Senior Director, Business Development

About the role

The Senior Director, Business Development will play a central role in identifying, evaluating, negotiating, and executing strategic partnerships that strengthen Cabaletta Bio's leadership in engineered cell therapies for autoimmune diseases.

Responsibilities

• Identify and evaluate external opportunities including licensing, acquisitions, strategic collaborations, platform technologies, and co-development partnerships.
• Lead scientific, clinical, commercial, operational, intellectual property, and financial diligence for potential transactions.
• Develop business development strategies that support both near-term pipeline expansion and long-term platform growth.
• Represent Cabaletta at major partnering, investor and scientific/medical conferences along with at industry meetings.
• Support negotiation of confidentiality agreements, term sheets, licensing agreements, collaboration agreements, acquisition documents, and related contracts.
• Monitor alliance performance, contractual obligations, key milestones, financial commitments, and governance deliverables to ensure successful execution of partnership objectives.
• Collaborate closely with Research, Clinical Development, Technical Operations, Regulatory, Commercial, Finance, Legal, and Executive Leadership to proactively identify and resolve issues that may impact partnership success.

Qualifications

• Advanced scientific or business degree preferred (PhD, MD, PharmD, MBA, or equivalent).
• Bachelor's degree in life sciences, business, finance, or related discipline required.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, management consulting, corporate strategy, or business development.
• Demonstrated experience leading licensing transactions, strategic collaborations, acquisitions, governance committees, cross-company collaborations following transaction execution, and corporate development initiatives.
• Strong understanding of biologics, cell therapy, gene therapy, immunology, and autoimmune disease drug development.
• Excellent financial modeling, valuation, strategic analysis, and commercial assessment skills.
• Experience performing multidisciplinary diligence across scientific, clinical, regulatory, manufacturing, commercial, legal, and financial domains.
• Outstanding executive communication and presentation skills with demonstrated ability to influence senior leadership.
• Proven ability to manage multiple high-priority initiatives in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally as needed.