You lead the evaluation of drug candidates and technologies, collaborating with various teams to ensure alignment and support due diligence efforts while representing the company at industry events.
Anforderungen
- •Degree in Life Sciences or related field
- •Minimum 5 years in pharma or biotech
- •Demonstrated expertise in asset evaluation
- •Solid understanding of therapeutic areas
- •Proven track record in licensing transactions
- •Exceptional analytical and communication skills
- •Experience with data analytics platforms
Deine Aufgaben
- •Lead scouting and assessment of drug candidates.
- •Review clinical data and assess strategic fit.
- •Collaborate with BD Project Leaders on evaluations.
- •Maintain documentation of evaluated opportunities.
- •Serve as interface between internal teams and external sources.
- •Coordinate with R&D, Regulatory, Marketing, and Corporate Development.
- •Manage intake of external proposals from various sources.
- •Monitor scientific advances and market trends.
- •Contribute to the external opportunity pipeline.
- •Support due diligence with expert insights and assessments.
- •Facilitate internal reviews with cross-functional experts.
- •Represent the company at industry events and meetings.
- •Prepare offers, risk assessments, and deal structures with teams.
- •Support negotiation strategy and draft early-stage agreements.
Deine Vorteile
Transparent corporate culture
High autonomy in leadership
Modern working environment
Flexible working hours
Home office option
Bonus scheme
Company car
Employee mobile phone
Laptop provision
Initial education support
Continuing education support
Canteen access
Good transport connection
Employee events
Meal allowance
Company doctor services
Parking spot availability
Health measures
Employee discount
Original Beschreibung
Principal Business Development -Search & Evaluation (f/m/d)
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| 1190 Wien | Vollzeit | Start: as of now |
**We are seeking a Principal BD Search & Evaluation to lead the identification, assessment, and early engagement of external drug candidates and technologies that align with our R&D and business priorities. Acting as a key interface between internal teams and external partners, the Principal BD Search & Evaluation will ensure a steady pipeline of high-potential opportunities across multiple therapeutic areas.**
What Your Day To Day Will Look Like
**Search & Evaluation**
* Lead proactive scouting and in-depth scientific and commercial assessment of external drug candidates, technologies, and platforms.
* Basic understanding of IP and implied limitations, review clinical data, and assess the strategic fit of opportunities.
* Collaborate with BD Project Leaders to build competitive overviews and conduct preliminary commercial evaluations.
* Maintain structured tracking and documentation of evaluated opportunities.
**Cross-Functional Collaboration**
* Serve as a central interface between internal teams and external innovation sources.
* Coordinate with stakeholders in R&D, Regulatory, Marketing, and Corporate Development to ensure alignment of search activities.
* Manage intake and triage of external proposals from global affiliates, senior management, and academic or industry partners.
**Competitive Intelligence**
* Monitor scientific advances and market trends to identify strategic gaps and opportunities.
* Contribute to the development and continuous update of our external opportunity pipeline.
* Support due diligence through expert insights, landscape assessments, and KOL engagement.
**Stakeholder Engagement**
* Facilitate internal reviews with cross-functional experts and executive decision-makers.
* Represent the company at industry events, conferences, and initial partnering meetings.
**Deal Leadership & Structuring**
* Work with R&D Innovation and BD teams to prepare non-binding offers, early risk assessments, and deal structures.
* Support negotiation strategy, draft early-stage agreements, and help guide assets through pre-diligence to transaction execution.
Your Qualifications and Experience
* Degree in Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical Sciences, or a related field (PhD and/or MBA)
* Minimum 5 years of experience in Search & Evaluation, R&D, Business Development, or related functions in the pharma or biotech industry.
* Demonstrated expertise in scouting and evaluating assets across various development stages.
* Solid scientific understanding of one or more therapeutic areas: Oncology, Hematology, Rare Diseases, Respiratory, Cardiovascular/Metabolic.
* Proven track record of supporting or leading successful in-licensing or acquisition transactions (please include deal sheet, if applicable).
* Exceptional analytical, presentation, and communication skills.
* Experience with data analytics platforms and competitive intelligence tools used in pharma evaluation.
Our offer
* Transparent and forward-thinking corporate culture that values strategic input
* High level of autonomy within a collaborative and results-driven leadership team
* Modern working environment with good public transport connections (U4 - Heiligenstadt)
* Flexible working hours (flexitime/time-out days), home office, bonus scheme, company car, additional benefits and employee events
* Structured onboarding and support through a buddy system
* Gross annual salary provided for this function is a minimum of EUR 100.000.- based on full-time employment (38,5h/week). Any potential overpayment depends on professional experience and qualifications.
Main Benefits
* Bonus
* Homeoffice
* Company car
* Employee mobile phone
* Flexible working hours
* Laptop
* Initial and continuing education
* Canteen
* Good transport connection
* Employee events
* Meal allowance
* Company doctor
* Parking spot
* Healthmeasures
* Employee discount