Head Finance, Bio BD&L

Job Description Summary

The Head Finance, Bio BD&L is the finance leader driving value creation through business development and licensing agreements, as well as strategic partnerships, to maximize Bio sustainable growth in alignment with Sandoz strategic priorities.
This position partners closely with BD&L, Corporate Strategy, R&D, Commercial, Pipeline and Legal, providing financial insights and guidance to shape the deal strategy and structure, supporting negotiations, modelling deal valuations, while assessing and mitigating risk and securing optimal outcomes for the company.
Success requires financial leadership, excellent business partnering & communication, advanced financial modelling, and deep analytical insight into portfolio, pipeline, and market dynamics with strong collaboration capabilities

Job Description

Sandoz continues to go through an exciting and transformative period as a global leader and pioneering provider of sustainable Biosimilar and Generic medicines. As we continue down this new and ambitious path, unique opportunities will present themselves, both professionally and personally.

Join us, the future is ours to shape!

Position Purpose:

The Head Finance, Bio BD&L is the finance leader driving value creation through business development and licensing agreements, as well as strategic partnerships, to maximize Bio sustainable growth in alignment with Sandoz strategic priorities.
This position partners closely with BD&L, Corporate Strategy, R&D, Commercial, Pipeline and Legal, providing financial insights and guidance to shape the deal strategy and structure, supporting negotiations, modelling deal valuations, while assessing and mitigating risk and securing optimal outcomes for the company.
Success requires financial leadership, excellent business partnering & communication, advanced financial modelling, and deep analytical insight into portfolio, pipeline, and market dynamics with strong collaboration capabilities

Your Key Responsibilities:

Your responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Strategic & financial leadership: Finance partner to develop and implement global BD strategy in alignment with Sandoz strategy, supported by market trends, competitive landscape, industry benchmarks and emerging opportunities.  Shape deal strategies, ensuring financial attractiveness and providing win-win options for partnerships

• Deal evaluation & valuation:  Lead end-to-end financial modelling, including valuations, multiple-scenario modelling, assessing underlying assumptions Develop and maintain robust financial frameworks. Evaluate risk and opportunities thorough financial analysis, providing recommendations to mitigate risks, providing transparency through sensitivity analyses

• Deal Structuring & negotiation: Support negotiation strategy, support on deal terms, and due diligences. Assess value drivers, risk-sharing mechanisms, and milestone structures. Translate underlying assumptions into clear financial implications. Acts as a core member influencing structure and terms

• Governance, decision making and compliance: Prepare and present investment cases to senior leadership and governance bodies. Ensure compliant BD&L processes vs. internal controls, accounting. standards other regulations. Lead financial due diligence to evaluate partnership risk. Fit for purpose under OpEx and Cash company guidelines 

• Performance Monitoring & Post‑Deal Integration: Partner with FRA and controlling to monitor milestones, payments, obligations and value delivery (B/S position). Ensure deal integration within Finance functions and monitoring financial reporting. Identify learnings from past deals to improve future deal shaping

•  Leadership & Collaboration: Foster strong cross functional collaboration and act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders. Promote strategic thinking, analytical excellence and high-quality decision making. Attracts, develops, and retains finance talent. Interact with external partners as part of negotiation

What you’ll bring to the role:

Essential Requirements:

• Master’s degree (MBA/Finance) or a professional certification such as CFA/CPA is highly preferred. Min 15+ years' experience in Finance with a strong background in valuations, corporate finance or M&A/BD&L ideally in a multinational environment (pharmaceutical, biotech, life sciences, or healthcare industry preferred)

• Expertise in financial modelling, deal structuring, and strategic analysis.

• Strong communication, business acumen and familiarity with R&D and commercial models

• Experience supporting negotiations for complex partnerships, licensing agreements, or asset transactions

• Understanding of intellectual property, regulatory frameworks, and market access dynamics

• Track record of influencing senior stakeholders

• Team management and leadership experience

Why Sandoz?

Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, provided more than 900 million patient treatments across 100+ countries in 2024 and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more!

With investments in new development capabilities, production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.

Our momentum is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful, flexible-hybrid careers, where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is supported! Join us!

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

 

Skills Desired

Ability To Influence Key Stakeholders, AI Driven, Building Effective Teams, Capital Allocation, Critical Thinking, Data Cleansing / Normalization, Data Visualization, Effective Communications, Embracing Change, Employee Engagement, Financial And Management, Insight Generation, Managing Ambiguity, Market Understanding, Planning & Analysis, Process Optimization, Rapid Problem Solving, Reporting, Understanding Value Drivers