Basecamp Research

Associate Director of Business Development & Licensing

Boston · Director

Sponsorship not specified$170k-$210kDetected 81 days ago

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About the role

Identify, prioritise, and pursue out-licensing and in-licensing opportunities aligned with Basecamp Research's therapeutic strategy, covering early-to mid-stage assets, platform access, and data collaboration models.
Represent Basecamp Research at key industry conferences,partnering events, and scientific meetings to cultivate a strong external network and generate inbound interest.
We are seeking a highly capable and proactive Associate Director of Business Development & Licensing to join our Business Development Team.

Responsibilities

Conduct landscape mapping and competitive intelligence across therapeutic areas to surface relevant partnering leads and anticipate market demand.
Build and maintain a disciplined, high-quality deal pipeline - from initial lead identification through qualification, business case formation, and stakeholder alignment.
Lead or support end-to-end deal processes: opportunity assessment, scientific and commercial due diligence, term sheet negotiation, and contract execution.
Build and validate financial models, valuations, and business cases to support deal structuring and internal governance approvals.
Draft, review, and negotiate key deal documents including CDAs, term sheets, license agreements, and collaboration frameworks, in partnership with legal counsel.
Support more senior leaders on larger, more complex transactions - including platform-wide licensing deals, strategic alliances, and co-development arrangements.
Cross-Functional & Partner Collaboration
Serve as a credible scientific and commercial interface with external partners - engaging confidently with VP-level BD, research, and legal counterparts at pharma and biotech organisations.
Work closely with Basecamp Research's product and science teams to ensure commercial commitments are grounded in product reality and to surface partner requirements that should inform our roadmap.

Requirements

Required Skills and Experience

Nice to have

Coordinate cross-functional diligence teams (science, legal, finance,product) and hold team members accountable for timely, high-quality deliverables.
Prepare high-quality materials for governance review, including opportunity reports, management presentations, and deal memoranda.
5-8+ years of experience in business development, licensing, or strategic alliances within the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or life sciences sector.
Demonstrated track record of contributing to or leading complex BD&L transactions, including in-licensing, out-licensing, or co-development deals across drug discovery or early development stages.
Solid grasp of drug development and commercialisation processes, including an understanding of preclinical and clinical development, regulatory pathways, and IP considerations.
Hands-on experience in financial modelling and deal valuations, including NPV, risk adjustment, and scenario analysis.
Strong communication, negotiation, and presentation skills - able to engage effectively with both scientific and business stakeholders and distill complexity clearly.
Advanced degree (PhD, PharmD, or MBA) in a relevant scientific or business discipline.

Compensation

$170,000 - $210,000 base depending on skills and experience.
Do you want to join our team as our new Associate Director of Business Development & Licensing? Then we'd love to hear about you!
We truly believe in investing in our people and their development, we have twice yearly promotion opportunities.
People who are really successful here own it and go directly to solve problems at pace and we ensure reward increases with impact.

Benefits

We've built a benefits package people value.
That means competitive salary, equity, pension plan, and healthcare so strong that most employees' family members opt into our plan over their own.
If you have a disability or additional need that needs accommodating do let us know.

Company info

Basecamp Research is dedicated to solving major challenges in the life sciences by exploring Beyond Known Biology. Our teams build frontier AI models using BaseData, the world's largest ethically-sourced and globally representative biological dataset. Our Global Research Team collects and curates our own biological data through partnerships with more than 152 organizations in 28 countries, giving its AI access to genetic diversity that doesn't exist for models trained on public database sources. This enables Basecamp Research to design novel protein sequences and biological systems that can accelerate therapeutic research and development.
In October 2024 we closed Series B and in January 2026 finalised pre-Series C investment from NVIDIA. With hubs both in London, UK as well as Boston Massachusetts, USA and partners with biopharma companies and academic institutions worldwide, our work has been recognized with honors including Fast Company's Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Biotech and the FT-backed Sifted AI100 list of Europe's leading AI startups.
At Basecamp Research, we pride ourselves on being a diverse, exciting, fun, and flexible place to work. Our team of biologists, engineers, ML scientists, field explorers, and operations specialists are united by a sense of adventure and the belief that nature has already designed the solutions to our planet's greatest challenges - we just need to go out and discover them! If you feel passionate about the power of biology, data, and AI to build a better world, we'd love to hear from you.
Basecamp Research is dedicated to solving major challenges in the life sciences by exploring Beyond Known Biology.
Our teams build frontier AI models using BaseData, the world's largest ethically-sourced and globally representative biological dataset.
Our Global Research Team collects and curates our own biological data through partnerships with more than 152 organizations in 28 countries, giving its AI access to genetic diversity that doesn't exist for models trained on public database sources.
This enables Basecamp Research to design novel protein sequences and biological systems that can accelerate therapeutic research and development.
In October 2024 we closed Series B and in January 2026 finalised pre-Series C investment from NVIDIA.
With hubs both in London, UK as well as Boston Massachusetts, USA and partners with biopharma companies and academic institutions worldwide, our work has been recognized with honors including Fast Company's Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Biotech and the FT-backed Sifted AI100 list of Europe's leading AI startups.
At Basecamp Research, we pride ourselves on being a diverse, exciting, fun, and flexible place to work.
Our team of biologists, engineers, ML scientists, field explorers, and operations specialists are united by a sense of adventure and the belief that nature has already designed the solutions to our planet's greatest challenges - we just need to go out and discover them!
If you feel passionate about the power of biology, data, and AI to build a better world, we'd love to hear from you.
You'll be surrounded by world-class engineers, scientists, and researchers who care deeply about their work and about each other.
With offices in Boston and London, we've built a flexible, cross-functional environment where personal development and real ownership aren't just talking points.

Equal opportunity

equal opportunity employment regardless of ethnic or national origin, race, religion, sex, age, citizenship, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, gender identity or any other basis.

Visa & Work Authorization

That means competitive salary, equity, pension plan, and healthcare so strong that most employees' family members opt into our plan over their own.

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