Full-Time

Senior Pharmaceutical Business Development and Portfolio Management SME

Healthcare and Life Sciences

Prosidian Consulting

Prosidian Consulting

11-50 employees

Management and operations consulting firm

No salary listed

Washington, DC, USA

In Person

Category
Business & Strategy (1)
Required Skills
Market Research
Medicinal Chemistry
Microbiology
Financial Modeling
Requirements
  • Minimum 17 years of experience in pharmaceutical business development and portfolio management.
  • Proven industry experience in evaluating portfolio strength, conducting business analysis, rebalancing portfolios, and performing financial evaluation of biopharma assets.
  • Experience with raising capital (VC, IPO, etc.) and providing strategic planning for BioPharma ventures.
  • Familiarity with Total Life Cycle Cost (TLCC) development, implementation, and oversight.
  • Strong understanding of Medical Countermeasure (MCM) design, R&D, licensing, and use.
  • Advanced degree in Business Administration, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biochemistry, or related fields.
  • Experience in alliance sourcing, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and licensing (in-licensing and out-licensing) of drug development opportunities.
  • Strategic portfolio management, including managing diverse product portfolios across development stages (discovery to commercialization).
  • Advanced financial modeling skills to support portfolio and business decision-making.
  • Demonstrated leadership in managing and evaluating biopharmaceutical portfolios.
Responsibilities
  • Support BARDA Program Office(s) as a subject matter expert in the fields of Chemical Threats, Radiological/Nuclear Threats, Burn and Blast Injuries, or Biological Threats (including viral and bacterial threats), Influenza and Emerging Infectious Diseases Division (IEIDD) as well as the research, development, manufacture, and regulatory approval/ licensure/ clearance of medical countermeasures against these threats including but not limited to diagnostics and other medical devices/infrastructure vaccines and other preventives, and therapeutics.
  • Candidates with experience in the following areas are desired: medicinal chemistry; preclinical development (animal models, pharmacology, toxicology); advanced clinical development (medical officers immunologists, clinical operations); analytical product testing and testing development; quality control; clinical and/or regulatory policy; and/or manufacturing (chemistry, manufacturing, and controls); process development, process scale-up and process optimization; device development and manufacturing, reliability engineering, Software, Assay chemistry, microbiology, virology, immunology. Plastic consumable design and manufacturing. Experience in manufacturing scalability and capacity expansion and sterile/aseptic technic, sterile manufacturing/filling and sterile facilities (sterile gowning) Provide guidance and recommendations on key issues related to the area(s) identified above.
  • Serve as advisor(s) on Technical Evaluation Panels (TEPs) to include white papers/market research abstracts, technical proposals, and budget proposals.
  • Participate as subject matter experts on Program Coordination Teams (PCTs)
  • Provide expert assessments, recommendations, and guidance as well as educational material to PCT and COR as needed
  • Provide subject matter expertise and advisory support to federal staff for development of cost estimates for notional programs/proposed work
  • Review and comment on study protocols, study reports, regulatory documents, presentations, proposals, and related documents.
  • Develop work products (including but not limited to expert summary reports, expert opinion assessment reports, analysis reports, manuscript writing/contribution, and review and technical assessments on a wide variety of documents related to BARDA’s mission, including solicitations, white papers, proposals, and post-award contract documents and deliverables), as requested in their SME area and at their required level of expertise.
  • Advise federal staff on the appropriateness and the probability of success of Contractor proposed statements of work Make suggestions on ways to improve those statements of work.
  • Experience distilling complex information into informative and concise summaries, including providing risk/benefit analyses and balanced recommendations.
  • Participate and aid in strategic discussions, working with USG, in building new program areas in alignment with BARDA’s mission space.
  • Provide recommendations for project development level portfolio management and oversight as required.
  • Provide recommendations or advise on development, implement, and consciously improve Total Life Cycle Cost (TLCC) efforts; Participate in Market Research efforts.
  • Advise the Office of Director on Portfolio Management Decisions; Provide financial analysis on medical countermeasure products that have both commercial and bio defense indications, specifically identifying the sustainability / viability of a commercial market.
  • Provide financial analysis to BARDA on the impact of proposed economic incentives; Support the implementation of enhanced Portfolio Management for BARDA.
  • Ensure alignment of Division portfolios with BARDA strategic priorities.
  • Evaluate commercial feasibility of drug development candidate, feasibility of vendor managed inventory and other alternatives to stockpiling MCMs
Desired Qualifications
  • Additional certifications or professional training in business strategy, pharmaceutical portfolio management, or related disciplines.
  • Industry experience in Medical Countermeasure development and oversight preferred, especially in managing diverse portfolios similar to BARDA’s scale and scope.
  • Experience with vendor-managed inventory solutions and alternatives to traditional stockpiling of Medical Countermeasures.
  • Ability to advise on cost estimates and conduct market research to support BARDA’s program and portfolio development efforts

ProSidian Consulting provides management and operations consulting to private companies, Fortune 1000 enterprises, and government agencies. It uses industry-aligned services across six practice areas: Risk Management, Energy & Sustainability, Compliance, Business Process, IT Effectiveness, and Human Capital, delivered by multidisciplinary teams. The firm connects strategy to execution with On-Demand Resources and targets drivers of economic profit—growth, margin, and efficiency—across assets, processes, policies, and people. Its goal is to help leaders design and execute operations that increase value for customers and improve return on invested capital.

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Charlotte, North Carolina

Founded

2008

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