Director, Alliance Management and Integration

Biogen SANDBOX•Cambridge, MA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Alliance and Integration Management Group is responsible for managing and optimizing the value of alliances and acquisitions across pharmaceutical product life cycle. We are seeking Director level candidates to manage alliances and lead integration of acquired companies. The ideal candidate will have experience managing multi-program alliances, as well as experience integrating complex partnerships and acquisitions, “dis-integration” experience including carve-outs, divestitures and developing best practices. The role is highly cross-functional, requiring effective communication and collaboration with Biogen teams, alliance partners and respective leadership to achieve partnership, acquisition objectives. The position will be based in Cambridge, MA and report to the Vice President, Head of Alliance Management and Integration.

Requirements

10+ years in biotech, pharmaceutical, and/or consulting environments
Thorough understanding of contracts, partnerships, experience in negotiations, alliance management and /or M&A integration
Track record of having managed successful alliances.

Responsibilities

Work with new and existing partners to achieve partnership goals.
Lead efforts to establish mutual understanding, respect, trust and good communication between alliance partners.
Establish common understanding of the operational framework, drive governance bodies to ensure alliance progress and issue resolution per contractual mandate.
Ensure cross functional monitoring, coordination and mutual compliance with contractual obligations.
Develop partner insights: understand partner organization, decision making, interests. Facilitate mutual understanding of the respective organizations.
Proactively engage partners to manage issues, unexpected events, resolve conflicts at the lowest level. Drive process, decision making on renegotiations, alliance conclusion as appropriate.
Develop and execute integration strategy for acquired companies. Manage integration governance.
Develop alliance and integration success metrics and reporting tools.
Track and report health of the alliance, progress against key partnership objectives or key acquisition value drivers. Establish best practices.
Partner with Business Dev, legal and Project teams pre-deal to ensure project plans, value drivers for partnership/acquisition, governance are aligned appropriately in the contract
Foster alliance management understanding and skills across the organization.