Director, Alliance Management
About The Position
The Director, Alliance Management is a pivotal role within Biogen, dedicated to establishing and nurturing successful partnerships with our global collaborators. Situated within the Alliance Management team, you will work closely with cross-functional colleagues, ensuring seamless collaboration with both internal and partner stakeholders. Your primary responsibility will be to manage alliances throughout their entire lifecycle, contributing significantly to their success and ensuring alignment with Biogen's strategic objectives. You will oversee stakeholder and process management for alliance governance while also playing a crucial role in conflict resolution. Additionally, you will participate in alliance design and facilitate the execution of collaboration agreements, ensuring best-in-class practices are developed and implemented. This role is integral to Biogen's mission of delivering groundbreaking medicines to individuals affected by complex diseases worldwide.
Requirements
- Knowledge of alliance contracts and the ability to translate them into actionable strategies.
- Experience in stakeholder management, both internally and with partners.
- Innovative thinking to develop solutions and anticipate business/alliance issues.
- Proven track record of leading projects and executing multiple workstreams in parallel.
- Strong ability to communicate complex ideas and persuade others.
- Experience with change management strategies.
- Strong written and verbal executive communication skills.
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field required.
- Track record of strong individual contributor experience in a matrixed organization and leading cross-functional projects.
Nice To Haves
- An advanced degree may substitute for experience, as appropriate.
- Adjacent experience in Finance, Business Development, Strategy, Commercial, Medical, R&D, and Manufacturing is strongly considered.
Responsibilities
- Support Biogen's alliances with a focus on pre-Commercial assets from pre-clinical through Phase II.
- Contribute to alliance design and develop strategies for project execution of post-deal readiness activities.
- Propose and execute collaboration guiding principles and objectives; recommend changes to governance structure and develop joint ways of working.
- Act as a technical expert on alliance contracts, facilitating contract agreement execution and contributing to contract development and amendments.
- Drive alliance governance, ensuring alignment with internal and partner collaborators on agenda, preparation, and outcomes tracking.
- Build knowledge of partner capabilities and establish relationships with partner counterparts, representing the voice of the alliance.
- Develop alliance reporting and monitor alliance health.
- Implement tools and best practices for best-in-class alliance execution.
- Drive functional learnings within an alliance.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, Vision, & Life insurances
- Fitness & Wellness programs including a fitness reimbursement
- Short- and Long-Term Disability insurance
- A minimum of 15 days of paid vacation and an additional end-of-year shutdown time off (Dec 26-Dec 31)
- Up to 12 company paid holidays + 3 paid days off for Personal Significance
- 80 hours of sick time per calendar year
- Paid Maternity and Parental Leave benefit
- 401(k) program participation with company matched contributions
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Tuition reimbursement of up to $10,000 per calendar year
- Employee Resource Groups participation
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
