Job Description Summary

The Business Development Director for Biosimilars will lead strategic initiatives to identify, evaluate, and execute business development opportunities that strengthen the company’s biosimilars portfolio. This role requires deep industry knowledge, preferably in Biosimilars, strong negotiation skills, and the ability to build partnerships that drive long-term growth in a highly competitive and regulated environment.

Job Description

Sandoz continues to go through an exciting and transformative period as a global leader and pioneering provider of sustainable Biosimilar and Generic medicines. As we continue down this new and ambitious path, unique opportunities will present themselves, both professionally and personally. Join us, the future is ours to shape!

Your Key Responsibilities:

Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Strategic Leadership:
  • Develop and implement global BD strategy for biosimilars aligned with corporate objectives.
  • Identify market trends, competitive landscape, and emerging opportunities in biosimilars.
• Deal Origination & Execution:
  • Source, evaluate, and negotiate licensing, co-development, and acquisition opportunities.
  • Lead end-to-end deal process including due diligence, valuation, and contract negotiations.
• Partnership Management:
  • Build and maintain relationships with key external partners
  • Represent the company in high-level discussions.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration:
  • Work closely with R&D, Regulatory, Legal, Finance, and Commercial teams to ensure seamless execution of BD projects.
  • Provide strategic input on portfolio planning and lifecycle management.
• Market & Financial Analysis:
  • Review and understand financial modelling and business case development for potential deals.

What you’ll bring to the role:

Essential Requirements:

• Advanced degree in Life Sciences, Pharmacy, or Business (MBA preferred).
• Minimum 15 years of experience Pharmaceutical industry , with at least 5 years in  BD/Alliance management in biosimilars or biologics.
• Proven track record of executing complex BD transactions (licensing, M&A, partnerships).
• Strong understanding of global biosimilars market, regulatory pathways, and commercialization strategies.
• Excellent negotiation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

You’ll receive:

Sandoz has an employee-first approach and that’s why your personal growth is so important to us. You will have access to Coursera and other learning platforms with more than 200,000 learning videos and 5000+ courses.

In addition to the various learning opportunities, we offer company benefits, such as:

• 30 days of annual leave
• Holiday allowance
• Additional rewards for special occasions (e.g. service length awards, marriage celebration, etc.)
• Company pension schemes and capital formation benefits
• Parental leave
• Other offerings, such as bike leasing

Why Sandoz?

Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, provided more than 900 million patient treatments across 100+ countries in 2024 and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more!

With investments in new development capabilities, production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.

Our momentum is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful, flexible-hybrid careers, where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is supported! 

Join us!

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Hiring decisions are only based on the qualification for the position, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age and disability.

The law provides for severely disabled / equal applicants the opportunity to involve the local representative body for disabled employees (SBV) in the application process. If you would like to request this, please let us know in advance as a note on your CV.

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Skills Desired

Alliance Management, B2B Software, Biosimilar Drugs, Business Development, Collaboration, Creativity, Customer Experience, Due Diligence, E-Learning, Evaluation, Financial Modeling, Global Business Development, Intellectual Property (Ip), Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), Promotion Marketing, Sales, Scouting, Search, Selling Skills, Transactions