Leena Bhoite

About Leena Bhoite

Career ProfileOutcome-focused, well rounded, highly professional biopharma enthusiast, with 15+ years of progressive experience in project, alliance, business, strategy, and contract management in Technology Transfer, Pharmaceutical, and CRO space. Leveraging industry skills, leadership and scientific research excellence to enabling innovations in the market place. Key Skills:Project, Program and Portfolio Management: Implemented best PM practices for projects ranging from concept to IP licensing, drug discovery, BioA deliverables in drug development and IVD space.Technology Transfer: State-of-the-art knowledge in life science innovations and broad application of principles, theories and concepts such as laws, regulations, and practices pertaining to the protection and management of intellectual property, scientific skills, and transfer of technology. Technology Evaluation and Competitive Intelligence: Conduct competitive intelligence through assessment of IP and market opportunity; establish patenting and path to commercialization strategy; create marketing content with appropriate positioning for outreach channels. Business Development, Marketing and Contracting: Adept at identifying synergies, building industry alliances, managing expectations and ultimately establishing appropriate contractual agreements to drive a mutually beneficial goal. Negotiate term sheets, for exclusive, non-exclusive, tangible, and know-how rights; CDA, MTA, license, research sponsorship, academic and tangible property agreements.Communication: Engages integrative input, analytical skills to synthesize scientific and business information into discrete elements to guide decision-making for best outcome. Mentor and team player who can “connect” across all organizational levels with excellent written and oral presentations skills.Software and Databases: Cortelis, Global Data Intelligence Database and Inteum for IP management. MS project, Excel, PowerPoint, MS SharePoint, Watson LIMS, and CRM tool Sales Force.Life Science Areas: Drug discovery, preclinical and drug development; Small molecule, ADC, cell & immuno- therapy, diagnostics, medical devices, software and tangible property. Oncology, Immunology, Viral & Infectious diseases; Metabolic and Neurogenerative disorders.

Experience

1. Project Manager

   Covance

   Oct 2019 — Present · Salt Lake City, UT, US

   Operational lead for the POD team, and primary contact/ liaison for the client, reporting through a PMO. Managed timely BioA project deliverables within scope and budget for 25+ clients ranging from Alliance pharma partners to mid-size biotech companies, both US domestic, EU and Asia. Provided end-to-end management, under SOP policies and FDA GLP, GCP-ICH regulatory compliance. Point of client contact or “Voice of Customer” with 80% positive rating on client satisfaction

Education

• University of Mumbai

  BS, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Physics

• Institute of Science

  MS, Microbiology, Biochemistry and Immunology

• Tata Cancer Research Memorial Institute

  Ph.D., Molecular Biology and Oncology

• Salk Institute of Biological Studies

  Post-doctoral Fellowship

• Tata Cancer Research Memorial Institute

  Ph.D., Molecular Carcinogenesis

Skills

• Team Management
• Start-Ups
• In Vitro
• U.s. Food and Drug Administration (Fda)
• Elisa
• Medical Diagnostics
• Fda
• Licensing
• Commercialization
• Genetics
• Biotechnology
• Diagnostic
• Molecular Biology
• Cancer
• Drug Discovery
• Pharmacology
• Cell
• Intellectual Property Evaluation
• Medical Devices
• Assay Development