Director, Early-Stage Business Development - Biopharmaceuticals

CSL seeks a Director, Business Development - Early Stage to lead sourcing, evaluation, and execution of early-stage partnerships across biotherapies, vaccines, and plasma derived therapies. In this role you will develop BD strategy, build a robust opportunity pipeline, and drive negotiations with biotech, pharma, and academic partners. You will collaborate closely with R&D, finance, legal, and commercial teams, lead due diligence, and craft business cases that advance CSL's patient focused, science driven mission in a global, highly collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead early-stage business development strategy for CSL's biotechnology and vaccine portfolio

• Identify, evaluate, and negotiate partnerships, licensing, and investment opportunities

• Drive deal sourcing with biotech, pharma, and academic partners globally

• Collaborate with R&D, finance, legal, and commercial teams to shape transaction structures

• Develop business cases and financial models to support strategic decisions

• Manage due diligence processes and cross-functional assessment of opportunities

• Monitor industry trends in biotherapies, plasma-derived therapies, and vaccines

• Build and maintain a strong external network in biotech and pharma ecosystems

• Present recommendations and deal updates to senior and executive leadership

• Mentor and guide junior BD team members to support their development Required Skills

• Business development strategy

• Biopharma licensing and partnering

• Deal sourcing and pipeline management

• Negotiation and contract structuring

• Financial modeling and valuation

• Market and competitive analysis

• Due diligence leadership

• Cross-functional collaboration

• Portfolio and opportunity assessment

• Executive-level communication