Senior Director, Business Development

Qualifications:

• Essential
• Advanced degree in life sciences, medicine, business, or a related field; MBA or equivalent business training is a plus
• 10+ years of relevant experience in biotechnology or pharmaceutical business development, corporate strategy, licensing, or a related function
• Demonstrated experience executing or materially contributing to biopharma partnership and licensing transactions
• Strong understanding of drug development and the biotechnology/pharmaceutical industry
• Experience evaluating external therapeutic assets and conducting cross-functional diligence
• Demonstrated ability to perform or oversee market, competitive, and commercial analyses for drug development programs
• Strong financial and analytical capabilities, including familiarity with asset valuation, deal economics, forecasting, and scenario analysis
• Excellent negotiation, communication, and presentation skills
• Strong scientific and strategic judgment, with the ability to rapidly assess complex information and make clear recommendations
• Ability to build trusted relationships with senior executives and external partners across the biopharma ecosystem
• Entrepreneurial mindset and willingness to work hands-on in an early-stage environment
• Values and Behaviors:
• Encourage respectful disagreement and cultivate open-minded, ego-free interactions to continuously push each other towards excellence
• Seek out diverse perspectives; practice active listening and genuine curiosity to ensure all contributions are valued, regardless of source
• Recognize the impact of your behavior, language and attitudes, and strive for balanced, meaningful exchanges that enhance mutual growth and understanding in all interactions
• Use a company-first mindset to guide decision-making; prioritize team over individual success
• Take calculated risks and challenge convention in the quest for exceptional outcomes
• About Quotient:
• Quotient Therapeutics is a privately-held, early stage company developing breakthrough medicines informed by natural somatic genetic diversity present in patients. Through our work in somatic genomics, we are forging a new status quo for biopharma research and development across a broad pipeline of internal and partnered programs.
• The company was founded by Flagship Pioneering, an innovative enterprise that conceives, creates, resources, and grows first-in-category life sciences companies. Flagship Pioneering has created over 100 groundbreaking companies over the past twenty years, all of which are pioneering novel and proprietary biological, industrial, and engineering approaches to solve major needs in human health and sustainability. These companies include Moderna (MRNA), Generate Biomedicines, Sana Biotechnology (SANA), Tessera Therapeutics, Evelo Biosciences (EVLO), Indigo Agriculture, Seres Therapeutics (MCRB), and Syros Pharmaceuticals (SYRS).
• Quotient Therapeutics and Flagship Pioneering are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.
• Recruitment & Staffing Agencies:
• Quotient Therapeutics (“Quotient”) and Flagship Pioneering (“FSP”) do not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to Quotient, FSP or their employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Flagship Pioneering’s internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of FSP, and FSP will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto.
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