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Director/Sr. Director, Business Development Corporate Operations San Mateo, CA
2025-08-15 BigHat San Mateo,CA
Description:
Director/Sr. Director, Business Development
Department: Corporate Development & Operations
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: San Mateo, CA
Description
The Role: BigHat Biosciences is seeking an exceptional Business Development professional, level commensurate with skill set and experience, to drive our corporate development and partnering and ensure BigHat is a partner of choice.
The goals and responsibilities of this position include:
- Execute on business development strategy to achieve exceptional key results aligned with corporate objectives and our mission to design next-generation antibodies for patients
- Assess the AI protein therapeutic, oncology, and I&I landscape to continually understand BigHat's position and opportunities for differentiation
- Develop compelling materials that clearly communicate BigHat's value proposition and opportunities for platform collaborations and licensing of pipeline assets
- Identify and build relationships with prospective partners leveraging a deep engagement and science-forward approach
- Advance prospective partner discussions to value-generating collaboration and/or licensing agreements
This role reports directly to the Chief Business Officer, works closely with BigHat's executives, platform, and pipeline teams along with external parties.
Key Responsibilities
- Increase awareness of the BigHat Milliner platform and pipeline of next-generation antibodies
- Identify new partnering opportunities with rationale for value creation on each side
- Research and attend relevant conferences and events relevant to machine learning for antibody discovery and BigHat's internal therapeutic pipeline
- Develop and refine all business development presentations
- Assess relative market risk/benefit profiles for new internal or external programs
- Coordinate prospective partnering meetings and create internal and shared materials
- Draft prospective partner collaboration and licensing proposals
- Own operations of partnering activities including managing communications, deliverables, and timelines to internal stakeholders
- Perform analytics for corporate development objectives including funding activities
- Build deep and broad relationships across the biotech and pharma industry
- Provide market/commercial analyses for potential pipeline programs BigHat is evaluating for their internal pipeline or partnering opportunities
Skills Knowledge and Expertise
- Minimum of 5-10 years of experience in biopharma business development, corporate development, or strategy as operator, consultant, investor or financial services
- Bachelor of Science; MBA or consulting, PhD, or MD preferred
- Proactive, self-starter, collaborative, ambitious BD professional
- Passionate about engaging both internal and external stakeholders
- Motivated and passionate about leveraging new technologies in drug discovery
- Proven analytical skills and business acumen
- Comfortable with technical details and a science-first approach
- Strong and effective communication skills, both verbal and written
- Ability to synthesize clear and concise materials, superb slide creation and presentation
- Understanding of contracts and negotiation tactics
- Financial and budgetary experience
- Willingness to think creatively about collaboration and licensing opportunities
- Demonstrated success in biotech partnering
Compensation
At BigHat we believe in titles and compensation that are commensurate with skill set, relative organizational impact, and value contribution; more or less experienced candidates are encouraged to apply, with the understanding that responsibilities and title would adjust as appropriate.
- Salary Range: $[200 - 300]K