Director, Alliance Management
$203,000–$253,000 year
On-sitePalo Alto, California, United States
Job Summary
Lead collaboration planning, activation, and execution for assigned external partnerships, including start-up, joint committees, and operational reviews. Serve as the primary point of contact for alliance partners to build trust, facilitate communication, and resolve issues with speed and diplomacy. Monitor progress against contractual milestones, deliverables, and KPIs while preparing strategic insights for executive leadership on alliance health, risks, and opportunities. Partner with internal teams across R&D, Clinical, Regulatory, Legal, and Commercial functions to align joint program execution and resource planning. Develop and implement alliance management frameworks to enhance efficiency and partner satisfaction. This role reports to the Senior Director Alliance Strategy & Management and requires proficiency in MS Office suite and electronic document management systems.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in relevant field
- Minimum of 10+ years of experience in oncology biopharma with a primary focus on alliance management
- Prior oncology drug experience in late-stage development and/or commercial stage
- Strong understanding of oncology drug development, scientific platforms, and global commercial dynamics
- Hands-on experience leading pharma or biotech drug development clinical trial collaboration start-up & management with external partners
- Understanding or experience in collaboration preparation, kick-off meetings, joint clinical trial or project management to ensure successful contract implementation & relationship management
- Proficient user of MS Office suite (e.g., PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Project)
- Experience using electronic document management systems
- Experience using document review tools
- Ability to excel in a fast-paced, demanding and diverse environment that includes global virtual meetings outside standard business hours
- Ability to travel to collaboration or business meetings, to include semi-frequent travel to hub office locations in Summit territories or collaboration partner sites
Desired Qualifications
- Advanced degree preferred (MBA, Masters, etc.)
- Dual scientific and business background
- End-to-end to end program planning
- Prior experience with technology tools (e.g. Smartsheets, MS Project) in planning, maintenance and communication of information
- Excellent communicator in public-speaking, meeting facilitation and email communication
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