Director, Alliance Management (Biotech)

TL;DR

Director, Alliance Management (Biotech): Establishing and nurturing successful partnerships with global collaborators, managing alliances throughout their lifecycle with an accent on governance, stakeholder management, and conflict resolution. Focus on alliance design, contract execution, post-deal readiness, and implementing best practices for pre-Commercial assets from pre-clinical through Phase II.

Hybrid Cambridge, MA

Salary: $196,000–$270,000

Company

Mid-sized biotechnology company committed to delivering groundbreaking medicines for complex diseases worldwide.

What you will do

• Support alliances focused on pre-Commercial assets from pre-clinical through Phase II.
• Contribute to alliance design, develop project execution strategies, and propose guiding principles.
• Act as technical expert on alliance contracts, facilitating execution and amendments.
• Drive alliance governance, alignment on agendas, preparation, and outcomes tracking.
• Build partner relationships, develop reporting, monitor alliance health, and implement best practices.
• Drive functional learnings within alliances.

Requirements

• 12+ years in Life Sciences Alliance Management or related roles (Research, Development, Commercial)
• Bachelor’s degree in related field required; advanced degree may substitute for experience.
• Knowledge of alliance contracts and ability to translate into actionable strategies.
• Experience in stakeholder management, leading cross-functional projects, and executing multiple workstreams.
• Strong executive communication skills, innovative thinking, and change management experience.
• Track record as individual contributor in matrixed organization.

Nice to have

• Adjacent experience in Finance, Business Development, Strategy, Commercial, Medical, R&D, or Manufacturing.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Minimum 15 days paid vacation, 80 hours sick time, paid maternity/parental leave, 12+ holidays.
• 401(k) with company match, employee stock purchase plan, tuition reimbursement up to $10,000/year.
• Fitness & wellness programs with reimbursement, employee resource groups.
• End-of-year shutdown (Dec 26-31), personal significance days off.
• Short-term and long-term incentives including cash bonus and equity.