Sr. Director / VP, Business Development

The role

This leader will source, structure, and close strategic partnerships. You will manage the full deal cycle for platform and asset-level transactions to drive company value.

What you will do

• Drive lead generation and represent Manifold externally at meetings like BIO and JPM
• Build and manage the partnering pipeline
• Lead term sheet negotiations for various deal types
• Structure deal economics
• Build or critically review deal valuation models
• Protect Manifold's platform in every deal
• Run end-to-end transaction processes including due diligence and cross-functional coordination
• Partner with alliance management, legal, and R&D after signing
• Advise leadership and the board on deal strategy and market terms

Required qualifications

• Hold an advanced degree (MS, PhD, PharmD, JD, MBA) or have equivalent experience
• Deep rolodex of relationships with pharma BD and search-and-evaluation teams
• 10+ years of experience in biopharma business development, transactions, or life sciences transactional law
• A deal sheet showing ownership from identifying partners to signed transactions
• Served as lead negotiator on multiple signed biopharma collaboration and license agreements
• Deep command of platform biopharma deal structures, market terms, and IP issues
• Understand platform technologies and drug discovery science to craft pitches
• Sound judgment, composure, and clear written and verbal communication

Nice to have

• Transaction experience in biologics, antibody, delivery or shuttle technologies, or oligonucleotide therapeutics
• Experience partnering targeting and delivery platforms
• Experience in both big pharma and in biotech startups
• Familiarity with asset spin-outs or NewCo structures
• Experience building transaction processes, templates, and playbooks at a growing company

Benefits

• Annual performance-based target bonus
• Stock options
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k) plan
• Flexible paid time off and holidays
• On-site gym
• Onsite lunch
• Commuter support

About the company

Manifold Bio is a platform biotechnology company pioneering AI-guided protein design and massively multiplexed in vivo screening. Their team of protein engineers, biologists, and computational scientists works to pursue programs internally and with pharma companies.