Senior Manager, Corporate Development

Senior Manager, Corporate Development

Mirum Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to transforming the treatment of rare diseases. We are passionate about advancing scientific discoveries to become important medicines for rare disease patients. We are collaborative, creative, and experienced professionals and we're looking to augment our team with other individuals who embody our values: care, be real, get it done, and have fun, seriously.

Position Summary

The Senior Manager/Associate Director Corporate Development will report to the Executive Director of Corporate Development. This position requires an ability to quickly grasp and articulate scientific, clinical, commercial, and strategic topics relevant to the evaluation of potential partnering opportunities in the backdrop of Mirum's strategic priorities. The individual chosen for this role will:

1. Proactively source potential peri-clinical and clinical stage assets using a variety of databases, secondary research sources, by attending partnering conferences, networking, and staying abreast of industry trends and advancements.
2. Identify, evaluate, and prioritize new business opportunities, including partnerships, licensing, collaborations, and M&A
3. Coordinate team diligence efforts including scientific and clinical reviews and commercial assessments
4. Support all aspects of transaction execution, including due diligence, financial modeling, valuation analysis, contract negotiations, and post-deal integration planning.
5. Conduct interviews with key opinion leaders as needed to gain insights into new disease areas and new therapies in development.
6. Prepare and deliver presentations, deal proposals, and updates to senior leadership and board-level stakeholders.
7. Participate in strategic projects to support corporate development initiatives.
8. Manage outside consultants as needed to support new opportunity assessments.
9. Work with the R&D team to assess the technical feasibility and fit of potential of clinical stage assets with existing product pipeline and company capabilities.

Qualifications

Education/Experience:

• A PhD, MD, MD/PhD, or Pharm D. with a keen scientific acumen and strong interest and/or experience in biotech/pharma.
• Management consulting background is desirable.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Genuine interest in healthcare and patient focused work
• Strong organizational skills, with the ability to prioritize critical workstreams while balancing many projects.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage cross-functional teams in evaluating partnering opportunities.
• Highly collaborative with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, and entrepreneurial environment
• Strong communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate scientific and clinical findings in written and oral formats.
• Ability to produce high quality outputs of due diligence findings to enable decision-making.
• Ability to present individual and team recommendations clearly and concisely and foster cross-functional consensus-building.
• Excellent analytical skills, with the ability to synthesize complex scientific and business information.

The salary range for this position is $190,000 to $205,000 USD. Compensation will be determined based on several factors including, but not limited to; skill set, years of experience, and the employee's geographic location.