Director, Business Development (Life Sciences)

Location: Remote within approved U.S. locations; quarterly on-site work at the Memphis campus or as requested. Applicants residing in California are not eligible for remote work unless willing to relocate to an approved location. Travel to Memphis may be required for interviews and/or orientation.

Salary: $160,160–$329,680 per year.

Company

hirify.global advances cures and prevention for pediatric catastrophic diseases by translating research into therapies, diagnostics, digital health solutions, and other products.

What you will do

• Lead business development, commercialization, licensing, partnership, collaboration, and startup or investor engagement efforts for research innovations.
• Assess market feasibility through development, market, regulatory, and other due diligence, then create plans for industry, executive, investor, and investment-banking engagement.
• Identify opportunities, structure and negotiate transaction terms, establish collaboration governance, and manage external partners, consultants, and services.
• Collaborate with Clinical, Regulatory, Manufacturing, Legal, Compliance, research, and other teams to support compliant market translation and effective handoffs.
• Monitor industry trends and competitive landscapes, design standardized business processes, and prepare development, risk-management, contingency, and budget recommendations.
• Build relationships with researchers, physicians, scientists, investors, industry partners, institutions, and key opinion leaders; represent the organization at conferences and develop team members.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in life sciences, such as Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Physics, or a related field.
• At least 10 years of life sciences industry experience, including leadership roles with substantial business development and transaction experience.
• Prior life sciences business development experience, an extensive industry network, and experience bringing life sciences innovations to market.
• Experience identifying and managing industry partners, negotiating engagement and transaction terms, and successfully executing engagements and transactions.
• Strong business acumen, financial management, communication, negotiation, strategic program leadership, and resource management skills.
• Experience leveraging patent portfolios and establishing successful scientific and industry collaborations.
• Ability to analyze data, set strategy, manage ambiguity and risk, track regulatory and compliance developments, and lead complex cross-functional initiatives.
• Strong relationship-building, emotional intelligence, persuasive communication, integrity, transparency, followership, and team leadership abilities.

Nice to have

• PhD, MD, or MBA.
• Biopharmaceutical, early-stage life sciences startup, or venture capital experience, including partnership and transaction experience.
• Experience leading strategic programs from initiation to completion with internal cross-functional teams and external partners.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote work is available within approved U.S. locations, subject to required travel and quarterly on-site work in Memphis.
• Work supports the mission of advancing cures and prevention for pediatric catastrophic diseases.
• Benefits are provided; specific benefits details are available through St. Jude.
• Recruiting decisions include human review and engagement, with technology supporting portions of the process.

Hiring process

• Selected candidates may need to travel to the Memphis campus for interviews and/or orientation.
• Applications from search firms are not accepted without a valid written agreement approved by HR.