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Senior Finance Business Partner (Drug Design and Development), London, UK

Isomorphic Labs· Central
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Hybrid (London)full-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Senior Finance Business Partner responsible for strategic and operational finance for the Drug Design and Development team, including budgeting, forecasting, program economics, and partnership modeling to support portfolio prioritization and growth.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the primary finance partner for the Drug Design and Development team. Provide strategic thought partnership to support delivery of portfolio objectives.
  • Lead end-to-end budgeting, forecasting, and resource planning.
  • Provide financial decision support for the Portfolio Steering Team. Build project-level NPV and risk-adjusted valuation models for pipeline assets to support portfolio prioritization.
  • Partner with Business Development to model economics for biopharma partnerships and licensing deals, research collaborations and milestones.
  • Partner with External Research team and Procurement during RFP processes to evaluate, benchmark, and negotiate budgets with vendors.
  • Deliver regular variance analysis and continuously enhance financial reporting and workflows to support portfolio growth. Oversee accruals processes.

Qualifications

  • Drug Development Finance Expertise: Direct experience managing R&D / drug development finance and FP&A/partnering within biotech, pharma, or life sciences.
  • Finance modeling: Deep experience building and maintaining robust financial models for portfolio prioritisation and project NPV.
  • Education & Analytical Skills: Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or other quantitative field.
  • Communication & Rigor: Clear executive-level communicator for both technical and non-technical audiences. Strong attention to detail and ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
  • Teamwork and collaboration: Proven track record in business partnering, influencing senior leadership, and stakeholder management.
  • AI to drive efficiency: Experience in utilizing LLMs and other AI to drive efficiency.

Skills

Required:Drug development finance / FP&AFinancial modeling for portfolio prioritisationEducation in quantitative fieldExecutive communicationStakeholder management
Nice to have:AI / LLM experience
Last updated Oct 7, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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Reimagining Drug Discovery Process with AI

Isomorphic Labs is building a future where frontier AI can help to unlock deeper scientific insights, faster breakthroughs, and life-changing medicines.

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