Business Development Director, Asia

Job Description Summary

As the Business Development Director, Asia, you will be responsible for driving growth in Sandoz International Region (SIR) by ensuring the execution of product in-licensing deals in line with Sandoz’s strategy across Asia markets such as Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the Philippines.

Key responsibilities:

• Ensure the timely execution of product in-licensing deals in line with Sandoz’ strategy for Asia markets with focus on Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the Philippines.
• Collaborate closely with the central Business Development team as well as regional portfolio, launches, strategy, and franchises to ensure ongoing projects are in line with regional focus areas and priorities.
• Ensure deal execution according to Business Development processes and guidelines.
• Execute the complete process of a deal (search, assessment, negotiation, contracting, implementation into project and launch management) in view of a first-to-market strategy.
• Ensure internal cross-functional deal alignment and due diligence in line with applicable internal policies and guidelines, involving all relevant stakeholders (e.g. Commercial Operations, Regulatory, Quality, Legal, Intellectual Property, TechOps, Finance).
• Provide regular reporting on Business Development activities to relevant Regional and Global functions.
• Establish/reinforce contacts and position Sandoz as ‘Partner of Choice’ with key partners.

Requirements:

• Education: Bachelor’s or master’s degree in a scientific or business field.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in business development and licensing in the pharmaceutical industry, including at least 3 years’ experience in Asia markets.
• Strong financial modeling and valuation skills and in-depth understanding of main financial valuation methods.
• Strong hands-on approach combined with business acumen and strategic thinking.
• Proven cross-functional project leadership skills.

Why Sandoz?

Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, touched the lives of almost 500 million patients last year and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more!

With investments in new development capabilities, state-of-the-art production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.

Our momentum and entrepreneurial spirit is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful, flexible-hybrid careers, where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is encouraged!

The future is ours to shape!

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

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