Role purposeThe Sourcing Director of China External Innovation (EI) is accountable for originating, evaluating, and driving biotech collaboration deals that create pipeline value for Novo Nordisk through biotech partnership and co-development.Operating as a senior contributor, the role focuses on biotech engagement, scientific evaluation, and deal shaping within the China biotech ecosystem, progressing opportunities toward internal decision milestones and integration into R&D Lines of Business (LoB), in alignment with Global R&D External Innovation processes. Key accountabilitiesSourcing, evaluation & deal shapingCoordinate structured gap analysis with internal stakeholders, including:Therapeutic Areas, Target Discovery, Medicinal Chemistry, Computational Chemistry, and other relevant functionsIdentification of biology, chemistry, capability, or capacity gaps in the internal pipelineTranslation of those gaps into clear sourcing hypotheses and partnership requirementsProactively source ...