Associate Director - Alliance Management
Core
Strategic Alliance Management for biotech-pharma collaborations, ensuring partnership health, governance, and alignment to deliver transformational medicines.
Role type
Senior IC alliance management director
Builds
Strategic partnerships with large pharmaceutical companies (e.g., GSK, Novartis)
Domain
Biotechnology / Pharmaceutical R&D
Deliverable
client delivery
Required skills
alliance management, strategic partnership management, complex contract interpretation, stakeholder influence, governance design, risk management, cross-functional collaboration, data-rich R&D environment fluency, scientific/drug discovery fluency
Preferred skills
ASAP CA-AM or CSAP accreditation
Technologies
None explicitly listed as tools
Responsibilities
Manage health and effectiveness of strategic pharma partnerships; Shape and steward partnership governance; Maintain forward visibility across alliances; Safeguard contractual alignment; Influence across organizational boundaries; Lead alliance-level escalation; Shape new partnerships from diligence through launch; Raise the standard of partnering at Relation
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC