Senior Director, Regional Ecosystem Lead, Shanghai

Help Shape the Future of Biotechnology

At CSL, our work saves lives.

As one of the world's leading biotechnology companies, we are driven by a promise to patients and a commitment to advancing scientific innovation. Every day, our teams work at the intersection of breakthrough science, cutting-edge technology, and global collaboration to develop therapies that improve and save lives.

We are seeking an exceptional Senior Director, Regional Ecosystem Lead to serve as CSL's senior representative within one of the world's leading biotechnology innovation hubs. This highly visible role offers a unique opportunity to influence CSL's future pipeline by connecting groundbreaking science, entrepreneurial innovation, and strategic business partnerships.

Working at the forefront of external innovation, you will help identify transformative opportunities, shape CSL's presence across the biotech ecosystem, and position the company as the partner of choice for researchers, entrepreneurs, investors, and emerging biotechnology companies.

This is more than a business development role. It is an opportunity to help bring the next generation of therapies to patients around the world.

What You'll Do

As CSL's senior leader within the regional innovation ecosystem, you will:

Build CSL's Presence and Influence

• Act as the face of CSL across the local biotechnology, academic, venture capital, and innovation community.
• Elevate CSL's reputation as a trusted partner, collaborator, and investor in breakthrough science.
• Develop new partnership opportunities that strengthen CSL's strategic presence and innovation pipeline.

Discover the Next Breakthrough

• Identify and source high-value external innovation opportunities aligned with CSL's therapeutic area strategies and long-term portfolio priorities.
• Monitor emerging scientific advancements, disruptive technologies, and evolving industry trends.
• Provide critical market intelligence on competitive activity, innovation hotspots, and ecosystem developments.

Create Meaningful Partnerships

• Build and maintain executive-level relationships across leading universities, research institutes, incubators, accelerators, venture capital firms, and biotechnology companies.
• Connect external innovators with CSL's scientific experts, business leaders, and decision makers.
• Represent CSL at major scientific, investment, and industry events, ensuring strong visibility and engagement.

Lead Strategic Transactions

• Play a senior leadership role on regional business development and licensing opportunities.
• Support transactions from early opportunity identification through evaluation, due diligence, negotiation, and close.
• Partner closely with R&D, Business Development, Legal, and Therapeutic Area leaders to assess and advance opportunities.

Influence the Broader Industry

• Pursue leadership positions on industry boards, advisory committees, and professional associations.
• Represent CSL's perspective in shaping the future direction of the biotechnology sector.
• Foster strong connections across government, industry, academic, and investment communities.

What You'll Bring

Experience

• 12+ years of experience within biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, business development, external innovation, venture investing, or related fields.
• Strong track record of building strategic partnerships and generating high-value deal flow.
• Demonstrated success identifying, evaluating, and executing external innovation opportunities.
• Deep understanding of the regional biotechnology ecosystem and key industry stakeholders.

Leadership and Influence

• Established credibility with biotechnology executives, academic leaders, investors, and scientific communities.
• Exceptional relationship-building and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to influence senior internal and external stakeholders and operate effectively within complex global organisations.

Scientific Expertise

• Advanced scientific or medical degree required (PhD, MD, PharmD, or equivalent).
• Strong ability to evaluate scientific innovation and emerging technologies.

Additional Requirements

• Fluency in Mandarin.
• Experience operating within the local regulatory, business, and innovation environment.
• Willingness to travel and represent CSL across the broader regional ecosystem.

Why CSL?

At CSL, you'll join a purpose-driven organisation with a proud heritage of scientific innovation and a global footprint spanning more than 100 countries.

You'll work alongside some of the brightest minds in biotechnology, helping to shape a pipeline of innovations that have the potential to transform patient outcomes worldwide.

Together, we are driven by a simple but powerful purpose: to save lives and protect the health of people around the world.

If you're passionate about science, partnerships, and unlocking the next generation of medical breakthroughs, we'd love to hear from you

About CSL Behring

CSL Behring is a global biotherapeutics leader driven by our promise to save lives. Focused on serving patients’ needs by using the latest technologies, we discover, develop and deliver innovative therapies for people living with conditions in the immunology, hematology, cardiovascular and metabolic, respiratory, and transplant therapeutic areas. We use three strategic scientific platforms of plasma fractionation, recombinant protein technology, and cell and gene therapy to support continued innovation and continually refine ways in which products can address unmet medical needs and help patients lead full lives.

CSL Behring operates one of the world’s largest plasma collection networks, CSL Plasma. Our parent company, CSL, headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, employs 32,000 people, and delivers its lifesaving therapies to people in more than 100 countries.

To learn more about CSL, CSL Behring, CSL Seqirus and CSL Vifor  visit https://www.csl.com/ and CSL Plasma at https://www.cslplasma.com/.

Our Benefits

For more information on CSL benefits visit How CSL Supports Your Well-being | CSL.

You Belong at CSL

At CSL, Inclusion and Belonging is at the core of our mission and who we are. It fuels our innovation day in and day out. By celebrating our differences and creating a culture of curiosity and empathy, we are able to better understand and connect with our patients and donors, foster strong relationships with our stakeholders, and sustain a diverse workforce that will move our company and industry into the future.

 To learn more about inclusion and belonging visit https://www.csl.com/careers/inclusion-and-belonging

Equal Opportunity Employer

CSL is an Equal Opportunity Employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, please visit https://www.csl.com/accessibility-statement.