Executive Director, External Insight & Innovation, Drug Development

Executive Director, External Insight & Innovation, Drug Development

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The Executive Director, External Insight and Innovation will lead business development and external innovation strategy development and prioritization of external investments across Oncology, Hematology/Cell Therapy, Cardiovascular Disease, Immunology, and Neuroscience for drug development. This role will be responsible for developing data‑driven objective frameworks to drive decisions on external investments connected to disease area, therapeutic area and enterprise strategy.

This role is accountable for developing and executing strategies to expand drug development effort into priority markets such as China. Additionally, this role will ensure external and competitive insight is incorporated into all disease strategies. This role drives enterprise portfolio value creation by guiding external investments and implementing cost efficient strategies to accelerate cycle times through external innovation and geographic expansion.

• Design, monitoring, analysis, and interpretation of clinical trials. Accountable for clinical components of regulatory filings.
• Contribute to disease‑specific and franchise‑wide strategy.
• Develop clinical strategies beyond launch into lifecycle management.
• Lead and develop a team, ensuring scientific and technical excellence.
• Collaborate with global colleagues across functions and build external relationships with thought leaders and advocacy groups.
• Ensure seamless transition from early to late‑stage development. Participate in governance.
• Lead the development of business development & external innovation strategy for drug development, integrating external insights, competitive intelligence, and disease area strategies to align with enterprise portfolio objectives.
• Design and implement a rigorous, data‑driven decision framework to evaluate business development opportunities, ensuring disciplined investment decisions that maximize portfolio value.
• Develop and oversee a consistent, best‑in‑class approach to due diligence across business development opportunities for drug development, ensuring thorough assessment and risk mitigation.
• Drive alignment and collaboration with key stakeholders including enterprise Business Development, Drug Development Portfolio Strategy, Therapeutic Area Development and Commercial teams (RDC) to integrate external investment strategies with therapeutic area strategies consistent with enterprise goals, and embed decision‑making frameworks.
• Create and execute a comprehensive China Strategy that identifies external innovation opportunities and optimizes internal development capabilities in China to accelerate timelines and reduce development costs in close partnership with VP, Head of China R&D and SVP, Head of Early Clinical Development.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to senior leadership on external innovation and business development decisions, providing data‑driven insights and recommendations.

• Degree in Life Sciences or Business Management, and/or advanced degree in related discipline…