About this role

Since its inception in 2014, Roivant Sciences has sought to improve health by rapidly delivering innovative medicines and technologies to patients. We’ve employed a unique, decentralized model of nimble, focused companies (‘Vants’) focused on various therapeutic areas and built around the pursuit of innovation in drug development and technology.

Our model is different. Five new medicines have been approved off the Roivant platform; we’ve built five biotechs that have become public; we’ve created well over $1b in value in Roivant Health in just six years.  Our successes have ranged from computational drug discovery to tokenized healthcare data exchange, and from novel topicals for dermatological conditions to ultrarare tissue therapies.

Roivant Health is Roivant’s platform for the creation of new technology Vants, focused on delivering improvements to human health outside of our traditional biotech platform.  In six years since inception, we’ve created eight enduring companies and over $1B in enterprise value, including the leading deidentified healthcare data exchange platform (Datavant) and a top-tier computational drug discovery company (VantAI) which has partnered with Johnson & Johnson, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Boehringer Ingelheim. Our goal is to improve human health by rapidly discovering, developing and delivering innovative medicines and technologies to all patients. Our success is predicated on attracting and retaining top talent, generating new ideas and promoting an open and collaborative culture.

We embrace diversity across all dimensions and levels of the organization, and we strive to ensure every employee is supported in reaching their full potential. We hire motivated people with diverse backgrounds, identities, experiences and skillsets. We are committed to fostering an inclusive culture where all employees feel valued, respected and empowered to create value for patients.

Position Summary

Roivant is seeking a Principal to lead the incubation of new healthcare technology Vants. This role involves full-cycle leadership of one or more incubation categories, from ideation to execution.

We are deep believers in rapid career advancement for high performers and take a flexible approach to role design, adjusting responsibilities based on individual strengths. The ideal candidate is ambitious, entrepreneurial, and comfortable with ambiguity, driven by a passion for building transformational healthcare businesses. We seek individuals who embrace calculated risk-taking as essential to achieving meaningful outcomes for patients.

Responsibilities

  • Lead early-stage ideation by identifying and evaluating potential opportunities based on key success factors, such as time to market, Roivant’s strategic advantages, validation pathway, and market potential
  • Lead structured evaluations to de-risk incubations, assessing markets, competitors, product landscapes, and technology
  • Oversee initial company building, including product development, business development, operations, and fundraising
  • Recruit and develop leadership teams for new Vants
  • Ensure ongoing success of incubated ventures through board participation and oversight
  • Lead or support external financing efforts for new Vants

Skills, Qualifications, and Requirements

  • Exceptional academic background
  • Proven ability to thrive in entrepreneurial environments, managing multiple roles
  • Track record of taking on significant responsibility in fast-paced organizations
  • Strong executive-level communication and analytical skills
  • Experience building ventures or products in healthcare or life sciences technology

Base salary for this role will be determined during the interview process and will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to prior experience, relevant expertise, current business needs, and market conditions. The expected base salary for the role will generally be between $130,000 to $220,000 per year at the commencement of employment, but the final salary offered may be outside this range based on individual circumstances and business and market conditions. 

Base salary if hired is only part of the total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include other components such as discretionary bonuses, Roivant equity, Vant equity and Company-sponsored benefit programs.

This position is at-will and Roivant reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance and business and market conditions.

Roivant Sciences provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

We will not accept unsolicited resumes nor outreach from agencies. Please do not send agency resumes to our website or Roivant Sciences and affiliated employees. Thanks!

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