Senior Vice President, Business Development

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Company: Precision Biosciences
Location: Durham, NC 27701

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Summary
The Senior Vice President, Business Development (SVP, BD) leads Precision BioSciences’ business development efforts. The SVP, BD develops and leads licensing strategy, sources and evaluates partnership opportunities, coordinates cross-functional evaluation and diligence teams, and negotiates partnership agreements.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position. This list contains the major duties and requirements of the job and is not all-inclusive. Incumbent(s) may be expected to perform role-related duties other than those contained in this document.
  • Develops and leads business development strategy ensuring alignment with corporate strategy and goals
  • Lead efforts to identify and evaluate business development opportunities, including licenses, partnerships and collaborations
  • Lead structuring, negotiating and closing of agreements and licenses
  • Coordinate stakeholders across the company and externally to understand and support key business development needs, identifying gaps in current capabilities and augmenting strengths
  • Cultivate and leverage business development relationships with other biopharma companies
  • Support long-range planning with business case analyses
  • Represent Precision BioSciences at industry conferences and meetings
  • Lead and manage the business development team
Qualifications
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required to perform this job successfully.
  • MBA or equivalent; 15+ years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
  • A degree in a life sciences field is preferred
  • Experience at a life sciences company is required
  • Proven track record of negotiating and closing business agreements
  • Strong communication and presentation skills, proven ability to communicate with diverse audiences, internal and external
  • Superior interpersonal skills, with emphasis on relationship building
Travel Requirements
  • The SVP, Business Development will be expected to travel when needed, both domestically and internationally, up to 50%.
Location
  • This is an office-based position located at the main headquarters in downtown Durham, NC.

Precision BioSciences is dedicated to improving life through its proprietary genome editing platform, “ARCUS.” Precision BioSciences leverages ARCUS in the development of its product candidates which are designed to treat human diseases and create healthy and sustainable food and agriculture solutions. Precision BioSciences is actively developing product candidates in three innovative areas: allogeneic CAR T immunotherapy, in vivo gene correction, and food.

Precision BioSciences provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Precision BioSciences complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.