Director, Business Development
Kymera Therapeutics
August 20, 2026
Remote friendly (Watertown, MA)
United States
Sales
How you’ll make an impact:
- Drive Kymera’s business development strategy, positioning the targeted protein degradation platform and pipeline at the center of strategic partnerships.
- Identify, evaluate, and close strategic transactions with leading biopharma companies (buy- and sell-side).
- Own transactions end to end, from initial opportunity through signature agreement, working with R&D, legal, finance, and outside counsel.
- Lead and coordinate cross-functional diligence teams.
- Prepare partnering materials (presentations, term sheets, valuation models).
- Lead search and evaluation processes for prioritized external opportunities.
- Develop financial analyses (forecasts, comparables, NPV valuations).
- Lead negotiation and execution of collaboration agreements (licensing/collaboration agreements, SRAs, MTAs, CDAs).
- Represent Kymera with BD counterparts.
- Represent Kymera at partnering conferences and industry events (e.g., JPM, BIO).
Skills and experience you’ll bring:
- Advanced degree (PhD, MD, or MBA) reflecting scientific fluency and business acumen.
- 8+ years in business/corporate development or strategy consulting in biopharma.
- Experience across full deal lifecycle: sourcing, diligence, negotiation, structuring.
- Demonstrated cross-functional leadership and ability to manage multiple concurrent projects.
- Strong strategic judgment; able to work independently and represent externally.
- NPV modeling, forecasting, and comparables analysis; ability to communicate results.
- Track record evaluating opportunities (scientific and commercial).
- Working knowledge of biopharma R&D (small molecules a plus), clinical development, and regulatory pathways.
- Excellent negotiation, written, and presentation skills.
- Drive Kymera’s business development strategy, positioning the targeted protein degradation platform and pipeline at the center of strategic partnerships.
- Identify, evaluate, and close strategic transactions with leading biopharma companies (buy- and sell-side).
- Own transactions end to end, from initial opportunity through signature agreement, working with R&D, legal, finance, and outside counsel.
- Lead and coordinate cross-functional diligence teams.
- Prepare partnering materials (presentations, term sheets, valuation models).
- Lead search and evaluation processes for prioritized external opportunities.
- Develop financial analyses (forecasts, comparables, NPV valuations).
- Lead negotiation and execution of collaboration agreements (licensing/collaboration agreements, SRAs, MTAs, CDAs).
- Represent Kymera with BD counterparts.
- Represent Kymera at partnering conferences and industry events (e.g., JPM, BIO).
Skills and experience you’ll bring:
- Advanced degree (PhD, MD, or MBA) reflecting scientific fluency and business acumen.
- 8+ years in business/corporate development or strategy consulting in biopharma.
- Experience across full deal lifecycle: sourcing, diligence, negotiation, structuring.
- Demonstrated cross-functional leadership and ability to manage multiple concurrent projects.
- Strong strategic judgment; able to work independently and represent externally.
- NPV modeling, forecasting, and comparables analysis; ability to communicate results.
- Track record evaluating opportunities (scientific and commercial).
- Working knowledge of biopharma R&D (small molecules a plus), clinical development, and regulatory pathways.
- Excellent negotiation, written, and presentation skills.