Associate Director of Business Development

W. L. Gore & Associates; Flagstaff (AZ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Gore Medical is seeking an Associate Director of Business Development to shape and advance its inorganic growth strategy in the endovascular domain, with potential emphasis on Digital, AI and Smart technology capabilities.

This role serves as the strategy & asset identification partner to the Business Group, defining where and how Gore should invest to drive long-term value creation. Located in Phoenix or Flagstaff, AZ, it balances the current roadmap with exploration of new growth vectors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
• Experience developing a business case and financial model.
• Strong knowledge of markets, regulatory pathways, and commercialization.
• Influences senior leaders; clearly presents complex trade-offs.
• Communicates risks and assumptions; simplifies complex concepts.
• Structured thinker; thrives in ambiguity and drives clarity.
• Ability to travel up to 20%.

Responsibilities

• Lead inorganic growth strategy aligned to Business Group and enterprise priorities.
• Translate market and innovation trends into actionable investment roadmaps.
• Integrate build, buy, partner pathways to optimize portfolio value.
• Drive white space analysis to identify unmet needs and new opportunities.
• Prioritize targets using strategic, clinical, regulatory, and financial criteria.
• Develop investment theses, business cases, and valuation frameworks.
• Partner cross-functionally to build financial models and executive decision support.
• Build external partnerships and advance opportunities into deal pipeline.
• Drive aspects of transaction evaluation to include strategic fit assessment, market analysis, competative review and risk identification; and deliver data-backed recommendations on capital allocation and priorities.
• Drive continuous improvement of strategy tools, processes, and best practices.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Financial modeling

Stakeholder management

Communication

Decision making

Education

Bachelor’s degree

MBA or advanced degree

Job description

About The Role

We are seeking an Associate Director of Business Development responsible for shaping and advancing Gore Medical’s inorganic growth strategy within the endovascular domain including a potential emphasis on Digital, AI, and Smart technology capabilities. This role serves as the strategy & asset identification partner to the Business Group, defining where and how Gore should invest to drive long-term value creation. Operating at the intersection of portfolio strategy and external innovation, this lead develops growth thesis, identifies and prioritizes targets, cultivates relationships, and advances high-quality opportunities into the deal pipeline. Additionally, this role will support due diligence efforts and share learnings with integration teams. The role balances stewardship of the current growth roadmap (~75%) with a proactive exploration of AI and digital, and future growth vector opportunities (~25%). This position focuses on upstream strategy, opportunity framing, and executive decision support, partnering closely with Deal Execution & Integration teams to transition qualified opportunities into structured transaction processes. This role will be located at our facilities in either Phoenix, Arizona or Flagstaff, Arizona.

Responsibilities

• Lead inorganic growth strategy aligned to Business Group and enterprise priorities
• Translate market and innovation trends into actionable investment roadmaps
• Integrate build, buy, partner pathways to optimize portfolio value
• Drive white space analysis to identify unmet needs and new opportunities
• Prioritize targets using strategic, clinical, regulatory, and financial criteria
• Develop investment theses, business cases, and valuation frameworks
• Partner cross-functionally to build financial models and executive decision support
• Build external partnerships and advance opportunities into deal pipeline
• Drive aspects of transaction evaluation to include strategic fit assessment, market analysis, competative review and risk identification; and deliver data-backed recommendations on capital allocation and priorities
• Drive continuous improvement of strategy tools, processes, and best practices

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• Minimum 7 years in product/portfolio or technical management, preferably, within medical devices, life sciences, healthcare technology or digital health
• Experience developing a business case and financial model
• Strong knowledge of markets, regulatory pathways, and commercialization
• Influences senior leaders; clearly presents complex trade-offs
• Communicates risks and assumptions; simplifies complex concepts
• High integrity; trusted with sensitive strategic information
• Structured thinker; thrives in ambiguity and drives clarity
• Manages stakeholders; prioritizes and advances work with urgency
• Continuous improvement mindset; drives operational excellence
• Ability to travel up to 20%

Desired Qualifications

• MBA or advanced degree preferred
• Experience supporting corporate strategy, M&A, due diligence, or ventures (preferred)
• Experience assessing digital/AI technologies and building roadmaps

What We Offer

Our success is based on the capability and creativity of our Associates, and we are proud to offer a comprehensive and competitive total rewards program that supports your everyday and helps you build your tomorrow.

We provide benefits that offer choice and flexibility and promote overall well-being. And in keeping with our belief that every Associate should share in the collective success of the enterprise; we provide a distinctive Associate Stock Ownership Plan in each country as well as potential opportunities for “profit-sharing”. Learn more at gore.com/careers/benefits

Gore is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, national origin, ancestry, age, status as a qualified individual with a disability, genetic information, pregnancy status, medical condition, marital status, sexual orientation, status as a protected veteran, gender identity and expression, and any other characteristic protected by applicable laws and regulations.

Gore is committed to a drug-free workplace. All employment is contingent upon successful completion of drug and background screening. Gore will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, e.g., arrest and conviction records, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws.

Gore requires all applicants to be eligible to work within the United States. Gore generally will not sponsor visas unless otherwise noted on the position description.