Director, External Innovations
BioNTech SE
Full-time
Remote friendly (Cambridge, MA)
United States
$168,100 - $268,700 USD yearly
Corporate Functions
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Role Summary
Director, External Innovations based in Cambridge, Gaithersburg, or New Jersey. The role involves identifying and evaluating external opportunities with strong scientific merit, collaborating with senior management and stakeholders, and delivering high-value deals to BioNTech.
Responsibilities
- Lead and contribute to partnering activities with companies in support of BioNTech’s global vision.
- Create, negotiate, and execute term sheets and agreements with global pharma partners and biotech companies for various types of collaborations.
- Liaise with internal stakeholders as part of the deal making process including R&D, alliance management, legal, IP, finance, and senior management.
- Create, evaluate, and identify partnering and acquisition opportunities.
- Communicate progress on business development activities to internal stakeholders.
- Analyze, interpret, and summarize preclinical/clinical data, scientific literature, and other technical information.
- Seek highly promising innovations in stealth mode for potential development at BioNTech.
- Write deep-dive reports with high quality in a concise manner for internal stakeholders.
Qualifications
- A minimum of a bachelor’s degree with 8 years of experience in partnering, contract negotiation and business development activities in the pharmaceutical and biotech industry.
- Experience building partnerships with global pharma partners, biotech companies and academics including drafting and negotiating term sheets and contracts.
- Experience working in a highly cross-functional and international setup.
- Driven, “sleeves rolled up” approach to work with ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-volume environment; flexible and responsive self-starter to act independently as well as collaboratively across business functions.
- Impeccable integrity, work ethic and commitment.
- Organized, detail-oriented with the ability to multi-task.
- Strong passion towards science, especially oncology. Strong data-searching and analytical skills. Ability to synthesize large amounts of data and structure findings into a tangible recommendation to senior management.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Education
- Preferred: Advanced degree (master’s, MD or PhD).