Director, Regional Ecosystem Lead

Position DescriptionSummary

CSL's R&D organization is accelerating innovation to deliver greater impact for patients. With a project-led structure and a focus on collaboration, we're building a future-ready team that thrives in dynamic biotech ecosystems. Joining CSL now means being part of an agile team committed to developing therapies that make a meaningful difference worldwide.

Serve as CSL's embedded representative in key innovation hubs, responsible for sourcing external innovation aligned with all therapeutic area (TA) strategies. These senior leaders will combine ecosystem engagement, strategic scouting, and deal team leadership to ensure CSL maintains a strong presence and pipeline of opportunities across biotech, academia, and investment networks.

MainResponsibilities & Accountabilities

• Lead sourcing and represent CSL within the regional innovation ecosystem, actively sourcing opportunities aligned with all TA strategies and portfolio priorities.
  
• Maintain and expand strategic relationships with universities, incubators, accelerators, venture capital firms, and local organizations to amplify CSL's external innovation priorities.
  
• Partner closely with TA Search Leads to conduct regional searches, plan engagements and conferences, and share regional insights and updates.
  
• Serve as a senior member of deal teams occurring in each region, supporting transactions from identification through due diligence and help lead relationships with external partners through deal close.
  
• Organize and represent CSL at local external innovation events, such as CSL-hosted innovation days, and ensure strong visibility in the ecosystem.
  

Qualifications & Experience Requirements

• 12+ years in biopharma, external innovation, or business development with strong regional network and ecosystem knowledge.
  
• Advanced degree required (PhD, MD, or equivalent).
  
• Proven ability to source and evaluate external opportunities and lead deal execution.
  
• Strong relationship-building skills with academic, biotech, and investment communities
  

Location: Melbourne, CBD

Hybrid Working

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.

Client-provided location(s): Ballarat, Australia

Job ID: CSL_FGB-R-269748

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2026-01-22T23:31:50