Business Development Lead, Digital Therapeutics

This role leads business development and alliance work in MICIN's digital therapeutics business, covering strategy development through execution. Responsibilities include activities related to pipeline out-licensing, identifying and negotiating with new alliance partners, maintaining and strengthening relationships with existing partners, researching market trends, and preparing business strategies and advance plans. The role leads projects through communication with a broad range of stakeholders and supports the creation and adoption of new services.

Digital therapeutics are digital products intended to treat diseases and used by patients under a physician's guidance, similarly to medicines. The business develops treatment-support applications, biological-information-sharing applications, and therapeutic applications across multiple disease areas with pharmaceutical companies, medical-device manufacturers, and academic institutions.

Applicants must support MICIN's vision, mission, and values and have either at least five years of experience in business development, alliances, or licensing involving pharmaceuticals or medical devices, or at least five years covering the medical or healthcare sector at a professional-services firm. Experience in business planning for IT products and management experience are welcomed. The posting also seeks people who can explain conclusions logically with clear numerical grounds, compare alternatives and carry work through, adapt to organizational change, think independently, understand underlying issues, contribute to a team, and complete their outputs.

A Windows or Mac PC can be provided, with support for purchasing software and books. Onboarding, internal study sessions, and a monthly company-wide information-sharing meeting are available.

Employment is full-time. The expected annual salary is JPY 8,000,000 to JPY 12,500,000, determined based on experience, preferences, and company rules. Salary may be revised every half-year based on performance. Commuting costs are reimbursed based on a reasonable route. Payroll closes at the end of each month and is paid on the 25th of the following month.

The work location is KDX Nishi-Shimbashi Building 4F, 3-3-1 Nishi-Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0003; the company states that it moved to this address on December 16, 2024. Remote work is available, with individual selection between office and remote work, but at least two days per week in the office are required. Attendance may also be required for physical work, customer or visitor対応, or other face-to-face communication when necessary or useful. Depending on grade and role, the work arrangement is flextime with an 11:00-16:00 core time, a discretionary work system with 11:00-16:00 recommended hours, or a managerial-supervisor arrangement. Indoor smoking is prohibited.

Benefits and leave include social insurance, membership in the Kanto IT Software Health Insurance Society, five days of statutory annual paid leave on joining and five additional days after six months, three summer leave days taken from July through September, one birthday leave day during the birthday month, year-end and New Year leave generally from December 30 through January 4, and a two-day weekend plus national holidays. The standard selection process includes document screening, a first selection, a second selection, and a final selection, with scheduling adjusted to the candidate's circumstances.