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Remote-Chief Executive Officer (CEO) – Biotech & Immunotherapy

Role overview

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of progressive leadership experience within biotechnology or biopharmaceutical companies
  • Proven success raising significant capital and closing business development or outlicensing transactions
  • Strong knowledge of drug development, clinical-stage biotechnology, and FDA regulatory requirements
  • Experience with immunotherapies, vaccines, biologics, or related therapeutic development

Responsibilities

  • Lead overall corporate strategy, operations, financing, and long-term business growth
  • Drive successful fundraising initiatives, including venture capital financing, institutional investments, and government funding opportunities
  • Build and execute pharmaceutical business development, strategic partnering, and product outlicensing strategies
  • Establish strong relationships with investors, pharmaceutical partners, government agencies, and scientific collaborators

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Leadership
  • Negotiation
  • Communication
  • Team Building
  • Mentorship

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Company size11 - 50

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Job description

Pay: $250,000.00 - $400,000.00 per year

Why This Is a Great Opportunity

  • Lead the next chapter of an innovative biotech company advancing breakthrough vaccine and immunotherapy technologies.
  • Take a promising therapeutic platform from scientific innovation toward clinical development and commercialization.
  • Drive high-impact fundraising, pharmaceutical partnerships, licensing transactions, and strategic growth.
  • Shape corporate strategy, build an exceptional team, and position the company for long-term success.
  • Enjoy the flexibility of a nationwide remote leadership opportunity while making a meaningful impact on global healthcare.
  • Step into a highly influential executive role with competitive compensation and significant opportunities to create enterprise value.

Location

Remote – Nationwide (U.S.) | Company Headquarters: Farmington, CT

We welcome exceptional biotechnology leaders from across the United States. This fully remote opportunity offers the flexibility to lead nationally while collaborating with scientific, clinical, and strategic partners.

Note

Qualified candidates must have 8+ years of biotechnology industry leadership experience, a demonstrated record of successful fundraising and business development, including pharmaceutical product outlicensing, and substantial experience with drug development and FDA regulatory processes.

About Us

Confidential Employer

We are an emerging biopharmaceutical company developing innovative vaccines and immunotherapies to address serious infectious diseases, cancer, and other unmet medical needs. Our proprietary technology platform offers exciting opportunities to advance breakthrough science into meaningful treatments.

We are looking for a visionary, results-driven Chief Executive Officer to accelerate our growth, secure strategic investment, and lead our next phase of clinical and commercial development.

Job Description

  • Lead overall corporate strategy, operations, financing, and long-term business growth.
  • Drive successful fundraising initiatives, including venture capital financing, institutional investments, and government funding opportunities.
  • Build and execute pharmaceutical business development, strategic partnering, and product outlicensing strategies.
  • Guide drug development programs through FDA regulatory milestones, clinical trials, and commercialization planning.
  • Establish strong relationships with investors, pharmaceutical partners, government agencies, and scientific collaborators.
  • Build, mentor, and lead high-performing executive, scientific, and operational teams.
  • Partner with the Board of Directors to establish company priorities, manage resources, and maximize enterprise value.

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of progressive leadership experience within biotechnology or biopharmaceutical companies.
  • Proven success raising significant capital and closing business development or outlicensing transactions.
  • Strong knowledge of drug development, clinical-stage biotechnology, and FDA regulatory requirements.
  • Experience with immunotherapies, vaccines, biologics, or related therapeutic development.
  • Demonstrated ability to develop corporate strategies, establish pharmaceutical partnerships, and lead growth-stage organizations.
  • Excellent investor relations, negotiation, communication, and executive leadership skills.
  • Experience with venture capital, government grants, M&A, or IPO preparation is highly desirable.
  • PhD, MD, or MBA preferred.

Why You Will Love Working Here

This is more than an executive position. It is an opportunity to build something extraordinary.

You will have the autonomy to shape an innovative biotechnology company's future, advance promising scientific programs toward the clinic, and establish partnerships that can transform its commercial potential.

If you are an entrepreneurial biotechnology leader who thrives on raising capital, closing strategic deals, and turning breakthrough science into real-world impact, we would love to hear from you!

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Benefits:

  • Dental insurance
  • Health insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Retirement plan

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