Senior Director, Business Development

The role

You will drive investor relations and business development activities to identify, evaluate, and execute strategic opportunities. You will lead transactions from initial opportunity through diligence, negotiation, and execution to advance the company pipeline.

What you will do

• Lead the development and execution of business development strategy.
• Identify, source, and cultivate external opportunities including licensing and collaborations.
• Evaluate potential opportunities from scientific, clinical, commercial, strategic, and financial perspectives.
• Build and maintain a network across biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and academic organizations.
• Represent Alpha-9 at industry conferences, partnering meetings, and external events.
• Lead cross-functional diligence processes with various internal teams.
• Lead business development transactions through the full lifecycle.
• Develop transaction analyses, financial models, and valuation assessments.
• Partner with the CFO and Director, Corporate Strategy & Chief of Staff to evaluate opportunities.
• Support the ongoing management of strategic partnerships and collaborations.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Business, or a related field
• 12+ years of business development, corporate development, or strategic partnerships experience within the biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry
• Proven track record of sourcing, structuring, negotiating, and closing biopharmaceutical transactions
• Experience with licensing, collaborations, strategic partnerships, and other forms of external innovation
• Strong understanding of drug development, including scientific, clinical, regulatory, and commercial factors
• Experience developing financial models and valuation analyses
• Strong understanding of transaction structures, deal economics, and key business terms
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex negotiations and cross-functional diligence processes
• Strong strategic thinking and business judgment
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
• Highly collaborative and comfortable operating independently in a lean, fast-paced environment
• Willingness to travel up to 20–30% as needed

Nice to have

• advanced degree such as a Ph.D., M.D., or MBA

Benefits

• annual bonus
• equity participation
• comprehensive benefits package

About the company

Alpha-9 Oncology is a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering radiopharmaceutical innovation for solid tumors. The company develops molecules tailored for precise tumor targeting using proprietary scaffolds.