Manifold Bio
Sr. Director / VP, Business Development
$250K–$350K
Boston +1 · Director · Full-time · Posted Oct 19, 2026
- Location
- Boston
Boston, Massachusetts, United States - Experience
- 10+ years in biopharma business development, transactions, or life sciences transactional law.
- Education
- Advanced degree (MS, PhD, PharmD, JD, MBA) or equivalent experience.
About the job
Leads strategic biopharma partnerships for Manifold Bio, managing transactions from partner sourcing and negotiation through signed agreements and post-signing collaboration support.
What you'll do
- Generate and manage partnership opportunities, including mapping partners for shuttle and payload combinations.
- Structure and negotiate biopharma transactions, including collaborations, licenses, co-development deals, and asset sales.
- Run end-to-end deal processes, protect Manifold’s platform and advise leadership on deal strategy and market terms.
What they ask for
- Advanced degree (MS, PhD, PharmD, JD, MBA) or equivalent experience.
- 10+ years of experience in biopharma business development, transactions, or life sciences transactional law.
- Deep relationships with pharma BD and search-and-evaluation teams, plus a record of owning and closing signed transactions as lead negotiator.
- Deep command of platform biopharma deal structures, market terms, and IP issues; ability to understand drug discovery science and translate it into pitches and deal terms.
Nice to have
- Transaction experience in biologics, antibody, delivery or shuttle technologies, or oligonucleotide therapeutics.
- Experience in both big pharma and biotech startups; familiarity with asset spin-outs or NewCo structures.
Pay
$250,000-$350,000 USD base salary
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