Director of Business Development
Novo Nordisk
September 03, 2026
Remote friendly (Cambridge, NJ)
United States
Sales
Responsibilities:
- Evaluate external growth opportunities and execute transactions to access assets of interest.
- Partner with Search & Evaluation and therapeutic area heads to identify deals of interest and drive diligence to reach “go”/“no go” decisions.
- Lead cross-functional evaluations of therapeutic drug programs from preclinical through clinical stages, including clinical benefit, mechanism, preclinical data, manufacturing, regulatory strategy, clinical development path, intellectual property, and commercial potential.
- Participate in and ideally lead negotiations in business transactions.
- Work with legal, finance, commercial, clinical, and scientific teams to develop business development proposals to senior management.
- Contribute to strategy planning for financial investment trade-off decisions.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
- 8+ years of relevant experience required; pharmaceutical or biotechnology experience preferred (advanced degree may substitute as appropriate).
- Record of presenting partnership opportunities to senior management.
- Ability to build rapport with therapeutic and functional area leaders.
- Strong analytical skills for financial evaluations.
- Strong presentation skills.
- Proven ability to lead due diligence and deal negotiation.
- Ability to identify/prioritize risks across functions and frame decisions for senior leadership.
- Experience navigating internal dynamics; matrix organization experience preferred.
Physical Requirements:
- 5–10% overnight travel.
Benefits/Compensation:
- Base compensation range: $187,000–$279,000; eligible for company bonus and long-term incentive compensation and/or company vehicles (role-dependent).
Application:
- If you need special assistance or accommodation to apply, call 1-855-411-5290 (accommodation requests only).
- Evaluate external growth opportunities and execute transactions to access assets of interest.
- Partner with Search & Evaluation and therapeutic area heads to identify deals of interest and drive diligence to reach “go”/“no go” decisions.
- Lead cross-functional evaluations of therapeutic drug programs from preclinical through clinical stages, including clinical benefit, mechanism, preclinical data, manufacturing, regulatory strategy, clinical development path, intellectual property, and commercial potential.
- Participate in and ideally lead negotiations in business transactions.
- Work with legal, finance, commercial, clinical, and scientific teams to develop business development proposals to senior management.
- Contribute to strategy planning for financial investment trade-off decisions.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
- 8+ years of relevant experience required; pharmaceutical or biotechnology experience preferred (advanced degree may substitute as appropriate).
- Record of presenting partnership opportunities to senior management.
- Ability to build rapport with therapeutic and functional area leaders.
- Strong analytical skills for financial evaluations.
- Strong presentation skills.
- Proven ability to lead due diligence and deal negotiation.
- Ability to identify/prioritize risks across functions and frame decisions for senior leadership.
- Experience navigating internal dynamics; matrix organization experience preferred.
Physical Requirements:
- 5–10% overnight travel.
Benefits/Compensation:
- Base compensation range: $187,000–$279,000; eligible for company bonus and long-term incentive compensation and/or company vehicles (role-dependent).
Application:
- If you need special assistance or accommodation to apply, call 1-855-411-5290 (accommodation requests only).