SVP – Strategic Partnerships

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Develop and implement a forward-thinking partnership strategy that aligns with market changes and platform priorities.

• Create intricate, multi-asset and platform-based collaborations, including risk-sharing and co-development frameworks.

• Organize intellectual property, governance, financial structures, and milestone systems to enhance long-term portfolio value.

• Modify or dissolve partnerships when their strategic significance no longer aligns with goals.

• Perform systematic market analysis to uncover emerging scientific trends, technological changes, and capital movements.

• Predict future innovation clusters and influence involvement in these ecosystems.

• Formulate regional and global partnership strategies that support Evotec’s long-term growth objectives.

• Oversee negotiations with C-suite executives and Board members.

• Convert scientific and translational strategies into commercially viable agreements.

• Manage risk, capital exposure, and resource distribution across a diversified partnership portfolio.

• Coordinate scientific, legal, financial, and operational functions from initial concept to contract and launch.

• Create governance structures that facilitate effective decision-making and execution.

• Foster internal alignment across different geographies and therapeutic areas.

• Communicate strategic rationale and long-term value creation to executive committees and external partners.

• Integrate partnerships within the larger portfolio strategy.

⛳️ Requirements

• Several years of experience in biopharma or biotech.

• Advanced scientific or medical qualifications.

• Significant expertise in drug discovery, translational science, and early clinical strategy.

• Proven history of structuring and finalizing complex, innovation-driven partnerships.

• Experience in negotiations at the C-suite and Board level.

• Established global network among senior scientific and industry leaders.

• Portfolio-oriented mindset across multinational regions.

• Strong grasp of portfolio balance concerning risk, capital, and resource exposure.

• Ability to foresee emerging scientific and market shifts.

• Experience in designing governance frameworks that expedite decision-making.

• Capability to manage long-term deals and develop multi-year partnerships.

• Proven effectiveness in high-ambiguity, multi-stakeholder environments.

• Strong advocacy for change based on exposure to external innovations.

🏝️ Benefits

• Opportunity to influence strategic alliances that will shape future therapeutic landscapes.

• Opportunity to accelerate the global development of transformative medicines.