Business Development Manager – Maternity Cover in Edinburgh

Location: London or Edinburgh

Job Type: Full-time, 12 months rolling contract

Are you passionate about making life science life changing and delivering impact for patients? We want to hear from you.

About the role:

As Business Development Manager, you will work as part of the Commercial Team to lead on the delivery of deal execution in support of LifeArc’s Commercial Strategy. You will also support the implementation of the preclinical, clinical and ecosystem pillar Strategies by bringing commercial insight to the development of new collaborations and partnerships. This role will include the scouting and evaluation of opportunities and working collaboratively with colleagues across other departments including Legal, Alliance Management and Insights to deliver commercial diligence on potential partners and projects.

Key responsibilities:

• Provide BD input into internal projects and initiatives, bringing external insight and driving evaluation of new opportunities and key decisions in support of strategy.
• Support delivery and deal execution for prioritised LifeArc funding opportunities and, with Legal, negotiate contracts according to LifeArc needs and requirements, managing all stakeholders and governance processes as appropriate.
• Build business cases of opportunities to collaborate, fund, or use other mechanisms to advance scientific innovation towards benefit for patients.
• Contribute to the delivery of LifeArc’s revenue generation strategy.
• Represent LifeArc externally to attract and seek out collaborators and partners to advance LifeArc’s strategy.
• Drive external networking to build awareness of LifeArc’s areas of focus, always acting as an ambassador for LifeArc strategy to external community.
• Build relationships within key organisations to assess potential partnership opportunities.
• Support deal structuring and negotiations through cross-functional due diligence and development of business cases, including scenario analysis and risk assessment for governance decision-making.

Essential experience required:

• Previous experience in business development in pharma or biotech environment preferred.
• Experience delivery of funding and collaboration contracts.
• Experience communicating verbally and in writing to drive senior level decision making.
• Experience representing organisation externally, networking and building relationships in support of strategic goals.

Education:

Master’s degree or more advanced studies in life sciences, but relevant business degree will also be considered.

About us:

LifeArc is a not-for-profit life science organisation, leading the way for change in rare diseases in the UK and supporting promising initiatives in global health. We seek out research in areas of unmet need that has great potential, providing support to help it become breakthroughs that change lives.

What we can offer you:

Focused on finding life changing solutions for underserved patients, our people thrive in an inclusive, and supportive environment that prioritises their health and wellbeing. Our multidisciplinary approach guarantees our people growth opportunities, while our culture of innovation and collaboration drives the impact we make delivering on our purpose of ‘putting patients at the centre of everything we do’.

LifeArc is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences. As a Disability Confident Employer, we guarantee an interview to candidates with a disability or long-term health condition who meet the essential criteria for the role.

Please note that in certain situations, such as high volumes of applications, it may not be practical to interview all eligible candidates. In these cases, we may need to select those who best meet the essential criteria.

Salary will be determined by qualifications and experience along with other exceptional benefits. Because we understand everyone has different requirements, our flexible benefits allow you to choose those which are important to you. Our pension scheme offers employer contributions of up to 12%, private health insurance, and annual leave of 31 days.