Jim Connolly

About Jim Connolly

Currently seeking advisory, Board or consulting roles with early, development or commercial stage pharma/biotech organizations. Highly respected and successful leader with a functionally and geographically broad 30+ year track record, including a demonstrated ability to build and/or transform various operations and products into top performing and high-growth businesses and brands. Proven leadership skills ranging from CEO and Board Director of multiple biotech organizations to President/General Manager of Global business and major country affiliate. Strong P&L focus with the ability to leverage new and existing product opportunities, R&D, manufacturing and business development in order to assure a broad range of revenue and profit opportunities. Extensive global and U.S. product launch experience, including Prevnar family, Enbrel and Effexor XR. Significant fund raising and business development experience across wide range of sources and deal types. Successful track record across wide array of organization types (large Pharma to virtual biotech) and numerous specialty and primary care disease and therapeutic areas. Spent 24 years at Wyeth (now Pfizer) in series of general management, commercial and finance roles including EVP and GM, Wyeth Vaccines and President and GM, Wyeth Canada. More recently served as CEO of two biotech companies (Aeras and Tivorsan) and board director and/or advisor to various life science and investment organizations.

Experience

1. Director

   Valneva

   Jun 2022 — Present · Nantes, AT

   Valneva is a specialty vaccine company focused on the development and commercialization of prophylactic vaccines for infectious diseases with significant unmet medical need.

Education

• Washington University in St. Louis

  BSBA, Accounting,Finance

  1982 — 1986

Skills

• Vaccines
• Technology Transfer
• Cardiology
• Regulatory Affairs
• Lifesciences
• Pharmaceutical Sales
• Biotechnology
• Sales Effectiveness
• Drug Development
• Pharmaceutical Industry
• Biopharmaceuticals
• Fda
• Clinical Trials
• Strategic Planning
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Pharmaceutics
• CRO
• Commercialization
• Life Sciences
• Medical Devices
• Clinical Research
• Oncology
• Managed Care
• Clinical Development
• Regulatory Submissions
• Leadership
• Ctms
• Product Launch
• Infectious Diseases