Senior Manager, Business Development

Omega Therapeutics is a development-stage biotechnology company pioneering the first systematic approach to use mRNA therapeutics as a new class of programmable epigenetic medicines by leveraging its OMEGA Epigenomic Programming™ platform. The OMEGA™ platform harnesses the power of epigenetics, the mechanism that controls gene expression and every aspect of an organism's life from cell genesis, growth and differentiation to cell death. Using a suite of technologies, paired with Omega’s process of systemic, rational and integrative drug design, the OMEGA platform enables control of fundamental epigenetic processes to correct the root cause of disease by returning aberrant gene expression to a normal range without altering native nucleic acid sequences. Omega’s engineered, modular, and programmable mRNA-encoded epigenetic medicines, Omega Epigenomic Controllers™, target specific intervention points amongst the thousands of  mapped and validated proprietary and novel DNA-sequence-based epigenomic loci, EpiZips™ to durably tune single or multiple genes to treat and cure disease through Precision Genomic Control™. Omega is currently advancing a broad pipeline of development candidates spanning a range of disease areas, including oncology, regenerative medicine, multigenic diseases including immunology, and select monogenic diseases.

About the Role:

Business development is rapidly evolving at Omega; we are looking for a Senior Manager (commensurate with experience) to grow with us as we build-out the Business Development group.   This role will be highly visible and cross functional with key interactions across research and development, finance, legal and strategy. The Senior Manager will work closely with the Executive Director of BD to structure, negotiate and execute deals across a range of partnerships including both in-licensing and out-licensing opportunities. This role will also entail general BD support and may involve building-out competitive intelligence.

The successful candidate will be highly organized, motivated, and adaptable. They should have an ability and desire to establish and develop strong internal and external relationships across all levels of an organization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Identify, develop and nurture business relationships with companies and other stakeholders related to external opportunities consistent with company strategy
• Participate in structuring and negotiation of term sheets and definitive agreements for licensing and partnering transactions, working closely with Executive Director of Business Development
• Work with Business Development and R&D team to craft external partnering presentations
• Responsibile for the on-going organization of project informational including project tracking and status updates; build and maintain deal database crucial for developing deal negotiation strategy
• General deal support including collecting and preparing information for use in discussions/meetings of executive staff and outside individuals; developing meeting minutes to help pull-through action items and following-up with cross-functional BD team members
• May perform market research, competitive analysis and participate in relevant industry presentations, and summarize key findings

 Required Skills:

• Strong communication skills; oral, written, and presentation
• Analytical and strategic thinker
• Motivated and flexible to take-on a range of responsibilities/projects
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to liaise cross functionally as well as lead discussions with external parties
• Initiative to manage projects with little external input
• Collaborative attitude

Required Qualifications:

• Masters in a scientific discipline or a bachelor’s degree, commensurate with experience
• 3-5 years industry experience
• Direct biotech experience or interactions with biotechnology clients required