Sourcing Director, China External Innovation

Role purpose

The Sourcing Director of China External Innovation (EI) is accountable for originating evaluating and driving biotech collaboration deals that create pipeline value for Novo Nordisk through biotech partnership and co-development.

Operating as a senior contributor the role focuses on biotech engagement scientific evaluation and deal shaping within the China biotech ecosystem progressing opportunities toward internal decision milestones and integration into R&D Lines of Business (LoB) in alignment with Global R&D External Innovation processes.

Key accountabilities

Sourcing evaluation & deal shaping

• Coordinate structured gap analysis with internal stakeholders including:

• Therapeutic Areas Target Discovery Medicinal Chemistry Computational Chemistry and other relevant functions
• Identification of biology chemistry capability or capacity gaps in the internal pipeline
• Translation of those gaps into clear sourcing hypotheses and partnership requirements
• Proactively source and triage biotech opportunities across the China ecosystem based on the gap analysis outcome.
• Lead deep scientific evaluation covering:
• Medicinal Chemistry quality and design hypotheses
• CADD/AIDD drug design maturity and realworld impact
• translational relevance and execution risk
• Drive opportunities through EI pipelinefilling processes including:
• internal alignment and framing
• predue diligence and due diligence input
• preparation of decision materials for EI and LoB forums
• Actively shape the scientific and structural aspects of deals while partnering with alliance management and BD on contracting and execution

Pipeline integration & value realization

• Ensure collaborations generate outputs that are aligned with global pipeline needs
• Enable smooth handover and absorption of externally generated assets into NN programs

Qualifications

• PhD in Medicinal Chemistry Computational Chemistry Life Sciences or related discipline
• 8 years experience in:
• smallmolecule drug development
• biotech collaborations or external innovation
• Medicinal Chemistry and CADD/AIDDenabled programs
• Demonstrated experience evaluating and advancing deals involving:
• early biotech pipelines
• platformbased drug development collaborations
• Strong ability to assess chemistrydriven programs and AIenabled design claims with scientific rigor
• High degree of personal motivation and proactivity able to influence without authority and operate comfortably in ambiguity

Working conditions

• Based in Shanghai
• Up to 20% travel primarily within China as required for partner and project engagement

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.

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