Senior Director, Commercial Assessment, Venture Business Cases

Responsibilities

• Lead commercial assessments for a broad portfolio of innovations, including therapeutics, diagnostics, and emerging technologies
• Evaluate market opportunity, competitive positioning, clinical value, and commercialization potential
• Develop go/no-go recommendations to guide licensing, partnerships, and venture creation decisions
• Build comprehensive business cases including market sizing, revenue potential, and risk‑adjusted scenarios
• Conduct competitive benchmarking, deal analysis, and valuation assessments
• Partner with scientific founders and advisors to shape new company concepts and development strategies
• Identify key gaps across data, regulatory, IP, and commercialization readiness
• Create executive‑ready materials including investment memos, pitch decks, and diligence packages
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with business development, IP, finance, legal, and research teams
• Support development of standardized frameworks, templates, and assessment methodologies

Requirements

• Master’s degree required; advanced degree (MBA, PhD, MD, PharmD, MPH) strongly preferred
• 8–12+ years of experience in life sciences commercial strategy, venture creation, biotech/pharma, consulting, or related fields
• Proven experience developing commercial assessments, investment cases, and revenue models for early‑stage assets
• Strong analytical, financial modeling, and strategic thinking capabilities
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders
• Experience in oncology, precision medicine, diagnostics, AI‑enabled healthcare solutions, or related areas preferred
• Demonstrated ability to work cross‑functionally in complex, matrixed environments
• Ability to evaluate early‑stage opportunities with incomplete data and drive actionable insights