SVP – Strategic Partnerships

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Evotec SVP shaping strategic partnerships for its precision medicine and multimodal drug-discovery platforms. Structuring alliances, negotiations, governance, and long-term portfolio value.

Responsibilities:

  • Develop and execute a forward-looking partnership thesis aligned with market evolution and platform priorities
  • Design complex, multi-asset and platform-based alliances, including risk-share and co-development models
  • Structure IP, governance, economics, and milestone frameworks to optimize long-term portfolio value
  • Exit or restructure partnerships when strategic value no longer aligns
  • Conduct systematic market scanning to identify emerging science, technology inflection points, and capital flows
  • Anticipate future innovation clusters and shape participation in these ecosystems
  • Build regional and global partnership strategies aligned with Evotec’s long-term growth agenda
  • Lead negotiations with C-suite and Board-level stakeholders
  • Translate scientific and translational strategy into commercially viable deal structures
  • Balance risk, capital exposure, and resource allocation across a diversified partnership portfolio
  • Align scientific, legal, finance, and operational functions from concept to contract and into launch
  • Establish governance models that enable effective decision-making and execution
  • Drive internal alignment across geographies and therapeutic areas
  • Articulate strategic rationale and long-term value creation to executive committees and external partners
  • Position partnerships within the broader portfolio strategy

Requirements:

  • Several years in biopharma or biotech
  • Advanced scientific or medical background
  • Extensive experience in drug discovery, translational science, and early clinical strategy
  • Demonstrated track record of structuring and closing complex, innovation-driven partnerships
  • Experience negotiating at C-suite and Board level
  • Established global network across senior scientific and industry leadership
  • Portfolio-oriented thinking across multinational territories
  • Strong understanding of portfolio balance including risk, capital, and resource exposure
  • Ability to anticipate emerging scientific and market inflection points
  • Experience designing governance models that accelerate decision-making
  • Capability to manage long-cycle deals and multi-year partnership build-outs
  • Proven ability to operate effectively in high-ambiguity, multi-stakeholder environments
  • Strong change advocacy based on external innovation exposure

Benefits:

  • Opportunity to shape strategic alliances that define future therapeutic landscapes
  • Opportunity to accelerate development of transformative medicines globally