Director, Due Diligence & External Opportunities

CSL; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 234,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

CSL is transforming its R&D organization to accelerate innovation and create greater impact for patients. The Director, Project Management Due Diligence will join a hybrid team in a King of Prussia, PA or Waltham MA office, onsite three days a week.

The role focuses on developing and managing due diligence processes, cross-functional assessments, and governance for external opportunities. The candidate will lead integrated project plans, timelines and budgets, ensuring timely scientific,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Life Science, PhD preferred.
• 12+ years in biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry.
• 8+ years experience as project manager leading cross-functional project teams in a matrixed, global environment, in-depth knowledge in drug research, development and manufacturing processes.
• Experience orchestrating asset due diligence across scientific/clinical/CMC/Reg/IP/Commercial organizations, comfort with valuation drivers and deal critical paths.
• Strong understanding of drug development processes and external innovation strategies.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain DD toolkit, templates, documents and knowledge management.
• Partner with Search lead and project manage due diligence assessments of potential in-licensing or acquisition opportunities.
• Develop and manage integrated project plans, timelines, budgets and program risks for assets under evaluation.
• Ensure timely completion of scientific, clinical, regulatory, IP, legal, and commercial evaluations.
• Facilitate cross-functional meetings and escalates issues to leadership as needed.
• Develop and maintain status reports, dashboards and decision-support materials for senior leadership and governance committees.
• Develop and maintain tracking tools to prioritize external opportunities, monitor deal progress, highlight company inflection points, and provide leadership with transparent pipeline visibility.
• Partner with Search lead as key liaison between internal cross-functional teams and external partners, organizing meetings with external companies and orchestrating scientific, clinical, regulatory, and commercial assessments to support informed decision-making.
• Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders across, R&D, Commercial Development, BD, Legal and Finance.
• Drive process optimization for DD and Search workflows.
• Capture lessons learned and implement best practices for future evaluations.
• Mentoring of more junior.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder management

Process improvement

AI-enabled search capabilities

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Life Science

PhD preferred

Job description

CSL is transforming its R&D organization to accelerate innovation and create greater impact for patients. The Director, Project Management Due Diligence will join a hybrid team in a King of Prussia, PA or Waltham MA office, onsite three days a week.

The role focuses on developing and managing due diligence processes, cross-functional assessments, and governance for external opportunities. The candidate will lead integrated project plans, timelines and budgets, ensuring timely scientific,