About ArivinTx:
Arivin Therapeutics is a Finnish drug development company dedicated to halting the rapidly escalating antimicrobial resistance (AMR) crisis. Whereas in the 1950s, antibiotics were effective for roughly 21 years before resistance mechanisms emerged, today, that timeframe has been reduced to just one year. Pathogens are evolving resistance far more quickly than our ability to develop treatments against them. This has resulted in 4.7 million associated deaths in 2021, a number that is still rapidly rising.
We believe that true scientific breakthroughs are essential to combat this global challenge—not just by creating another antibiotic. That’s why we focus on developing Future-Proof antimicrobial strategies: therapies designed to effectively treat already resistant bacterial pathogens, without promoting rapid resistance themselves. Unlike traditional antibiotics, these therapies provide a more sustainable solution that help address the ongoing threat of bacterial resistance and withstand the test of time. As a company, Arivin plays a very active role in the AMR community: We are Finland’s National Coordinator for AMR in the BEAM Alliance and a member of the elite antimicrobial incubator INCATE.
What we are looking for:
The Chief Business Officer (CBO) leads the company’s business development, strategic partnerships, and commercial planning, ensuring alignment with our scientific mission, values, and long-term vision. Serving as a key member of the leadership team, the CBO plays a pivotal role in shaping and executing the company’s external-facing strategy, while working closely with internal stakeholders to ensure readiness and alignment across the organisation. This includes leading relationships with biopharma, investors, and ecosystem partners, as well as identifying and pursuing new opportunities that support the company’s scientific and commercial objectives.
Key responsibilities include:
- Accountable for developing and delivering the company’s business development strategy, including partnership identification, negotiation, and relationship management.
- Leads the development of commercial models, strategic collaborations, licensing, and fundraising activities, ensuring alignment with company priorities and scientific roadmap.
- Works closely with the CEO, operations, and scientific leadership to integrate business insights with company planning and external communications.
- Represents the company externally to potential partners, funders, collaborators, and key stakeholders in the ecosystem.
- Supports the CEO with Board meeting preparation, specifically the business and commercial components of the Board agenda.
- Leads the preparation and communication of business plans, investment materials, and commercial updates for internal and external audiences.
- Accountable for developing forward-looking partnership and commercial plans, enabling prioritisation and decision-making at the executive level.
- Oversees key cross-functional initiatives related to market strategy, pricing, and positioning, including collaboration with the R&D, clinical, and operations teams.
So, if you are passionate about pioneering new innovations in infectious disease treatment, get in touch!
Qualifications and Experience:
- 2-5 years of senior management experience with demonstrated ability to work across business, executive and scientific operations leading to significant impact either as part of a biotechnology, pharmaceutical or strategic consulting environment.
- Global mindset and an understanding of business and scientific operations in early-stage, fast-paced and growing pharma companies.
- A track record of delivering results in the face of ambiguity and concurrent priorities that often shift.
- Highly desirable: Experience in early-stage VC-backed biotech companies.
- Desirable: Contract review: Familiar with reviewing legal contracts across R&D, operations and corporate elements of the business, supporting junior team members in their review, and ensuring the Company’s interests are protected.
- Desirable: Experience in agile project management and flexing this to the needs of the organisation.
As a person, we hope that you:
- Are goal-directed to deliver tasks timely and with adequate quality.
- Have great attention to detail, organizational skills, and a strong work ethic.
- Are flexible to take on a variety of tasks anticipated in a start-up company.
- Have a strong sense of curiosity and a drive to make things better.
- Work well with other team members and contribute to a good working environment.
At ArivinTx you’ll enjoy:
- Science that can make a difference. Antimicrobial resistance is rapidly becoming one of the biggest medical and societal challenges of our time, with 4.7 million associated deaths in 2021, a number that is still rapidly rising. Arivin Tx works on cutting-edge microbiological research to change the course and outcome of this crisis.
- A competitive salary. As we search for excellent team members, we can provide a competitive salary to match it.
- A supportive learning environment. As we are pioneering novel antimicrobial therapies, we all have lots to learn along the way. We provide additional opportunities such as courses and/or attendance to international conferences to catch up on the latest research developments.
- Fun and diverse working environment. Arivin Tx was created by four founders from four different countries. We are positive-minded scientists that are passionate about fighting back against this global resistance crisis. We have created a culture where ideas can be shared and challenged, no matter your title or background. Quarterly team events also make sure that our journey stays fun for the whole team.
- Balanced working environment. Although our ambitions are high, we make sure that this ambition does not come at a cost. We have our team’s well-being as a priority. We offer a collaborative and flexible working environment and actively ensure work-life balance by promoting sports, culture and wellbeing activities with company benefits.
Legal authorization to work in Finland is required for this position. We cannot sponsor employment visas.
How to Apply:
Please send your CV and a cover letter detailing your qualifications and motivation for this role to Recruitments@arivintx.com
Join us in making a global impact against antimicrobial resistance!
