Associate Director, Search and Evaluation Cardiometabolic & Endocrinology (Seaport MA) 1

EMD Serono, Inc.; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 131,000 - 196,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

PTO (paid time off)

Retirement contributions

Other perquisites

Job summary

EMD Serono, Inc. in Boston/Searport MA seeks a seasoned External Innovation leader to drive access to external innovations for CM+F&E.

You will evaluate opportunities, lead due diligence scoping with cross-functional teams, and partner with Business Development to shape strategic options for partnerships or acquisitions. The role requires a PhD in pharmaceutical science with 5+ years of R&D investment experience, strong leadership, and the ability to present to senior management.

Qualifications

• PhD in pharmaceutical science or equivalent with high R&D expertise.
• Strong leadership and cross-functional team experience.
• Excellent presentation and decision-making skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead external innovation screening to identify CM+F&E opportunities.
• Coordinate multi-functional IA and DD scoping with internal experts.
• Provide decision-ready documents to Investment Board and DRB.

Skills

Leadership

Presentation skills

Strategic thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

PhD in pharmaceutical science

Job description

Work Your Magic with us! Start your next chapter and join EMD Serono.

Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more? We know you've got big plans - so do we! Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us.

United As One for Patients, our purpose in Healthcare is to help create, improve and prolong lives. We develop medicines, intelligent devices and innovative technologies in therapeutic areas such as Oncology, Neurology and Fertility. Our teams work together across 6 continents with passion and relentless curiosity in order to help patients at every stage of life. Joining our Healthcare team is becoming part of a diverse, inclusive and flexible working culture, presenting great opportunities for personal development and career advancement across the globe.

This role does not offer sponsorship for work authorization. External applicants must be eligible to work in the US.

Your Role

Drive access to key external innovations from biotech/biopharma companies globally for Cardiometabolic, Fertility & Endocrinology (CM +F&E), enabling critical advancement of the company pipeline; search and evaluate external opportunities and support scientific and technical assessment process for potential partners, acquisitions, or licensing deals;

• Take responsibility for Initial Assessments (IAs) as the initial step in a Due Diligence process with key functional experts and present high quality decision making documents to the Investment Board (IB) and lead respective multi-functional teams
• Partner with internal stakeholders to identify search priorities and support defining the CM + F&E partnering strategy
• Develop and keep overview of External Innovation landscape within investment priorities in alignment with the CM+F&E Therapeutic Areas;
• Drive proactive search to identify assets of interest and potential partners and guide partner selection
• Select and prioritize opportunities for further evaluation in close collaboration with Business Development counterparts
• Maintain overview of search and evaluation activities in CM+F&E and maintain a longlist of potential opportunities
• Oversee and guide filtering of potential opportunities (e.g., unsolicited, VC portfolios, conferences); execute CDA and provide aligned feedback to stakeholders
• Benchmarking of potential partners based on aligned criteria to elucidate differentiation
• Build and maintain external network (e.g., biotech/pharma/VC) and represent/position us externally toward potential partners
• Collaborate with BD colleagues for partnering discussions to assess viability / feasibility of partnership.
• Consult on assessment of risks and mitigations and ensure seamless transition of IA projects to DD Lead
• Drive identification of big rocks and consolidation of IB decision-making document to make a go/no-go decision
• Provide decision making documentation to IB and DRB level senior management to proceed into Due Diligence activities to assess Big Rocks or full data packages of external opportunities

Strategic Impact

Generating strategic value by identifying high value opportunities to develop and expand our innovative pipeline of opportunities in CM+F&E as key strategic therapeutic areas

Scope Of People Responsibility

• Develop and mentor talents (e.g. GoGlobal Trainees and Short-Term Assignees)
• Lead multi-functional assessment teams to generate IAs, DD scopes

Who You Are

Minimum Qualifications

• University degree (PhD) in pharmaceutical science or an equivalent qualification with high expertise, strong network, and substantial R&D experience in respective investment priority field

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years experience with 2+ years in BD&L / EI
• Thorough understanding of the pharmaceutical drug discovery/development process
• Scientific profile with substantial R&D experience
• Strong leadership acumen to lead cross functional teams to develop search scopes, External Innovation strategy and IAs
• Strong presentation skills enabling senior management decision making

Location

Seaport MA

Pay Range

Pay Range for this position: $130,600 - $195,900

The offer range represents the anticipated low and high end of the base pay compensation for this position. The actual compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, level of experience, education, skills, and other job-related factors. Position may be eligible for sales or performance-based bonuses. Benefits offered by the Company include health insurance, paid time off (PTO), retirement contributions, and other perquisites. For more information click here.

What we offer

We are curious minds that come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe that this variety drives excellence and innovation, strengthening our ability to lead in science and technology. We are committed to creating access and opportunities for all to develop and grow at your own pace. Join us in building a culture of inclusion and belonging that impacts millions and empowers everyone to work their magic and champion human progress!

• Position may be eligible for sales or performance-based bonuses.
• health insurance
• paid time off (PTO)
• retirement contributions
• other perquisites