Empowering Muscle Empowering Lives
Heart Failure • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
August 29
🏢 In-office - San Francisco
Empowering Muscle Empowering Lives
Heart Failure • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
• Source licensing and collaboration opportunities that align with Cytokinetics’ pipeline and strategic interests. • Drive the deal process and decision-making, including generating and delivering impactful presentations to senior management and key decision-makers. • Lead cross-functional deal teams involved in assessments and due diligence, building the business case, developing/recommending deal structures and negotiating term sheets and definitive agreements. • Travel as needed to attend meetings/conferences and for networking and negotiations. • Cross-train, coach and mentor colleagues within Business Development/Alliance Management, External Innovation (e.g., research collaborations/in-licensing) and other functions at Cytokinetics on opportunity assessment, due diligence, negotiation and driving activities towards decisions and deal execution.
• Advanced degree (e.g., M.B.A., Ph.D., etc.) with a relevant technical degree preferred with 10+ years of biopharma business development or related experience. • Deal sheet with demonstrated record of leading negotiations to successful completion, including deals for regional rights (Asia, Europe, LATAM, MENA) and for late-clinical stage/commercial programs Preferably with an established network of contacts in the area of specialty cardiology. • Ability to summarize or simplify complex concepts and to “think on your feet.” • Excellent analytical capabilities (e.g., to identify/evaluate opportunities, deal comparables, etc.). • Strong interpersonal and communication skills. Multilingual a plus. • Demonstrated creativity, flexibility and problem-solving ability. • Strong knowledge base regarding business development practices and trends. • Proven ability to work effectively in a team environment with interactions across diverse disciplines. • Positive attitude, attention to detail and polished presentation skills essential.
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