Director of Biopharma Partnerships

Unilabs

Director of Biopharma Partnerships responsible for pipeline building and complex deal execution. Role at Unilabs.AI, a venture-backed diagnostics startup specializing in rare diseases and clinical trials.

Posted 6/18/2026full-timeBasel • 🇨🇭 SwitzerlandLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

The Hunt: Origination & Pipeline Building
Targeted Prospecting: Systematically map the global Biopharma landscape (especially in Rare Diseases, Targeted Oncology, and Immunology) to identify active Phase 2b/3 pipelines that are bottlenecked by patient recruitment.
Evangelizing the ULAI Dragnet: Secure high-level meetings with VPs of Clinical Operations, Heads of RWD, and Clinical Development Leaders. Pitch the unique value of our multi-modal OS infrastructure and prove how we can intercept their exact inclusion/exclusion criteria upstream.
Network Leverage: Utilize your existing rolodex within Biopharma to fast-track conversations, bypassing standard procurement layers to engage directly with the clinical decision-makers feeling the pain of delayed trials.
Complex Deal Execution
Solution Architecture: Work with Pharma sponsors to define the exact diagnostic footprint required (e.g., combining imaging findings with declining kidney function for rare disease profiles) and translate that into a commercial data/recruitment contract.
Closing: Own the end-to-end sales cycle. Negotiate complex SaaS, RWD licensing, and milestone-based clinical recruitment contracts from initial MSA through to final signature.
Alliance Management & Delivery
The Clinical Bridge: You don't just sell the deal and walk away. You will serve as the Alliance Manager, bridging the gap between the Pharma sponsor's clinical teams and ULAI’s internal engineering and clinical informatics teams.
Execution Oversight: Ensure that the data pipelines and screening algorithms we deploy actually yield the patient volumes and RWD quality promised in the contract.
Account Expansion: Once a pilot rare disease dragnet proves successful, leverage that internal Pharma champion to expand ULAI's contracts across their broader therapeutic portfolio.

Requirements

What you’ll need

The Hunter Mentality: You are deeply uncomfortable with an empty calendar. You are relentless, resilient, and view pipeline generation as the most critical part of your day.
Domain Fluency: You speak the language of clinical trials, real-world evidence, and targeted therapeutics. You understand what Phase 2a vs. Phase 3 requires, what a synthetic control arm is, and why recruiting for a rare genetic disease is a nightmare.
Track Record: 5–10+ years of quota-carrying BD experience selling RWD, complex CRO services, genomic testing, or tech-enabled clinical trial solutions directly to Biopharma. You have a documented history of closing complex, large-scale deals.
Autonomy & Grit: You thrive in a seed-stage, fast-moving environment. You do not need a massive marketing department to generate a pitch deck; you build the narrative, find the target, and close the deal.
Language: Fluent English is mandatory; professional proficiency in French or German is highly advantageous.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Hybrid working model (office & remote flexibility)
International, collaborative, and regulated product environment
Competitive compensation and benefits
Long-term ownership of a strategic healthcare product
Unmatched Product-Market Fit: You are selling access to Europe's largest, highly protected, multi-modal diagnostic pool—a proprietary asset that no standard software company or CRO can replicate.
True Entrepreneurial Ownership: The execution speed and equity upside of a venture-backed standalone startup, powered by the operational footprint of Unilabs and A.P. Møller Holding.

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Hard Skills & Tools

RWDCRO servicesgenomic testingclinical trial solutionssales cycle managementcontract negotiationdata pipelinesscreening algorithmssolution architecturediagnostic footprint

Soft Skills

hunter mentalityrelentlessresilientautonomygritcommunicationnetworkingaccount expansionexecution oversightalliance management