Flagship Pioneering
Pioneering Medicines: Associate Director/ Director Business Development
Flagship Pioneering, Cambridge, Massachusetts, us, 02140
Pioneering Medicines: Associate Director / Director Business Development
Position Summary
The Associate Director / Director, Business Development, will be responsible for leading strategic transactions for Pioneering Medicines and select companies across the Flagship ecosystem.
This role requires the ability to influence up, down, and across the ecosystem, as well as strong organizational, communication, and presentation skills.
The successful candidate will have scientific acumen, the ability to think and act strategically, be deeply collaborative, and thrive in a fast‑paced, entrepreneurial environment.
Location: Cambridge, MA.
This is an onsite role requiring four days onsite weekly.
Key Responsibilities
Lead efforts to shape and execute partnering strategies, drive external engagement, and negotiate transactions for Pioneering Medicines and Flagship ecosystem companies.
Lead diligence and financial analysis for new deals, develop partnership frameworks, and present key findings to company leadership and investment decision makers.
Collaborate closely with the Partnering team and cross‑functional leaders to shape and execute Flagship’s business development strategy.
Establish credibility across the organization through a deep understanding of the biotech and pharmaceutical deals landscape.
Prepare opportunity assessments with scientific/portfolio rationale, partnership framework, financial assessment, competitive landscape analysis, and comparable deal terms.
Foster strong cross‑functional collaboration with R&D, operations, finance, and legal.
Drive engagement with potential top‑tier pharmaceutical partners, establishing relationships and communicating the vision of the Flagship ecosystem.
Identify, implement, and continuously refine best practices for partnership operations, program tracking, and execution.
Lead the coordination and execution of key internal Partnering meetings, ensuring effective agenda setting, action tracking, and follow‑up.
Develop guiding principles and objectives, track execution against them, develop joint ways of working, and participate in health checks for key partners.
Key Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in life sciences, business administration, or a related field; an advanced scientific degree strongly preferred; MBA a plus.
Experience with sell‑side partnering and transaction processes.
5+ years of experience in business development, partnership management, or alliance management within a large pharma or biotech environment.
Strong analytical, financial, problem‑solving, and decision‑making skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
Ability to interface with external partners.
Demonstrated experience managing complex relationships and driving operational efficiencies.
Proven ability to collaborate across diverse functions and lead cross‑functional initiatives.
Excellent communication and organizational skills with strong executive presence.
Strong leadership skills and proven ability to influence others to reach common goals and to act independently.
Ability to thrive in a fast‑paced, evolving environment and drive continuous improvement.
Self‑motivated, attention to detail, and proven ability to work well in teams.
About Flagship Pioneering Flagship Pioneering is a biotechnology company that invents and builds platform companies that change the world.
We bring together the greatest scientific minds with entrepreneurial company builders and assemble the capital to allow them to take courageous leaps.
These leaps in human health and sustainability exponentially accelerate scientific progress in areas ranging from cancer detection and treatment to nature‑positive agriculture.
What sets Flagship apart is our ability to advance biotechnology by uniting life‑science innovation, company creation, and capital investment under one roof in a way that is largely unprecedented.
Our scientific founders, entrepreneurial leaders, and professional capital managers are each aligned around an institutionalized process that enables us to innovate and transform for the benefit of people and planet.
Many of the companies Flagship has founded have addressed humanity’s most urgent challenges: vaccinating billions against COVID‑19, curing intractable diseases, improving human health, preempting illness, and feeding the world by improving the resiliency and sustainability of agriculture.
Flagship has been recognized twice on FORTUNE’s “Change the World” list—a ranking of companies that make a positive social and environmental impact through their core business strategies—and has been twice named to Fast Company’s annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies.
Equal Employment Opportunity Flagship Pioneering and our ecosystem companies 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 Flagship Pioneering and its affiliated Flagship Lab companies (collectively, “FSP”) do not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates.
The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to FSP or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Flagship Pioneering’s internal Talent Acquisition team.
Any resume submitted by an agency without a signed agreement will automatically become the property of FSP, and FSP will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto.
Salary & Benefits The salary range for this role is $150,000 – $236,500.
Compensation will depend on a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, and experience.
