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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
- Communication
- Analytical skills
- Japanese language proficiency
- English language proficiency
Location
- Japan
Work Type
- Hybrid
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.
- Our business development and strategic planning serve as our corporate representative in crucial negotiations, enabling us to deliver breakthroughs that transform patients' lives.
- We seek dedicated colleagues who can tackle challenges head-on and devise innovative solutions to fulfill our mission.
Equal Opportunity
- Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.