Senior Director, Global Landscaping – Strategy Lead
CSL
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: King of Prussia • Massachusetts • Pennsylvania • United States
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About the role
- Leads the global landscaping process across all TA areas and co-lead the Philly, NY, and DC region for CSL.
- Create and manage a single source of truth to drive the external innovation process.
- Synthesize therapeutic area landscapes to identify priority opportunity lists, key players, innovation hotspots, and emerging trends across selected therapeutic areas or modalities.
- Ensure consistent tracking/monitoring of asset inflection points and deliver best-in-industry competitive landscapes of assets in development.
- Assess new landscaping tools and AI platforms to efficiently identify and monitor external opportunities (including Clin Trials, IP, etc.).
- Develop and lead conference strategy for sourcing/early business development meetings.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to define strategic objectives, target meetings, and key narratives for external engagements.
- Oversee coordination of conference preparation materials (e.g., landscape summaries, target lists, briefing documents) and post-conference follow-up processes.
- Architect and oversee governance framework for evaluating and advancing external innovation opportunities, from intake to triage, review, and recommendation.
- Embedded in ecosystem and responsible for representing CSL to source innovation against all TA strategies.
- Maintain local relationships and ensure CSL EI priorities are amplified at key universities, incubators, local organizations, etc.
- Partner closely with Search TA Leads to conduct regional searches, plan for regional engagements/conferences, and share regional news/developments.
- Hold and represent CSL at local external innovation events.
Requirements
- PhD, MD, or equivalent advanced scientific degree in life sciences required.
- 15+ years of experience in pharma/biotech strategy, external innovation, R&D strategy, or corporate/business development roles.
- Demonstrated ability to synthesize scientific, strategic, and competitive insights into clear recommendations for senior leadership.
- Experience designing or managing governance processes and driving high-level decision-making forums.
- Experience evaluating pre-clinical assets and clinical-stage drug candidates across multiple modalities (small molecules, biologics, cell/gene therapies, etc.)
Benefits
- For more information on CSL benefits visit How CSL Supports Your Well-being | CSL
- You Belong at CSL At CSL, Inclusion and Belonging is at the core of our mission and who we are. It fuels our innovation day in and day out. By celebrating our differences and creating a culture of curiosity and empathy, we are able to better understand and connect with our patients and donors, foster strong relationships with our stakeholders, and sustain a diverse workforce that will move our company and industry into the future. To learn more about inclusion and belonging visit https://www.csl.com/careers/inclusion-and-belonging
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
landscaping processcompetitive landscape analysisgovernance processesevaluating pre-clinical assetsclinical-stage drug candidatessynthesizing scientific insightsdriving decision-making forumsexternal innovation strategybusiness developmentR&D strategy
Soft Skills
leadershipcollaborationstrategic thinkingcommunicationrelationship managementsynthesis of insightsproject managementpresentation skillsstakeholder engagementevent coordination
Certifications
PhDMDadvanced scientific degree