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About the Role

Your role is vital in navigating important discussions that impact our ability to achieve significant advancements in healthcare. Business development and strategic planning serve as our corporate representative in crucial negotiations, enabling us to deliver breakthroughs that transform patients' lives.

Responsibilities

• Independently identify, evaluate, and drive new business opportunities including partnerships, licensing (in/out), acquisitions, and divestitures.
• Lead end-to-end deal processes including evaluation, valuation, negotiation, due diligence, contracting, and post-deal alliance management.
• Partner closely with cross-functional teams to assess strategic fit, feasibility, and business rationale.
• Monitor industry trends, competitive activity, and market dynamics to inform BD strategy and opportunity creation.
• Manage multiple BD projects concurrently with high autonomy in a fast-paced, lean organizational setting.
• Represent Pfizer as a credible counterpart in external partner discussions and negotiations.
• Support the BD Lead in shaping and executing Pfizer Japan’s BD strategy and long-term growth initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, life sciences, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in business development in the pharmaceutical/biotech industry.
• Proven track record of independently leading BD deals through successful closure.
• Strong analytical, communication, and negotiation skills.
• Experience working cross-functionally.
• Deep understanding of the Japanese pharmaceutical industry and regulatory environment.
• Solid understanding of deal structures, contracts, and negotiations.
• Fluency in both Japanese and English.
• High sense of confidentiality and ethics.
• MBA or advanced degree.
• Experience working in a global matrix organization.
• Experience in alliance management or post-deal integration.
• Strong project management and problem-solving capabilities.
• Flexibility, adaptability, and ability to manage ambiguity.
• Proven ability to engage directly and effectively with senior stakeholders, both internally and externally.

Skills

• Business development
• Strategic planning
• Partnerships
• Licensing
• Acquisitions
• Divestitures
• Deal evaluation
• Valuation
• Negotiation
• Due diligence
• Contracting
• Alliance management
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Market analysis
• Project management
• Problem-solving
• Stakeholder engagement

Location

• Japan

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• Minimum 5 years of experience

Education Level

• Bachelor’s degree
• MBA or advanced degree

About the Company

• At Pfizer, we believe that every role contributes to our mission of improving patients' lives.
• Pfizer careers are like no other. In our culture of individual ownership, we believe in our ability to improve future healthcare, and potential to transform millions of lives.
• We’re looking for new talent to join our global community, to unearth new innovative therapies that make the world a healthier place.

Equal Opportunity

• Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.
• To learn more about acceptable and prohibited uses of AI during the recruitment process, please review our candidate AI-use guidelines available on Pfizer Careers.