What if… you could join an organization that creates, resources, and builds life sciences companies that invent breakthrough technologies to transform human health and sustainability?

Company Summary:
Quotient Therapeutics, Inc. is a privately held, early-stage company developing a novel genomics platform and therapeutics for diseases with a large unmet need.

Quotient Therapeutics, Inc. was founded by Flagship Pioneering, an innovative enterprise that conceives, creates, resources, and grows first-in-category life sciences companies. Flagship Pioneering has created over 100 groundbreaking companies over the past twenty years, all of which are pioneering novel and proprietary biological, industrial, and engineering approaches to solve major needs in human health and sustainability. These companies include Moderna (MRNA) Generate Biomedicines, Sana Biotechnology (SANA), Tessera Therapeutics, Evelo Biosciences (EVLO), Indigo Agriculture, Seres Therapeutics (MCRB), and Syros Pharmaceuticals (SYRS). To date, Flagship has deployed over $2.5 billion in capital toward the founding and growth of its pioneering companies alongside more than $19 billion of follow-on investments from other institutions. In 2021, Flagship Pioneering was ranked 12th globally on Fortune’s “Change the World” list, an annual ranking of companies that have made a positive social and environmental impact through activities that are part of their core business strategies.

Position Summary: 

The Director, Corporate Development will be responsible for driving communication with Quotient’s Board, Investors, and external partners. This role will drive high-priority, high-impact projects across the organization, partnering with scientific and business leaders to drive corporate development, business development, market/strategic analyses, and investor relations. The successful candidate will have scientific acumen, be deeply collaborative, an outstanding communicator, and will thrive in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with the executive team and cross-functional leaders to shape and execute the company's corporate development strategy
• Support business development and alliance management, interfacing with key external audiences and managing our overall BD operations and calendar
• Work to identify attractive government and philanthropic funding opportunities
• Manage our board meeting process, defining content calendar and organizing inputs from stakeholders
• Develop and refine company presentation materials, tailoring to multiple audiences
• Foster strong cross-functional collaboration with teams such as R&D, operations, finance, and legal
• Partner with internal stakeholders, such as the marketing and communications teams, to ensure alignment and consistency in messaging and branding
• Rapidly establish credibly, trust, and respect across the organization operating as a true strategic thought partner to the Quotient team
• Lead with authenticity and a sense of urgency that inspires the team to communicate openly and thrive together

Qualifications and Skills

• PhD preferred, BS or other graduate degree in life sciences required.
• Strong familiarity with the pharmaceutical/biotech industry and drug development landscape. Experience in Biopharma management consulting, investment banking, and/or Biotech startup highly preferred
• Ability to communicate credibly and clearly with a wide variety of stakeholders, both internal and external
• Strong attention to detail
• Capable of communicating complex ideas in simple frameworks and developing compelling presentations or proposals
• Curious, sharp business acumen, superior analytic and communication skills. Appropriately balance multiple priorities and work against tight timelines
• Results-driven, high-performer with a highly collaborative style; able to influence and build consensus across all levels of the organization
• Highly self-motivated with demonstrated agility to multitask, manage time, handle uncertainty, and work under pressure with limited oversight

Location: Cambridge, MA

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Location: Cambridge, England