Associate Manager/Manager, BD - Search and Evaluation

60% Project search and evaluation

• Collect and evaluate information about different therapeutic targets to obtain preliminary information regarding the overall target’s efficacy, toxicity and pharmacokinetics, etc. based on literature, database, patents, news, and so on.
• Discover, evaluate, and review advanced technologies/platforms of biologic therapeutics from both industry and academia.
• Prepares clear technical reports, publications and oral presentations.
• Independently communicate results in the form of reports and/or presentations. Responsibly presents and defends own work at meetings. May deliver updates to senior level management in context of overall project goals.
• Schedule meetings internally/externally, record keeping, take minutes, and ensure the execution of plans.
• Attend conferences to collect information of advanced/new technologies, platform, therapeutic target, etc. and make connect with possible cooperators.

40% Project management

• Support R&D and BD groups with project/alliance management. Follow the project plan to monitor the timeline, budget, and progress as well as risk control. Coordinate the work between different functional groups. Ensure the decisions are made on time and the project timeline is met.
• Collect data from different functional areas for weekly progress report.
• Raise the encountered issues/problems to the management team.
• Routinely report the project progress to the management team.
• Schedule meetings internally or externally, record keeping, take minutes, and ensure the execution of plans.
• Maintain the project database.

Required Education and Experience:

• A Master or PhD degree in immunology, oncology, or related fields; 1-3 years of industry experiences in antibody drug discovery is highly desired.

Required Qualifications:

• Advanced knowledge and experience in drug discovery and/or translational research for antibody-based therapeutics is required.
• Critical thinker with good time management and focused on delivery.
• Highly motivated self-starter, works effectively and able to excel within a matrix organization.
• Strong verbal and written presentation skills.
• Excellent communication skills for internal and external work environments.
• Significant fluency in the use of PowerPoint, Excel and Word required.
• Demonstrated leadership experience in a matrix environment, preferable in an industrial setting.
• Experience working cross-disciplinary groups, executing strategies and contributing to key project decisions.
• 10-20% travel requirements.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experiences with ADC and/or bispecific antibody development is a plus.