Sr Business Development Manager, Antibody Discovery

The Sr Business Development Manager, Antibody Discovery Services will work to establish Twist’s market position for the Biopharma discovery services group. Developing strategic goals, building key customer relationships, identifying new business opportunities and partnerships, negotiating and closing business deals and maintaining extensive knowledge of market conditions. It is their primary responsibility to collaborate with the internal technical teams, project management, synthetic biology sales teams, marketing, legal, and other key account managers to increase market share and thereby maximize revenue for Twist Bioscience, Inc.

The Business Development Manager will report to the Director, Business Development, Biopharma and will lead activities to identify and facilitate opportunities to create and grow business partnerships with pharmaceutical, biotechnology and other related companies and academics in the implementation of Twist’s library technologies in the fields of antibody and protein engineering and biopharma products and services for the development of antibodies, non-antibody therapeutics and other engineered (non-therapeutic) proteins.   

During the development phases, early commercialization and launch, the Business Development Manager, Biopharma will also be responsible for managing and maintaining commercial alliances with key internal Twist biopharma resources and management and external pharma/biotech partner stakeholders.

• →Advanced degree and/or at least 5 years’ experience within an antibody discovery, lead engineering or related scientific profession required 
• →PhD/Master’s degree in a related scientific discipline is desired
• →Experience working in a sales, business development, licensing or commercial business role in Biotherapeutic or Biopharma industry organizations 
• →Demonstrated, extensive and successful track record of sales, partnering within the pharmaceutical industry, preferably within the field of protein and/or antibody engineering
• →In-depth knowledge and experience within the antibody discovery and antibody engineering space
• →Working knowledge of antibody drug discovery workflows, and Biotherapeutic development processes from hit discovery to lead optimization to pre-clinical stage
• →Experience working in global environment is preferred 
• →Experience working in a corporate, global or regional sales and marketing role involving antibody discovery and development products/services.