VP, Business Development and Licensing (AI)

Location: Office-based in New York City, United States, with flexibility to work remotely as needed. Travel to conferences and partnering events is expected every 4–6 weeks.

Annual base salary: $336,380–$404,140, plus annual bonus, equity compensation, and comprehensive benefits.

Company

hirify.global is a clinical-stage TechBio company using an AI-native platform that integrates biology, chemistry, clinical development, proprietary multimodal data, and purpose-built AI models to discover and develop medicines.

What you will do

• Lead business development and licensing activities for clinical and preclinical molecule portfolios.
• Build relationships with senior business development and licensing leaders at pharmaceutical and biotechnology organizations.
• Identify and evaluate development, commercialization, in-licensing, acquisition, and co-development opportunities in oncology and immunology and inflammation.
• Conduct technical and commercial due diligence with asset leadership, search and evaluation teams, and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Structure, negotiate, and execute licensing, acquisition, co-development, co-commercialization, and spin-out agreements.
• Represent the platform and acquisition strategy to senior scientific and business leaders and advise internal teams on data-package deliverables.

Requirements

• BS or BA in life sciences such as biology, chemistry, pharmacy, or medicine.
• 12–15+ years of biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry experience, focused on oncology and immunology and inflammation.
• 7+ years of direct business development and licensing experience with successful buy-side and sell-side transactions.
• Strong senior-level network across biotechnology companies and large pharmaceutical organizations.
• Deep knowledge of drug development from early discovery through clinical development and commercialization.
• Experience leading complex negotiations, managing multiple projects independently, and communicating technical and commercial concepts across functions.

Nice to have

• Advanced degree such as JD, MBA, PhD, or PharmD.
• Demonstrated interest in AI-enabled drug discovery.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, execution-minded Corporate Development environment with cross-functional work across science, clinical development, data science, legal, and finance.
• Values include integrity, direct engagement, active learning, urgency, ownership, accountability, and collaboration.
• Remote work flexibility is available as needed for the office-based role.
• Annual bonus, equity compensation, and comprehensive benefits package.