Director of Business Development

Our client is a solid technology company, now managing an emerging biotech platform dedicated to discovering and developing breakthrough antimicrobial agents to combat the growing threat of drug-resistant infections. Leveraging cutting-edge biology, advanced screening platforms, and a multidisciplinary team, they aim to deliver novel anti-infective therapies with transformative potential for global health.

Driven by a strong scientific and entrepreneurial spirit, the company is entering an exciting research & growth phase. We are now seeking a Business Development Director with solid experience in interacting and dealmaking both with public and private companies and partners. This position is based in Barcelona.

Key responsibilities :

• Identify, negotiate, and join new strategic partners and collaborators to ensure its sustainability and growth.
• Responsible for defining the strategy to promote projects and select potential partners.
• Contacting national & international companies, associations, and clusters related to infectious diseases, to explore collaborations & potential funding sources.
• Responsible for promoting the company’s strategic and technical capabilities related to the different research areas.
• Collaborate with the various research groups to understand their competencies, including financial objectives, and propose to structure R&D strategies.
• Responsible for supporting project managers in the coordination of European projects throughout their life cycle, from negotiation to closure, including financial objectives and topics to structure their R&D strategy.
• Collaborate with technical teams to define and prepare the short-, medium-, and long-term funding strategy including proposals to ensure quality issues.
• Responsible for internally coordinating with researchers the drafting, preparation, management, and administration of
• Coordinate the preparation & supervision of budgets for funding programs.

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