Business Development Manager Medicines Patent Pool
Medicines Patent Pool
Geneva, Switzerland
ABOUT THE MEDICINES PATENT POOL
The Medicines Patent Pool (“the Pool”) was created to improve the health of people living in low- and middle-income countries. Our goal is to increase access to quality, safe, efficacious, more appropriate and affordable medicines, focusing on HIV/AIDS. We do this by negotiating with patent holders to share their intellectual property with the Pool, and then licensing it to other manufacturers to facilitate the production of affordable generic medicines. In addition to reducing the prices of medicines, the Pool aims to facilitate the development of HIV medicines that are better-adapted for resource-limited settings: examples include medicines that do not require refrigeration, special formulations for children, and ‘fixed-dose combinations’ that combine multiple medicines into one pill and ease treatment for patients and treatment providers alike.
The Pool is an independent legal entity based in Geneva, Switzerland, established with the support of UNITAID. UNITAID is an innovative global health financing mechanism, whose mission is to contribute to scaling up access to treatment for HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis in low- and middle-income countries.
For more information, please see our website, www.medicinespatentpool.org.
MAIN DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES
The Business Development Manager will support the Business Development Director in licence negotiations, sub-licensee recruitment and other projects within Business Development.
Responsibilities include:
- Support the Business Development Director in negotiations by helping to develop licensor engagement strategies, negotiating strategies, business cases, and terms & conditions;
- Monitor the HIV medicines and public health field and help develop appropriate business development strategies to serve as the basis for the Pool’s overall strategic plan;
- Support out-licensing activities by helping to develop sub-licensee engagement strategies, business rationale for potential sub-licensees;
- Evaluate sub-licensee product development proposals for feasibility, monitor progress and plan interventions, and provide alliance management support to sub-licensees, as required;
- Prepare internal reports monitoring and evaluating out-licensing progress, issues and risks on a quarterly and annual basis, including conducting market analyses and reviewing royalty audit reports from sub-licensees;
- Perform other duties as assigned by the Business Development Director.
EXPERIENCE AND BACKGROUND
The Business Development Manager should have:
- 6-8 years of work experience, mostly post-MBA, in project management and/or business development in the originator or generic pharmaceutical industries;
- Strong analytical skills including ability to handle quantitative and fuzzy, qualitative information; creativity to leverage non-traditional data sets;
- Strategy development skills;
- Deep understanding of pharmaceutical development process;
- Strong project management skills;
- Excellent professional writing and presentation skills;
- Experience and knowledge in public health with issues related to access to medicines and intellectual property or HIV would be desirable.
PERSONAL QUALITIES
- Organised, autonomous and able to work with short timelines and in new areas;
- Ability to work with relatively senior and more experienced people especially those outside direct sphere of influence;
- Collaborative and supportive approach to teamwork;
- Sensitivity to different cultures and work styles;
- Excellent attention to detail;
- Demonstrable personal commitment to the public health goals of the Patent Pool.
EDUCATION
Advanced university degree in business administration or equivalent.
LANGUAGES
Fluency in English is required. Oral and written proficiency in a second language is strongly preferred.
APPLICATION DETAILS
Women and people from Developing Countries are encouraged to apply.
When applying for the position, please indicate whether you currently have Swiss employment authorisation.
Please send a cover letter and C.V. to recruitment@medicinespatentpool.org by 21 January 2012.
Medicines Patent Pool
150 route de Ferney1
211 Genève
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