Director, Project Management Search & Evaluation

About the role

The Director, Project Management Search & Evaluation role is within CSL's R&D organization, focused on accelerating innovation and creating greater impact for patients. This is a hybrid position based in King of Prussia, PA, with three days of onsite work per week.

Main Responsibilities & Accountabilities

• Partner with Search teams to plan and manage projects related to scouting and initial assessment of external opportunities and landscape assessments.
• Support search leads with timelines, deliverables, and stakeholder engagement templates for early-stage evaluations.
• Maintain visibility of Search pipeline and ensure alignment with corporate strategy.
• Support development and maintenance of DD toolkit, templates, document and knowledge management.
• Support conference meeting planning and networking event management.
• Partner with Search lead and project manage early due diligence assessments of potential in-licensing or acquisition opportunities.
• Interface with potential partners, lead preparation for governance meetings, presentations, etc.
• Develop and manage integrated project plans, ensuring timely completion of scientific, clinical, regulatory, IP, legal, and commercial evaluations.
• Facilitate cross-functional meetings, track risks, and escalate issues to leadership as needed.
• Ensure seamless transition to Development PM for Stage 2 Due diligence or, as needed, continue through Stage 2 Due Diligence.
• Ensure compliance with confidentiality agreements and internal governance standards.
• Execute governance processes that enable timely, high-quality decisions on external opportunities, ensuring clear evaluation criteria, defined turnaround times, and strong stakeholder alignment.
• Develop and maintain status reports, dashboards and decision-support materials for senior leadership and governance committees.
• Develop and maintain tracking tools to prioritize external opportunities, monitor deal progress, highlight company inflection points, and provide leadership with transparent pipeline visibility.
• Partner with Search lead as key liaison between internal cross-functional teams and external partners, organizing meetings with external companies and orchestrating scientific, clinical, regulatory, and commercial assessments to support informed decision-making.
• Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders across R&D, BD, Legal and Finance.
• Drive continuous improvement and innovation, enhancing processes and tools—including adoption of evaluation platforms (e.g., In Part) and AI-assisted landscaping.
• Drive process optimization for Search and Due Diligence workflows.
• Capture lessons learned and implement best practices for future evaluations.

Qualifications & Experience Requirements

• Advanced degree preferred (PhD, PharmD, MD, MSc/MBA).
• 12+ years in biopharma with 8+ years in managing complex cross-functional program projects under tight timelines; Project leadership; S&E/BD&L or external innovation exposure required.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• PMP or equivalent certification is an advantage.
• Experience orchestrating asset due diligence across scientific/clinical/CMC/Reg/IP/Commercial threads; comfort with valuation drivers and deal critical paths.
• Proficiency with partnering platforms (InPart or similar) and collaboration stacks (MS Teams/SharePoint); enthusiasm for AI-assisted landscaping.
• Strong understanding of drug development processes and external innovation strategies.

Benefits

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Contact Information

To apply, contact us at 610-878-4000. For more information about CSL, visit https://www.csl.com/.