Senior Business Development Manager

•    Co-lead alignment with R&D and commercial teams regarding strategic priority targets for partnering.
•    Identify BD and M&A opportunities as part of the broader BD and M&A team. 
•    Develop portfolio gap analyses in close collaboration with R&D and commercial teams and maximize through licensing and acquisitions. 
•    Participate in and co-lead due diligences, build network of contacts, oversee evaluation of partnerships/licensing opportunities at multiple levels 
•    Support negotiations, structuring of transactions, and take part in drafting of contracts 
•    Lead or co-lead and take part in drafting contracts (e.g. in-license deals, out-license, JV, acquisition, divestments, etc.).
•    Co-lead in managing stakeholders, present to internal leadership teams and drive internal consensus on opportunities 
•    Support formal governance process to seek and obtain approval for appropriate deal opportunities and adhere to internal BD and M&A review process to ensure quality and consistency of the evaluation of all BD and M&A activities in accordance with process guidelines
•    Serve as an emerging global BD expert inside and outside LEO Pharma
•    Represent BD function by actively participating in internal events and in external events within the BD and scientific communities (industry conferences, Partnering conferences, etc)
•    Build (and maintain) network of external contacts within the Biotechnology and finance community
•    Co-lead internal and external communications
•    Leverage existing key contacts to generate new opportunities
•    Manage BD and M&A projects