About this role
Do you want to contribute to better treatments for brain diseases? Connect groundbreaking neuroscience research with the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry and join the Business Development team of IXA–Amsterdam Neuroscience. Do you want to contribute to better treatments for brain diseases by connecting cutting-edge neuroscience with pharmaceutical and biotechnology innovation? Join the Business Development team of IXA–Amsterdam Neuroscience (ANS)! We are looking for an experienced Business Developer with a PhD in Neuroscience or another relevant Life Sciences discipline, combined with several years of experience in business development, alliance management, technology transfer or the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry. You are motivated by translating scientific excellence into impactful collaborations that advance therapies, diagnostics and biomarkers for neurological and psychiatric disorders. In this role, you operate at the interface of academia and industry, bringing together researchers, clinicians and external partners to build strategic, long-term partnerships. What will you do? As Business Developer for Amsterdam Neuroscience (ANS), you will initiate, develop and manage strategic research collaborations with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. As part of the Innovation eXchange Amsterdam (IXA), the expertise centre for knowledge transfer, innovation and business development at Amsterdam UMC at Amsterdam UMC, you will work at the interface between Amsterdam Neuroscience and the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry.You will translate scientific and clinical excellence into collaborative opportunities, using deep market and scientific intelligence to identify emerging trends, unmet medical needs and strategic partnering opportunities across preclinical, translational and clinical neuroscience. In addition to initiating and managing strategic research collaborations with external partners, you will also identify and support promisi research with valorisation potential within your portfolio. Working closely with researchers and fellow IXA Business Developers, you will help translate scientific discoveries into commercial opportunities, including licensing, spin-out creation and new industry partnerships. Your key responsibilities include: Identifying and developing new opportunities for strategic research collaborations with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, together with ANS clinicians and researchers. Acting as a key contact point for industry partners engaging with Amsterdam Neuroscience, including both investigator-initiated and industry-initiated collaborations. Building and maintaining a strong international network within the pharmaceutical and biotechnology neuroscience ecosystems through active engagement and conference participation. Monitoring scientific, clinical and commercial developments in neuroscience to identify emerging trends, unmet medical needs and collaboration opportunities. Developing research proposals, project plans and budgets in close collaboration with researchers and clinicians. Negotiating research collaboration agreements, including intellectual property, publication rights and contractual terms, in collaboration with the Amsterdam UMC legal team. Negotiating project budgets and financial structures, including milestone-based arrangements where applicable. Managing and expanding existing industry collaborations, ensuring continuity and identifying opportunities for follow-on projects. Scouting promising research within Amsterdam Neuroscience for valorisation opportunities, including patents, licensing, spin-off creation and industry partnerships. Advising researchers on collaboration strategies, industry engagement and valorisation opportunities throughout the research lifecycle. Maintaining accurate and structured documentation of collaborations, agreements, meetings and project progress. Contributing to the continuous improvement of business