Senior Manager, Due Diligence & Pipeline Strategy

About the role

The Senior Manager, Due Diligence & Pipeline Strategy is a key contributor responsible for coordinating strategic pipeline development and the assessment of external programs and entities to support growth through Ipsen's external innovation objectives. Once transacted, the Senior Manager will lead the onboarding, transition, and integration activities to support successful incorporation of acquired assets into the Ipsen ecosystem.

As a key component of Ipsen's growth strategy, this individual will play an important role in evaluating external opportunities, supporting pipeline growth, and monitoring portfolio performance. This role collaborates closely with Global Partnering and External Innovation teams to guide enterprise-wide cross functional SMEs and stakeholders, including Therapeutic Area Units, R&D functions, Commercial, Medical, Patient Safety, Technical Operations, Finance, Legal/IP, and other corporate functions, through a robust due diligence process to develop integrated recommendations that support ELT level decision making. This role will also support and drive the alignment and integration of R&D pipeline strategy, portfolio monitoring, and governance activities. Additional support for R&D initiatives, strategic projects, and special assignments will be required as needed.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with key R&D stakeholders to ensure stage appropriate representation from relevant R&D functions (Non-Clinical, Clinical, Clinical Operations, Regulatory, Pharm Dev, Quality, Finance, etc.) to conduct pre-diligence and full due diligence of external assets
• Manage access to the data rooms/internal repositories, and data request process to ensure thorough review of science, modality, MoA, clinical/regulatory/CMC feasibility
• Coordinate meetings and discussions with internal stakeholders, as well as external parties as necessary
• Facilitate generation of consolidated R&D view of the assessment with recommendations, integrating cross functional input while highlighting interdependencies, risk profiles, and mitigation plans
• Facilitate generation of integrated global development plan for the asset/s, including risk-mapping and life-cycle management potential assessments
• Support Finance to generate development cost models; and provide Probability of Success matrix to support generation of business case and valuation models
• Prepare material for various governance meetings to support decision making process