Vice President, Business Development & Strategy
Vice President, Business Development & Strategy
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10-05-2025
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Xilis Inc. is an innovationdriven biotech company developing its proprietary MicroOrganoSphere (MOS) Technology for functional precision oncology. Xilis MOS Technology enables rapid and scalable generation of patient tumor models that retain patientspecific tumor biology and tumor microenvironment representing one of the most translationallyrelevant ex vivo technologies for precision oncology drug discovery and development. Located in Research Triangle Park Durham NC Xilis is building a functional precision medicine platform that incorporates scaled multimodal profiling of therapeutic activity and AI/MLenabled analytics to catalyze functional precision medicine drug discovery development and diagnostics. Collectively Xilis aims to harness its MOS Platform to enable development of the most effective therapeutics and guide them to the right patients at the right time.
We are seeking a Vice President of Business Development and Strategy to join our team. In this role you will be responsible for leading our diagnostics and biopharma services collaborations and partnering activities alliance management and highimpact internal strategic initiatives. Key responsibilities include sourcing and structuring partnerships with diagnostics biotech and pharmaceutical companies overseeing work performed under these partnerships and working with Xilis leadership to identify new strategic opportunities. This role requires deep technical expertise strategic thinking crossfunctional leadership and a pragmatic mindset as you interface with senior Xilis leadership partners collaborators and other external stakeholders. Success in this position will require a strong track record in business development and partnering in conjunction with a versatile background and the ability to effectively operate in a fastpaced biotech startup environment. The candidate will report to our CEO.
While we prefer this person to be located in the Raleigh / Durham area we are open to being located anywhere in the U.S.
Weve engaged Slone Partners to lead this search. If youre interested in the role please reach out directly to Kim Feitosa at
Responsibilities
- Become an expert on Xilis MOS Platform capabilities to identify and advance collaborations and partnerships
- Sourcing structuring and managing biopharma services collaborations and partnerships in the biopharma and diagnostics space
- Structure and negotiate partnership agreements involving the appropriate internal team members
- Manage cultivate and expand existing relationships with partners in the space
- Establish and build relationships with senior executives at pharmaceutical and biotech companies
- Attract develop direct motivate and drive performance from the team (internal and external)
- Lead internal strategic initiatives with Xilis leadership and CEO
Requirements
- PhD/MD or equivalent advanced degree in a relevant life sciences field or MBA with technical BS; Background in life science consulting is a plus
- Deep understanding of oncology therapeutics development and current trends in oncology biotech and pharma space
- 710 years experience in business development alliance management or strategy
- Ability to learn and understand healthcare biology and technical concepts quickly
- Ability to structure deals and understand the needs of multiple parties
- Accountable proactive and thoughtful with demonstrated strategic problemsolving skills
- Ability to manage multiple projects at the same time in a fastpaced environment
- Ability to work effectively in crossfunctional teams
- Willingness to travel approximately 20%
Xilis was created when its three founders an engineer a physician and a biologist decided to come together and commercialize their technology to transform cancer care. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds perspectives and skills. We do not discriminate on the basis of race color ancestry religion sex national origin sexual orientation age citizenship marital status disability gender identity or Veteran status. Furthermore even if your work experience isnt perfectly aligned with what weve described above if youre excited about what were building then we want to talk to you!
Xilis offers comprehensive health vision dental & retirement plans and unlimited PTO. We are a remotefriendly team: our headquarters are in Durham North Carolina but we have team members across the US (and beyond!).
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