Job Title: Senior Business Development Manager – Maternity Cover
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 Senior Business Development Manager, you will work as part of the Commercial Team to lead on the negotiation and execution of deals. 

Working in collaboration with the preclinical, clinical and ecosystem pillars, you will lead on the implementation of their strategies and contribute to the delivery of LifeArc Commercial Strategy. 

The role will include the identification and scoping of a range of collaboration and partnership opportunities with external partners as well as working with colleagues internally to diligence potential partners and opportunities. 

Key responsibilities:

• Lead or contribute to deal-related projects within LifeArc, business partnering with scientific and corporate functions, to explore and build business cases of opportunities to collaborate, fund, or use other mechanisms to advance scientific innovation towards benefit for patients
• Lead or contribute to negotiation of term sheets for prioritised opportunities and, with Legal, negotiate contracts according to LifeArc needs and requirements, managing all stakeholders and governance processes as appropriate
• Contribute to deal structure and negotiations through coordination of cross-functional due diligence and development of robust, insight-led business cases, including scenario planning and risk assessment for governance review.
• Contribute to the delivery of LifeArc’s revenue generation strategy 
• Represents LifeArc externally to attract and seek out collaborators and partners to advance LifeArc’s strategy 
• Drives external networking to build awareness of LifeArc’s areas of focus, always acting as an ambassador for LifeArc strategy to external community
• Builds relationships within key organisations to assess potential partnership opportunities
• Provide BD input into internal projects and initiatives, bringing external insight and driving evaluation of new opportunities and key decisions in support of strategy 

(Essential) experience required: 

• Previous experience in business development in pharma or biotech environment preferred
• Experience leading negotiations and contracting 
• 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: 

• PhD or equivalent 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. (At LifeArc, the Disability Confident Scheme’s ‘minimum criteria’ is referred to as ‘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 PLUS bank holidays. 

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people from minority ethnic backgrounds, for example, are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At LifeArc we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so whatever your background or lived experience, if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. Our top priority is finding the best candidate, and you may be just right for this or other roles. 

We all have potential. At LifeArc, you’ll discover what you can really do with it.