are part of their core business strategies, and has been twice named to Fast Company’s annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies. Why Flagship? At Flagship Pioneering, YOU get: inspiring leadership, great company culture, competitive compensation packages, best in class benefits, generous PTO, beautiful office space stocked with unlimited snacks and free lunch delivered daily, and impactful work with endless career growth. The Position: The Sr. Manager or Associate Director of Business Development, depending on experience, will be a core part of the team responsible for strengthening our business through helping capture and implement learnings about the biopharma deal environment by operationalizing BD processes and analytics for Flagship and our ecosystem companies. This role will report to the Director of BD and will be critical in accelerating the growth of the FSP BD team. This individual should have a passion for working at the intersection of science and business and have an analytical mindset who thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic, and deadline driven environment. This individual should have a can-do attitude, be open to change and be excited about understanding the biopharma business development landscape.

Requirements

BS or other graduate degree in the life sciences required
Understanding of biopharmaceutical R&D, the drug development process, and the role and processes of business development
Excellent analytical/quantitative, conceptual problem-solving, organizational and time management skills and are comfortable working independently
Clear communicator in writing and speech and creative in terms of visual presentation of trends and data
Strong attention to detail

Nice To Haves

2-5 years life sciences experience in a business development function in a biotechnology/pharmaceutical company, Life Science Consulting form or biopharma investment banking
Knowledgeable about trends and technologies in biopharmaceutical R&D and partnering
Comfort in the start-up environment, passion for understanding emerging data and navigating ambiguity in a dynamic environment

Responsibilities

Actively participate in the analytics of an effective and efficient business development effort/team
Lead pharma profiling in terms of characterizing their positioning in the partnering landscape, understanding their structure and decision-making process, capturing the knowledge gained from deepening FSP relationships and driving additional knowledge capture on behalf of FSP and our companies
Own pharma contact interface and leverage for BD analytics
Prepare opportunity assessments with scientific/portfolio rationale, partnership framework and financial assessment, analysis of competitive landscape and comparable deal terms
Build internal champions to amplify FSP BD reach, including for biopharma account management and ask KOLs for data review
Support deal activities including campaign design, outreach, tracking, deal structure design, term sheet assessment, research planning
Track progress, including coordinating the definition and reporting of the KPIs, as well as leading periodic health checks to monitor the strength and effectiveness of the partnership
Build strategy for and communication of intelligence acquisition gained through medical conference attendance, analyst report review
Partner with CBDO to own and share history and best practices across the ecosystem

Benefits

inspiring leadership
great company culture
competitive compensation packages
best in class benefits
generous PTO
beautiful office space stocked with unlimited snacks and free lunch delivered daily
impactful work with endless career growth
healthcare coverage
annual incentive program
retirement benefits
a broad range of other benefits