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At ChristianaCare, we serve as our neighbors as respectful, expert, caring partners in their health. We do this by creating innovative, effective, affordable systems of care that our neighbors value. Supporting this mission we are adding a Director of Strategy and Business Development to our Gene Editing Institute (GEI). This individual will lead all aspects of and expand our scientific development through business development and licensing opportunities including alliance management.

This high-profile role within GEI reports to the Executive Director and will be heavily involved in owning the company's present and future partnerships and arrangements, while also playing a key role in identifying and evaluating external opportunities. The GEI is well known for advancing gene editing technologies for use as novel therapeutics, addressing uncertainty and mistrust in gene medicine by developing and delivering new educational modules to all members of society and, exploring and innovating gene editing processes that enable drug discovery, this is the opportunity you have been seeking!

Principal duties and responsibilities:

• Alliance Management: Develop and lead the GEI's ongoing and future strategic alliances and contribute to building an internal infrastructure and external processes with our partners
• Search & Evaluation: Working closely with GEI leadership, lead projects regarding the search for, and evaluation of, external platform and product opportunities consistent with the GEI development strategy
• Build relationships with key internal stakeholders and external partners that deliver strategic and operational plans
• Design and implement strategic transactions
• Develop deal structures, terms, creation and management of supporting financial models
• Collaborate with leadership team routinely on the progress of the licensures and alliances and make directional recommendations based on research funding and product performance
• Provide guidance regarding the development of budgets, policies, and procedures to support the business opportunities
• Develop new licensing initiatives and participate in long-term planning
• Own the work of initiating and developing new business opportunities using the executive team and members of GEI to close deals

Education and experience requirements:

• Advanced degree (e.g., MBA, JD, PhD, MD) required; scientific degree preferred
• Minimum 5 years of Biotechnology and/or Pharmaceutical industry business development and licensing experience required
• Demonstrated track record of supporting business development opportunities that lead to the execution of license and collaboration agreements, joint ventures and/or equity investments
• Understanding of intellectual property, bio-therapeutics lifecycle management and commercialization of biotechnology-based products including software

ChristianaCare offers an annual incentive bonus and a collegial space where innovation is valued. Full medical, dental, vision and life insurance benefits are available on the first day of employment. Caregivers are offered the opportunity to participate in our 403(b) immediately as well. Apply to learn more about our company and how you can help us build our future.

ChristianaCare is one of the country's most multidimensional health systems, centered on improving health outcomes, making high-quality care more accessible and lowering health care costs. Christiana Care includes an extensive network of outpatient services, home health care, medical aid units, three hospitals (1,300 beds), a Level I trauma center and regional centers of excellence in heart and vascular care, cancer care and women's health. We rank 21st in the nation for hospital admissions and 6th for admission of stroke patients.

ChristianaCare is a not-for-profit teaching health system with our outstanding, data-powered care coordination service and a focus on population health and value-based care, ChristianaCare is crafting the future of health care!

Working for Christiana Care offers the best of urban and suburban living with multiple housing options, excellent restaurants and entertainment venues, quality schools and a short driving distance to popular Delaware and New Jersey beaches. The location provides easy access to Washington, DC, Philadelphia and New York City - all within a short drive or train ride from Newark, DE.

EEO Statement: Christiana Care Health System is an equal opportunity employer, firmly committed to prohibiting discrimination, whose staff is reflective of its community, and considers qualified applicants for open positions without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or expression, age, veteran status, disability, pregnancy, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

UPDATE: ChristianaCare is committed to prioritizing the health and safety of our patients and caregivers. As we continue to meet the needs of our caregivers and our community through the COVID-19 pandemic, our commitment to health and safety requires that we take new steps to ensure a safe environment for medical care for our patients and a workplace that avoids preventable harm for our caregivers. For this reason, vaccination for COVID-19 is required for all caregivers at ChristianaCare and is considered a safety standard that is job-related and consistent with business necessity for all caregivers.