Pioneering Medicines currently offers healthcare coverage, an annual incentive program, retirement benefits, and a broad range of other benefits.
Compensation and benefits information is based on Pioneering Medicines’s good faith estimate as of the date of publication and may be modified in the future.
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This role requires the ability to influence up, down, and across the ecosystem, as well as strong organizational, communication, and presentation skills.
The successful candidate will have scientific acumen, the ability to think and act strategically, be deeply collaborative, and thrive in a fast‑paced, entrepreneurial environment.
Location: Cambridge, MA.
This is an onsite role requiring four days onsite weekly.
Key Responsibilities
Lead efforts to shape and execute partnering strategies, drive external engagement, and negotiate transactions for Pioneering Medicines and Flagship ecosystem companies.
Lead diligence and financial analysis for new deals, develop partnership frameworks, and present key findings to company leadership and investment decision makers.
Collaborate closely with the Partnering team and cross‑functional leaders to shape and execute Flagship’s business development strategy.
Establish credibility across the organization through a deep understanding of the biotech and pharmaceutical deals landscape.
Prepare opportunity assessments with scientific/portfolio rationale, partnership framework, financial assessment, competitive landscape analysis, and comparable deal terms.
Foster strong cross‑functional collaboration with R&D, operations, finance, and legal.
Drive engagement with potential top‑tier pharmaceutical partners, establishing relationships and communicating the vision of the Flagship ecosystem.
Identify, implement, and continuously refine best practices for partnership operations, program tracking, and execution.
Lead the coordination and execution of key internal Partnering meetings, ensuring effective agenda setting, action tracking, and follow‑up.
Develop guiding principles and objectives, track execution against them, develop joint ways of working, and participate in health checks for key partners.
Key Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in life sciences, business administration, or a related field; an advanced scientific degree strongly preferred; MBA a plus.
Experience with sell‑side partnering and transaction processes.
5+ years of experience in business development, partnership management, or alliance management within a large pharma or biotech environment.
Strong analytical, financial, problem‑solving, and decision‑making skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
Ability to interface with external partners.
Demonstrated experience managing complex relationships and driving operational efficiencies.
Proven ability to collaborate across diverse functions and lead cross‑functional initiatives.
Excellent communication and organizational skills with strong executive presence.
Strong leadership skills and proven ability to influence others to reach common goals and to act independently.
Ability to thrive in a fast‑paced, evolving environment and drive continuous improvement.
Self‑motivated, attention to detail, and proven ability to work well in teams.
About Flagship Pioneering Flagship Pioneering is a biotechnology company that invents and builds platform companies that change the world.
We bring together the greatest scientific minds with entrepreneurial company builders and assemble the capital to allow them to take courageous leaps.
These leaps in human health and sustainability exponentially accelerate scientific progress in areas ranging from cancer detection and treatment to nature‑positive agriculture.
What sets Flagship apart is our ability to advance biotechnology by uniting life‑science innovation, company creation, and capital investment under one roof in a way that is largely unprecedented.
Our scientific founders, entrepreneurial leaders, and professional capital managers are each aligned around an institutionalized process that enables us to innovate and transform for the benefit of people and planet.
Many of the companies Flagship has founded have addressed humanity’s most urgent challenges: vaccinating billions against COVID‑19, curing intractable diseases, improving human health, preempting illness, and feeding the world by improving the resiliency and sustainability of agriculture.
Flagship has been recognized twice on FORTUNE’s “Change the World” list—a ranking of companies that make a positive social and environmental impact through their core business strategies—and has been twice named to Fast Company’s annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies.
Equal Employment Opportunity Flagship Pioneering and our ecosystem companies 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 Flagship Pioneering and its affiliated Flagship Lab companies (collectively, “FSP”) do not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates.
The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to FSP or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Flagship Pioneering’s internal Talent Acquisition team.
Any resume submitted by an agency without a signed agreement will automatically become the property of FSP, and FSP will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto.
Salary & Benefits The salary range for this role is $150,000 – $236,500.
Compensation will depend on a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, and experience.
Pioneering Medicines currently offers healthcare coverage, an annual incentive program, retirement benefits, and a broad range of other benefits.
Compensation and benefits information is based on Pioneering Medicines’s good faith estimate as of the date of publication and may be modified in the future.
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