Development Manager, Biosimilars & Pharma Manufacturing

Fortis Recruitment; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 100,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Senior stakeholder exposure

Job summary

Fortis Recruitment's client, a lean commercial team in life sciences, seeks an experienced corporate development professional to shape a 2–3 year growth roadmap, prioritise opportunities and build compelling business cases.

You will manage manufacturing partner relationships, own sourcing (RFPs), and drive cross‑functional delivery from advisory to ownership, collaborating with senior stakeholders in a hybrid Dublin setting.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in strategy or management consulting with life sciences focus.
• Direct exposure to biosimilars, generics or portfolio strategy is a strong plus.
• Comfortable moving from advisory to ownership and leading deals.
• Strong financial modelling and business case skills required.
• Pharmacy or STEM degree is an advantage; MBA/MPharm/MSc is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Shape the 2–3 year growth roadmap and prioritise new opportunities.
• Build business cases: financial modelling, ROI analysis, sizing.
• Manage manufacturing partner relationships, including site visits.
• Own sourcing processes (RFPs) and cross‑functional delivery.

Skills

Financial modelling

Business case development

Strategic consulting

Stakeholder management

Deal lifecycle management

Education

MBA

MPharm

MSc

Job description

Our client is a lean, high-impact commercial team bringing lower-cost biosimilar medicines to market, backed by one of the largest healthcare organisations in the country.

If you're currently building the business case for a client from the outside, on a life sciences or pharma consulting engagement, this is the same skill set from a different seat. You pick the opportunity, build the case, run the due diligence, and see it through to a manufacturing partner and a launch, rather than handing the recommendation off for someone else to execute.

This is corporate development, not sales: spotting which off-patent biologics are worth pursuing, building the business case, sourcing the right manufacturing partner, and helping bring the product to market, start to finish.

What you'll do

• Shape the 2–3 year growth roadmap and prioritise new opportunities
• Build business cases: financial modelling, opportunity sizing, ROI analysis
• Manage manufacturing partner relationships, including site visits
• Own sourcing processes (RFPs) and cross-functional delivery (legal, finance, market access, supply chain)

What you'll bring

• 5+ years in strategy or management consulting with a life sciences, pharma or biotech focus; equivalent in-house corporate development or commercial strategy experience in pharma/biotech also considered
• Direct exposure to biosimilars, generics or off-patent portfolio strategy a strong plus
• Comfortable moving from advisory to ownership. This role sees the deal through, not just recommends it
• Strong financial modelling and business case skills, whether built on client engagements or in-house
• Pharmacy or STEM degree an advantage; registered pharmacist plus MBA/MPharm/MSc even better, not essential
• A fast problem-solver, comfortable with ambiguity, confident with senior stakeholders

On offer

• Hybrid, weekly in Dublin
• A small, high-impact team with direct senior exposure and real scope to grow the role, without the travel or billable-hours structure of consulting life