Associate Director, Business Development - Search & Evaluation
Formation Bio · Boston, MA, US
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About the Role
The Associate Director of Business Development, Strategic Sourcing, will play a key role in evaluating and assessing early-stage assets and opportunities for Formation Bio's business development pipeline. This role will involve supporting and guiding asset opportunity evaluation along with potential strategic fit for the Formation Bio. This is a highly cross-functional role, collaborating closely with the BD team, R&D, Commercial, Tech and Leadership to continue growing Formation’s asset portfolio.
Responsibilities
- Supporting deal-by-deal opportunity assessment teams from asset identification to transaction close.
- Collaborating with the BD team to identify target areas for outreach, focusing on strategic alignment with Formation Bio's goals.
- Maximizing activity and ensuring high-quality support and diligence in strategic asset growth therapeutic areas and modalities.
- Evaluating market potential and risk based assessments of pipeline asset opportunities, assessing upside and engaging with the broader diligence team to ensure strategic fit.
- Working cross-functionally with R&D, tech platform, and commercial teams in an AI native drug development company.
Requirements
- Strong scientific background paired with business acumen.
- Experience in search and evaluation, venture, or business development.
- Ability to evaluate assets that would benefit from Formation Bio's tech-enabled development capabilities.
- Ability to build relationships across the biotech and pharmaceutical industries.
- Ability to build strong relationships within the biotech and pharmaceutical industries, leveraging existing contacts where applicable.
- Enthusiastic about networking, relationship building, and externally-facing activities.
- An outgoing, motivated, and creative approach to business development.
- Curiosity and insight around the role of AI in drug development, clinical trials, and business development.
Skills
- AI in drug development
- Clinical trials
- Business development
Location
- New York City metro area
- Boston metro area
- Research Triangle (NC)
- San Francisco Bay Area
Work Type
- Hybrid (3 days per week in office)
Experience Level
- 1-3 years of post-degree experience
- Associate Director
Education Level
- PhD in biological science or MD with laboratory research experience strongly preferred.
Salary/Compensations
- $177,500 - $222,000
Benefits
- Equity
- Comprehensive benefits
- Generous perks
About the Company
- Formation Bio is a tech and AI driven pharma company differentiated by radically more efficient drug development.
- Advancements in AI and drug discovery are creating more candidate drugs than the industry can progress because of the high cost and time of clinical trials.
- Formation Bio, founded in 2016 as TrialSpark Inc., has built technology platforms, processes, and capabilities to accelerate all aspects of drug development and clinical trials.
- Formation Bio partners, acquires, or in-licenses drugs from pharma companies, research organizations, and biotechs to develop programs past clinical proof of concept and beyond, ultimately helping to bring new medicines to patients.
- The company is backed by investors across pharma and tech, including a16z, Sequoia, Sanofi, Thrive Capital, John Doerr, Spark Capital, SV Angel Growth, and others.
- At Formation Bio, our values are the driving force behind our mission to revolutionize the pharma industry.
- Every team and individual at the company shares these same values, and every team and individual plays a key part in our mission to bring new treatments to patients faster and more efficiently.
Equal Opportunity
- Formation Bio is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team.
- We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome candidates from all backgrounds.
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.