Senior Director, Business Development Search, Evaluation And Partnerships

Join us as the Senior Director, Business Development Search, Evaluation and Partnerships, in AstraZeneca’s Vaccines & Immune (V&I) Therapy group. This role is pivotal in developing strategy, supporting global business development, and public-private partnership initiatives.

You will have a direct impact on the scientific strategy and portfolio. Your ambitious drive, strong scientific R&D and/or clinical background in vaccines, antibodies, and infectious diseases, coupled with interpersonal skills, will be key to your success in this role. Accountabilities: You will be responsible for driving search efforts of external innovation and strategic partnering opportunities across academia, governments, non-governmental organizations, biotech, and peer pharma.

You will conduct scientific and strategic evaluation of opportunities and present attractive opportunities to the business effectively and efficiently. You will also develop the cases for in-licensing and partnership opportunities. For public-private partnership opportunities, you will lead the development of proposals, negotiate, and execute contracts, and resolve disputes.

Essential Skills/Experience: MD or PhD with 8 of demonstrated ability. Extensive deal experience and proven foundation of BD practices and approaches.

Experience in establishing public-private partnerships with governments, non-governmental organizations, and academia. Experience in alliance management and academic partnerships. Strong scientific background with knowledge of vaccines, antibodies, drugs and clinical development in infectious diseases and technology platforms enabling vaccine/antibody development and delivery.

Strong analytical skills and ability to ascertain the relevant issues from technical information provided by functional authorities. Extensive experience in leading multi-functional project teams of senior professionals. Strong interpersonal and team leadership skills, demonstrating flexibility, consistent record to take care of complexity under time pressure.

Excellent communication and influencing skills across multiple internal and external collaborator groups. Experience and effectiveness in presentations of cases to the most senior management. Ability to think critically, creatively and to anticipate and solve problems.

Ability to navigate and be successful in a fast-paced, highly matrixed work environment. When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we spark bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions.

Thats why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesnt mean were not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility.

Join us in our outstanding and bold world. At AstraZeneca, we are a change-maker on the world stage at an exciting frontier of medicine. We are helping to transform healthcare and build pandemic preparedness to protect against future health crises.

We are teammates who invest in ground-breaking collaborations, local partnerships, and commercial initiatives. We are always moving forward, challenging the status quo, spotting opportunities and making thoughtful moves. Join us as we lead the future with an entrepreneurial spirit.

With an agile attitude and the strength of a global brand, we challenge and change how things are done. Ready to make a significant impact? Apply now AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity.

We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.