Global Director, Strategic Partnerships & Licensing - Nanomedicine

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At Cytiva, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.

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Working at Cytiva means being at the forefront of providing new solutions to transform human health. Our incredible customers undertake life-saving activities ranging from fundamental biological research to developing innovative vaccines, new medicines, and cell and gene therapies.

At Cytiva you will be able to continuously improve yourself and us – working on challenges that truly matter with people that care for each other, our customers, and their patients. Take your next step to an altogether life-changing career.

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The Global Director, Strategic Partnerships & Licensing - Nanomedicine is responsible for driving the growth of Cytiva's lipid licensing, lipid nanoparticle (LNP), and contract solutions businesses through the development and execution of strategic partnerships with biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. The role will lead high-value business development activities, negotiate and close complex commercial agreements, and build a robust pipeline of strategic opportunities that accelerate Cytiva's growth in the nanomedicine and advanced therapeutics markets. The position serves as a key commercial partner to Nanomedicine leadership, providing market insights, customer engagement, and strategic direction while leading and developing a high-performing business development team.

This position is part of Genomic Medicine, Commercial located in the United States and will be fully remote. At Cytiva, our vision is, to advance future therapeutics from discovery to delivery.

What you’ll do:

Strategic Business Development & Partnerships

• Develop and execute partnership strategies to accelerate growth of Cytiva's lipid, stabilizer, LNP, and contract services businesses.
• Identify, originate, and advance strategic licensing, co-development, and service opportunities with biotech and pharmaceutical companies.
• Build and maintain senior-level relationships across scientific, technical, business, and executive stakeholders.
• Represent Cytiva as a strategic partner within the advanced therapeutics ecosystem.

Deal Leadership

• Ensure the development of a funnel of and lead the negotiation of high-value partnerships, co-development, and licensing deals with leading global companies
• Structure and negotiate complex commercial agreements including licensing, strategic partnerships, development collaborations, and long-term supply agreements tailored to the varied needs of potential partners (ranging from emerging biotechs to multi-national pharma companies).
• Lead cross-functional deal teams involving scientific, legal, intellectual property, operations, product management, and finance stakeholders.
• Drive opportunities from initial engagement through contract execution and successful handoff.

Pipeline Strategy & Management

• Build and maintain a robust pipeline of strategic growth opportunities.
• Establish clear qualification, prioritization, and opportunity management processes.
• Forecast strategic pipeline development and deal progression.
• Partner with business leadership to identify emerging market opportunities and growth vectors.

Team Leadership

• Lead and develop a team of Contract Solutions Specialists and business development professionals.
• Coach team members on opportunity qualification, account strategy, partnership development, and negotiation.
• Delegate transactional and early-stage opportunities while personally focusing on the most strategic engagements.
• Build commercial capabilities and operating discipline across the team.

Cross-Functional Leadership & Danaher Business System (DBS)

• Lead cross-functional teams to execute strategic deals and partnerships.
• Use DBS principles and tools to drive commercial performance.
• Improve pipeline management, forecasting, deal execution, customer engagement, and productivity.

Who you are:

• Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Business, or a related discipline.
• 10+ years of experience in business development, strategic partnerships, licensing, alliance management, or related commercial leadership roles.
• Demonstrated track record of sourcing, negotiating, and closing complex strategic licensing partnerships for novel technologies or platforms with biotech and pharma.
• Experience leading negotiations involving licensing, technology access, co-development, service, or long-term supply agreements.
• Ability to influence and lead across a global matrix organization.

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