Associate Director, Search & Evaluation-Asia Pacific

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com

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Key Responsibilities:

• Cover the Asia Pacific landscape, with a focus on China, to proactively source and thoroughly evaluate external opportunities, prioritizing them for governance decisions for R&D priorities
• Identifies relevant companies (based on scientific or other capabilities) and ensures that strong relationships are established and maintained in areas of interest to Johnson and Johnson Innovative Medicine.
• Support the preparation of relevant management dashboards / presentations.
• Serves as primary point of contact with the potential partner prior to due diligence, collaborating closely with the Transaction lead afterward.
• Build a trusted internal network and work closely with other ESI members, TA leads, and other J&J partners to ensure high quality diligence.
• Build and maintain close relationships with various industry participants including small biotech companies, venture capital, academic institutions, and other industry participants.
• Ensure compliance with policies, procedures, and methodologies by ensuring the necessary team members have contributed input/support for the appropriate project.
• Amount of travel required: up to 30%

Basic Qualifications :

Advanced doctorate degree (PhD, MD, PharmD, etc.) in Life Sciences related field (e.g. Oncology, Immunology, Cell Biology, etc).

Preferred Experience :

• Minimum of 5 - 8 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry and biotech; overseas working experience is preferred;
• Scientific knowledge and understanding to identify and evaluate appropriate opportunities that are aligned with the internal R&D strategy
• Proficient in prioritization amidst a multitude of projects, with an adaptable mindset to manage uncertainties and pivot priorities effectively
• Experience in conducting due diligence exercises within a scientific environment
• Proven ability in project and portfolio management and team leadership, effectively communicate with all levels of J&J and external stakeholders
• Experience in relationship building with external partners
• Extensive therapeutic area network within the China Biotech/Pharma industry and academic institutions
• Demonstrates strong “team player” attitude.