Director, Strategy & Market Intelligence
Biotech Venture Portfolio
We are partnering with a highly regarded biotech investment platform to appoint a Director, Strategy & Market Intelligence to support one of its portfolio companies, with the opportunity to contribute across a broader portfolio of innovative biotech businesses over time.
This is a unique opportunity for someone who lives and breathes biotech and enjoys operating at the centre of industry movement, innovation, and strategic decision making.
The role is designed for an analytically minded and commercially driven individual with strong strategic instincts who understands the biotech ecosystem deeply — from what big pharma are acquiring, to which therapeutic areas are gaining momentum, to how public and private biotech markets are evolving.
You will work closely with senior leadership and investment stakeholders to help shape strategic direction through high quality analysis, competitive intelligence, and market insight.
This role would suit someone who combines strong analytical capability with commercial maturity and intellectual curiosity. We are particularly interested in individuals who stay close to the "flow" of biotech and naturally understand the trends, transactions, companies, and assets shaping the sector.
The position could suit someone coming from:
- Biotech or pharma strategy
- Corporate development or business development
- Life sciences consulting
- Competitive intelligence
- Venture or investment analysis
Equally, we are open to exceptional individuals slightly earlier in their career who demonstrate strong commercial judgement, maturity, and deep biotech market awareness.
Responsibilities
- Conduct detailed market, company, and competitive analysis across the biotech landscape
- Monitor and interpret trends across pharma, biotech, financing markets, licensing activity, and M&A
- Analyse which assets, technologies, and therapeutic areas are attracting investment and acquisition interest
- Help shape strategic direction through investment quality analysis and commercial insight
- Deliver high quality presentations, reports, and strategic materials for senior leadership and investment stakeholders
- Track public company performance, clinical milestones, partnerships, financing activity, and broader market movements
- Help identify strategic opportunities across pipeline, indication, and platform positioning
- Build clear and compelling data driven narratives to support decision making
- Maintain a strong understanding of emerging biotech innovation, competitive dynamics, and market sentiment
Requirements
- 5–10 years' experience within biotech, pharma, strategy consulting, corporate development, business development, or a related strategic environment
- Strong understanding of the biotech and pharmaceutical landscape
- Naturally analytical with excellent commercial judgement
- Ability to interpret market data and translate insight into strategic recommendations
- Excellent presentation and communication skills
- Comfortable operating with high autonomy in a fast paced and intellectually demanding environment
- Highly proactive, ambitious, and intellectually curious
- Someone who stays close to industry trends and understands the "flow" of biotech markets
- Passion for innovation, science, investing, and the broader healthcare ecosystem
Additional Information
- Immediate/as soon as possible start preferred
- Opportunity to gain exposure across multiple innovative biotech businesses over time
- High visibility role working closely with senior leadership and investors
- Excellent platform for long term growth within biotech strategy, investing, and company building
