Business Developer - Uppsala Monitoring Centre (UMC), Uppsala

Business Developer at UMC – Drive Growth and Innovation in Pharmacovigilance.

Hæger & Carlsson is recruiting a Business Developer for Uppsala Monitoring Centre (UMC). A new position within the UMC organisation reporting to the Head of the External Engagement department. The Business developer will drive growth, expansion and diversification and primarily focus on in-licensing and investment opportunities within pharmacovigilance.

Qualification Requirements:

• Experience working with strategy consulting, business development or investments within life sciences or tech.


• Proven negotiation experience.

• Proven experience working in complex cross-functional teams and to interface with multiple stakeholders internally and externally.

• Business development including evaluations, due diligence and negotiations.

• Alliance management and skills in governance of external and internal collaborative projects.

• Strong financial acumen and analytical skills in licensing and mergers & acquisitions.

• Working understanding of business law for licensing and mergers & acquisitions.

• Understanding of product development of digital solutions and services.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.

About UMC

Uppsala Monitoring Centre (UMC) is a non-profit self-founded Swedish foundation with the vision safer use of medicines and vaccines for everyone, everywhere. The foundation was established in 1978 through an agreement between the government of Sweden and World Health Organisation (WHO) for operation of the WHO Programme for International Drug Monitoring. UMC supports the over 170 programme member countries in developing, implementing, and strengthening their safety surveillance programmes and maintains VigiBase, the WHO global database of adverse event reports for medicines and vaccines. 
UMC also provides solutions and standardisation for secure exchange and global use of pharmacovigilance data, including the drug dictionary WHODrug Global used by over 4000 organizations worldwide, and is advancing pharmacovigilance through science and innovation. UMC has a staff of around 200 colleagues based in Uppsala in Sweden.
Please read more at who-umc.org/

Please apply through haegercarlsson.com

Questions are answered by:

Alexander Johansson, +46 (0)73 – 77 77 233, [email protected]

Anna Wikman, +46 (0)73-539 33 87, [email protected]