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Senior Director, Rare Diseases - External Innovation

Employer
Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.
Location
Cambridge, MA, United States
Start date
Oct 6, 2019

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Discipline
Science/R&D, Pathology
Required Education
Bachelors Degree
Position Type
Full time
Hotbed
Genetown
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Job Details

  • The position will play a leadership role in Ipsen's External Innovation group, spearheading efforts to identify, evaluate, and secure Rare Disease external opportunities (pre-clinical and clinical stage as well as marketed therapeutic assets). It will be expected that these efforts will provide direct and visible benefit to IPSEN's pipeline both the near-, mid-, and long-term.
    The Director /Senior Director is responsible for identification and scientific assessment of Rare Disease external Opportunities in the US consistent with IPSEN's Rare Disease strategy as well as refining/refreshing IPSEN's Rare Disease strategy. The successful candidate will be a key member of external innovation team reporting to the Vice President, Global Head of External Innovation.

    S/he will have a critical role in ensuring that Ipsen is considered a partner of choice for external innovation, working alongside peers in Oncology and Academic Institutions. There will be the opportunity to put early-stage companies into IPSEN's own incubator in Cambridge, MA, as well as accessing funds for investment from IPSEN's venture fund.
  • Job DescriptionJob Description
    • Identify, prioritize, and lead scientific assessment of external Rare Disease opportunities
    • Champion potential opportunities to governance committees and Executive management
    • Cultivate and expand existing networks in the US- biotech, pharma, venture, research institutes and academic communities
    • Serve as representative of Ipsen to biotech, venture, and academic communities
    • Drive awareness of IPSEN and position IPSEN as partner of choice
    • Work with IPSEN innovation network (VCs, etc.) to enhance high quality deal flow for IPSEN
    • Collaborate with Ipsen leadership to help refine / refresh Rare Disease strategy and drive development of Ipsen Rare Disease external innovation strategy
    • Share best practices with other members of the Ipsen External Innovation community and build a solid partnership with them and the rest of IPSEN
    • Achieve all the above activities within the framework of the Group Values, Mission and Goals and in compliance with policies, procedures and documentation in force within Ipsen Group


IPSEN is an equal opportunity employer that strictly prohibits unlawful discrimination. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to an individual's race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin/ancestry, age, mental/physical disability, medical condition, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Company

Ipsen (Euronext: IPN; ADR: IPSEY) is a global, biopharmaceutical group focused on innovation and specialty care. The group develops and commercializes innovative medicines in three key therapeutic areas - Oncology, Neuroscience and Rare Diseases. At Ipsen, we focus our resources, investments and energy on discovering, developing and commercializing new therapeutic options to provide hope for patients whose lives are challenged by difficult-to-treat diseases. Ipsen's North American operations and headquarters are located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where our fully integrated biopharmaceutical team across External Innovation and Partnering, Research & Development (R&D), Manufacturing and Commercial collaborate. Cambridge is home to Ipsen's third global hub, in addition to R&D centers in Paris-Saclay in France and Oxford in the United Kingdom. With additional offices in Basking Ridge, N.J. and Mississauga, Ontario, Ipsen employs approximately 600 people in North America. For more information on Ipsen in North America, please visit www.ipsenus.com or www.ipsen.ca.

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Phone
617-679-8500
Location
1 Main Street
Unit 700
 Cambridge
MA
02142
United States
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