Executive Director, Business Development & Corporate Strategy

The posting, as Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC wrote it

WHO WE ARE

At Dendreon, we’re transforming the battle against cancer with personalized immunotherapy. Our flagship product, PROVENGE® (sipuleucel-T) , was the first FDA-approved immunotherapy for metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer, utilizing a patient’s own immune cells to fight the disease.

If you’re driven by the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on cancer patients’ lives, we invite you to join our team. With Immunotherapy Manufacturing Facilities in Seal Beach, CA, and Union City, GA, a talented team of scientific, clinical, regulatory, and corporate professionals based in Seal Beach, and a commercial organization operating across the United States, Dendreon continues to advance innovation in personalized cancer treatment.

CORE VALUES

• Put Patients First: Every day is an opportunity to improve the lives of those living with cancer.
• Act with Integrity: We commit to transparency, honesty, and always doing what’s right.
• Build Trust: Trust is earned through candid, open communication and a collaborative approach.
• Raise the Bar: We embrace continuous improvement and innovation, always striving to elevate our people.
• Drive Results: We are accountable to each other and deliver success together.

Job Summary

The Executive Director of Business Development & Corporate Strategy is a senior enterprise leader responsible for shaping and executing Dendreon’s external growth strategy (CMS). Partnering directly with the CEO and Senior Leadership Team, this role owns the identification, evaluation, prioritization, negotiation, and execution of strategic transactions, including licensing, acquisitions, investments, strategic alliances, and CDMO partnerships.

The Executive Director will translate corporate objectives into an actionable business development and portfolio strategy, provide decision-quality recommendations to executive and board-level stakeholders, and lead cross-functional teams through high-stakes diligence and deal execution. This role requires a seasoned biotech or pharmaceutical business development executive with demonstrated success independently originating and closing material transactions which may include late-stage and commercial assets, complex therapeutic modalities, and global partners.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Strategy & Portfolio Leadership

• Own and lead the enterprise-wide business development and corporate strategy agenda in alignment with Dendreon’s long-range growth objectives, portfolio priorities, and capital allocation framework.
• Serve as a trusted strategic advisor to the CEO and Senior Leadership Team, bringing forward differentiated external growth opportunities and clear recommendations on strategic fit, value creation, risk, and prioritization.
• Lead portfolio-level assessments and scenario planning across licensing, acquisitions, strategic investments, alliances, and build-versus-buy opportunities.
• Prepare and present strategic recommendations, transactio

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pharmaceutical company and experience in high-growth or transformational environments.

• Global transaction experience, including international partnerships and experience with biotechnology or pharmaceutical markets in China.
• Prior experience in venture capital, private equity, investment banking, management consulting, or a comparable strategic advisory environment within life sciences.

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements

• On-site in Seal Beach, CA. This position is not remote.
• This position operates in a professional office environment and routinely uses standard office equipment, including computers, phones, and multifunction office devices.
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met to perform the essential functions of the role.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to communicate, stand, walk, use hands to handle objects, and reach with hands and arms.

CA Compensation Range
$200,890 — $275,000 USD

Beware of Recruitment Scams

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