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About the Role
Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative (QLHC) is seeking a Business Development leader to leverage existing relationships and develop new ones with pharmaceutical, biotech partners, and clinician scientists. The role involves identifying and pursuing new business opportunities, leading, analyzing, and managing partners' clinical trial needs, and building relationships to support QLHC's clinical trial programs. The ideal candidate must thrive in a fast-paced environment and maintain high standards of quality and accountability.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with finance, legal, clinical safety, clinical operations, regulatory, and project management.
- Communicate and facilitate communication between pharmaceutical partners and investigators to generate new clinical trial arms.
- Advance the integration of clinical care and clinical research through developing partnerships.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with external partners by locating, developing, defining, and closing business agreements and ensuring effective collaboration.
- Delegate supporting roles to collaboration team members.
- Manage project functions relating to communication flow, efficient meeting structures, deliverables, and timelines.
- Directly manage across the entire business portfolio, monitor partnership performance, develop strategies to address issues, and manage appropriate escalation.
- Develop and execute partnership agreements, including multi-party collaborations for clinical development, regulatory, safety reporting, and other agreements.
- Identify trendsetting ideas by researching industry events, publications, and announcements.
- Discover and explore business opportunities by actively networking with new and existing contacts.
- Screen potential trial ideas by analyzing strategies, requirements, and financials.
- Evaluate options and resolve internal priorities.
- Develop and apply negotiating strategies and positions to obtain consensus and enable contract execution within tight timelines.
- Work with Clinical Operations, Collaborations, and internal/external partners to develop protocols and protocol amendments.
- Contribute substantially to and manage protocol development for FDA and IRB submissions.
- Work with Clinical Operations to transition new contracts into clinical implementation.
- Attend occasional conferences and meetings to develop new collaborations.
- Interact with existing and potential government sponsors to establish and maintain new collaborations, including report preparation and presenting status updates.
- Protect organization’s values by keeping information confidential.
- Work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure effective collaboration and alignment with partners, driving successful execution of partnership objectives.
Requirements
- MS degree in a relevant scientific field (e.g., pathology, molecular biology, cancer genetics, cancer biology, molecular oncology) with 10 years of experience in sales, marketing, business development, and basic, clinical, or translational research in an academic and/or industry setting.
- PhD or MD degree in a relevant scientific field (e.g., pathology, molecular biology, cancer genetics, cancer biology, molecular oncology) with 10 years of experience in sales, marketing, business development, and basic, clinical, or translational research in an academic and/or industry setting.
- Experience in clinical practice or drug development, including expert understanding of critical development functions (e.g., oncology biomarker development, clinical trials, targeted therapy, immuno-oncology).
- Outstanding presentation and communication skills.
- Outstanding written skills with technical documents like protocols.
- Enthusiastic, confident, and dedicated to work in a cross-functional team setting.
- Ability to lead, influence, and motivate others.
- Able to distill complex issues and clearly articulate solutions.
- Ability to demonstrate effectiveness in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
Skills
- Sales
- Marketing
- Business Development
- Clinical Trial Management
- Relationship Building
- Contract Negotiation
- Protocol Development
- FDA Submissions
- IRB Submissions
- Cross-functional Collaboration
- Communication
- Presentation
- Technical Writing
Location
- Remote
Work Type
- Contractor
- Occasional travel required
Experience Level
- 10 years of experience
Education Level
- MS degree
- PhD degree
- MD degree
About the Company
- Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative (QLHC) is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization established in 2005.
- QLHC is a collaboration between medical researchers at the University of California, San Francisco and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs.
- Our mission is to integrate high-impact research with clinical processes and systems technology to improve data management, expand access to clinical trial matching and sponsorship, and benefit patients, providers, and researchers.