Strategy & Corporate Development Analyst

About Us

Owkin is an AI company on a mission to solve the complexity of biology. It is building the first Biology Super Intelligence (BASI) by combining powerful biological large language models, multimodal patient data, and agentic software. At the heart of this system is Owkin K, an AI copilot and its new LLM fine-tuned on biology called Owkin Zero, used by researchers, clinicians, and drug developers to better understand biology, validate scientific hypotheses, and deliver better diagnostics and therapies faster. Position is based in our London offices.

About The Role

As a Corporate Development & Strategy Analyst, you will work within Owkin’s Corporate Development & Strategy team on a broad range of key strategic initiatives underpinning Owkin’s core business: multimodal data access and generation, agentic AI software and platforms, therapeutic in-licensing, and clinical development. You will interact with a wide range of other functions at Owkin in order to deliver on Owkin’s strategic growth objectives.

The Corporate Development & Strategy team is involved in:

• Defining the overall corporate & operational strategy
• Building Owkin’s portfolio of therapeutic assets and defining our clinical and pipeline strategy
• Executing mergers and acquisitions, strategic partnerships, asset in-licensing, and fundraising
• Providing market research, financial analysis, competitive intelligence, valuation exercises, and coordinating comprehensive due diligence processes

In Particular, You Will

• Competitive Intelligence & Landscaping: Research, report on, and maintain knowledge bases of relevant companies to identify potential strategic partners and competitors. Landscape cutting-edge technologies and scientific developments to help shape Owkin’s strategy.
• Research & Analysis: Conduct financial, literature, and market analyses to support and develop strategic recommendations and build compelling business cases. Integrate insights from diverse sources (market reports, databases, scientific publications, internal experiments) into clear, structured reports and presentations. Contribute to the preparation of high-quality materials for Owkin’s internal decision meetings, external presentations, and board meetings.
• Project Management & Reporting: Prepare summaries, key takeaways, and detailed notes from internal and external meetings, and provide updates across business units to keep activities aligned and advancing. Maintain and enhance project management tools, folders and trackers to monitor progress across various projects.

About You

We are looking for someone who:

• Has completed a Master’s degree program in Chemistry / Biology / Pharmacy / (Bio)chemical Engineering / Biotechnology / Data Engineering / Bioinformatics / Software Development in life sciences or similar field
• Ideally has previous experience in the biotech or life sciences sector
• Has demonstrated strong interest in business, finance or management
• Can work full time in our Paris or London office
• Is a structured thinker, can formulate how to get work done and ask questions
• Communicates effectively in written and oral English
• Learns quickly and is passionate about Biotech and AI
• Prioritises their tasks and is able to juggle multiple workstreams
• Is numerate and tech-savvy

What we offer

• Flexible work organization
• Friendly and informal working environment
• Opportunity to work with an international team with high technical and scientific backgrounds

Recruitment Process & Security

Please complete the form and submit your CV. Owkin is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, color, religion, national origin, protected veteran status or on the basis of disability.

Owkin is a great place to work. As a coveted workplace we are, unfortunately, vulnerable to recruitment phishing scams. We urge all job seekers and candidates to be wary of potential scams. Most of these have individuals posing as representatives of prominent companies, including Owkin, with the aim of obtaining personal, sensitive, or financial information from applicants. Some red flags are identified below. Should you encounter a recruitment process that claims to be for Owkin but is not consistent with the below, please do not provide any personal or financial information:

• Legitimate Owkin recruitment processes include communication with candidates through recognized professional networks, such as LinkedIn.
• Communication is always through an official Owkin email address (from the @owkin.com domain), over the phone or through our applicant tracking system (Greenhouse).
• The Owkin talent team do use platforms such as LinkedIn and Job Teaser, however if you have any concern or doubt about this contact, please ask for them to send an email from @Owkin.com.
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• Owkin offers of employment are based on merit and only extended once a candidate has interviewed with members of the talent and hiring team. Offers will be extended both verbally and in written format.

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