Dir, BioPharma Strategic Transactions

  • 400 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
  • Full Time

About the Job

The Director, BioPharma Strategic Transactions is a key member of the BioPharma Team and Head of the Transaction Excellence team. This position works collaboratively across BioPharma and as part of the BEP and BPD teams. This position works with external partners to drive innovation in and guidance for deals that can support growth in more complex, solution-based or end-to-end partnerships. 

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide strategic leadership on the development and structuring of novel, complex, end-to-end solutions-based deals.
  • Manage the Transaction Excellence team of business development managers to identify needs and opportunities to evolve our deal structure for strategic partnerships and new business.
  • Lead the development and delivery of guidance that can support value creation and deal processes that streamline and expedite time from opportunity to deal execution.
  • Work closely with legal, compliance and others as needed to develop deal templates that can be leveraged by partner-facing teams.
  • Act as internal thought partner for externally-facing deal team members and ensure consistency in approaches across partners by training and provision of expertise.
  • Support the development of overarching BioPharma transaction strategy.
  • Maintain availability to work outside of a regularly scheduled shift.
  • Travel domestically and internationally up to 20% of the time.
  • Lead/support other projects as periodically assigned.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:

  • Advanced degree in business or a scientific discipline
  • 10+ years business development, alliance management experience in a diagnostic company with a focus in Oncology

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Significant experience partnering with biopharmaceutical companies, contract negotiation and deal execution
  • Experience leading and working collaboratively in multi-disciplinary teams, across multiple functional areas and development phases
  • Experience working in dynamic teams; demonstrated ability to operate and deliver in a fast pace environment and with ambiguity
  • Good knowledge of global oncology therapeutics, biomarker & genomics markets
  • Strong communication skills and ability to present effectively across a range of stakeholders
  • Understanding of HIPAA and importance of privacy of patient data
  • Commitment to reflect Foundation Medicine's values: Integrity, Courage, Passion

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About Foundation Medicine

Foundation Medicine began with an idea—to simplify the complex nature of cancer genomics, bringing cutting-edge science and technology to everyday cancer care. Our approach generates insights that help doctors match patients to more treatment options and helps accelerate the development of new therapies. Foundation Medicine is the culmination of talented people coming together to realize an important vision, and the work we do every day impacts real lives.

Confidence, or the belief that we need to check every box before applying for a job, can sometimes hold us back from going after a role that inspires us. At Foundation Medicine there's no such thing as the 'perfect' applicant, and our company is a place where every employee can make an impact and continue to grow whatever background they may have or path they may have taken. So, as long as you meet the basic qualifications for a role, please apply if you see a position that would make you excited to come into Foundation Medicine every day and help us transform cancer care.

Learn more about our Biopharma team here.

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