Pharmaceutical In-Licensing Advisor, Business Development Consultant

Pharmatech Associates, the consulting arm of USP (United States Pharmacopeia), is a global life sciences consultancy with over 30 years of experience supporting pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device organizations. The firm provides expertise in quality, regulatory affairs, technology transfer, manufacturing operations, and commercialization, with extensive experience across biologics, biosimilars, vaccines, and advanced therapies.

About the role

We are seeking a Pharmaceutical Business Development and In-Licensing Advisor/Consultant to enhance the program’s strategic evaluation, partnership development, and in-licensing activities. While Pharmatech Associates will lead development of the Reference-Country Technology Transfer Framework and Technology Transfer Partner Availability Matrix, this role provides the specialized expertise required to move beyond partner identification and actively engage, assess, and secure potential pharmaceutical technology transfer and licensing partners. The Advisor will initiate discussions with shortlisted counterparties and support negotiations toward a viable agreement.

Responsibilities

• Identify, assess, and prioritize pharmaceutical companies suitable for licensing, technology transfer, manufacturing, or strategic partnership opportunities.
• Lead authorized outreach and relationship-building with shortlisted counterparties.
• Advise on transaction strategy, licensing structures, royalties, milestones, manufacturing rights, quality agreements, and technology transfer arrangements.
• Support the development of a credible and actionable partner engagement plan.
• Evaluate partner willingness, technical suitability, commercial alignment, and likelihood of successful execution.
• Engage with both business development and technical/manufacturing teams to advance discussions.
• Provide recommendations on partnership structures that support sustainable local manufacturing and pharmaceutical self-sufficiency objectives.

Requirements

• Direct Pharmaceutical Transaction Experience: Proven experience personally leading pharmaceutical licensing or technology transfer negotiations through to executed agreements. The Advisor must be able to provide examples detailing the product/platform, licensor, receiving site, jurisdiction, transfer scope, outcome, and execution status.
• Senior Industry Relationships: Active Director-level or above relationships within pharmaceutical business development and licensing functions, including Korean biosimilar manufacturers and relevant global pharmaceutical companies. Relationships must be current and capable of supporting direct engagement.
• Emerging Market Licensing Expertise: Strong knowledge of pharmaceutical licensing structures, royalty models, milestone frameworks, manufacturing rights, quality agreements, and self-sufficiency-oriented partnership models.
• Technical Credibility: Sufficient understanding of biologics, biosimilars, and plasma-derived product manufacturing to engage credibly with technical, manufacturing, quality, and regulatory teams.
• Independence and Absence of Conflicts: Confirmation that the Advisor is not currently advising any organization involved in the Baghdad Medical Health City program, the NHF-led alliance, or any other Iraqi pharmaceutical manufacturing initiative that could create a conflict of interest.

Experience with international licensing deals is a plus.

Deliverables

• Partner engagement and outreach strategy.
• Validated shortlist of potential technology transfer and licensing partners.
• Documentation of partner discussions and willingness assessments.
• Commercial recommendations for transaction structuring.
• Support to negotiations and development of a pathway toward a named willing counterparty.