Global Senior Director, Pharma partnerships

GE HealthCare

4d•$193,600 - $290,400

About The Position

The Global Senior Director for Pharma Partnerships is responsible for building, leading, and delivering GE HealthCare’s strategic pharmaceutical alliances to advance both approved and pipeline radiopharmaceutical assets. This role operates as the enterprise alliance manager for key pharma partnerships, owning senior executive relationships and ensuring delivery of joint strategic, clinical, and commercial objectives. The Director defines partnership strategy, shapes deal constructs, and establishes governance frameworks that enable efficient execution and value realization across the lifecycle. Working cross-functionally, the leader ensures GE HealthCare assets—including FAPI and the Alzheimer’s disease portfolio—are embedded within pharma development programs, enabling CDx pathways, de-risking development, and ensuring successful global commercialization. The role is central to positioning GE HealthCare as the partner of choice for both pharma and providers. Success in this role is defined by embedding GE HealthCare assets into leading pharma programs, enabling CDx pathways at scale, and consistently delivering partnership value that translates into commercial leadership.

Requirements

Significant experience in pharmaceutical partnerships, business development, or alliance management, including structuring and executing complex collaborations across development and commercialization
Experience shaping partnership strategy and translating it into deal structures, operational plans, and measurable outcomes
Strong external credibility, with experience engaging pharma partners, business development leaders, and scientific stakeholders
Demonstrated track record of managing strategic partnerships end-to-end, including governance, Joint Steering Committees, and executive-level stakeholder engagement
Strong understanding of drug and diagnostic development, with experience supporting or enabling CDx strategies, clinical development programs, and regulatory pathways
Proven ability to operate in complex, cross-functional global environments and influence without direct authority across R&D, clinical, regulatory, and commercial teams
Experience working across global markets, with appreciation of regional differences in clinical development, regulatory, and market access pathways
Track record of influencing C-suite stakeholders and driving alignment across organizations in high-stakes partnerships

Responsibilities

Define and lead the global pharma partnership strategy, aligned to priority assets and disease areas with initial focus on FAPI and AD portfolio
Proactively identify and secure opportunities to embed GE HealthCare diagnostics within pharma pipelines and clinical programs
Drive early “design-in” of assets to maximize probability of CDx adoption and downstream commercial success
Translate partnership insights into portfolio priorities and stage-gate investment decisions
Collaborate with CMC, supply chain, regulatory affairs and R&D to build capabilities that enables GEHC to deliver on key pharma partnership priorities
Shape partnership structures, including scope, financial frameworks, milestones, and governance mechanisms
Ensure alignment between contractual commitments and operational delivery across all functions
Define and track partnership KPIs, ensuring delivery against agreed objectives and value realization
Oversee execution of partnership deliverables, including co-development, supply, and commercialization components
Serve as the primary alliance manager across strategic pharma partnerships, with end-to-end accountability for outcomes
Own C-suite and senior stakeholder relationships, ensuring alignment on strategy, priorities, and value creation
Establish and lead Joint Steering Committees and executive governance forums
Drive clear escalation pathways, decision rights, and operating cadence to maintain execution velocity
Lead cross-functional orchestration across Clinical, Regulatory, Medical, Market Access, Supply, and Commercial teams
Align development strategies to enable CDx labeling with efficient clinical and regulatory pathways
Coordinate global commercial strategy and launch readiness in alignment with pharma partners
Act as the internal integrator to ensure consistency of strategy, messaging, and execution across teams
Identify and proactively manage risks across clinical, regulatory, operational, and commercial dimensions
Establish structured feedback loops from partnerships to inform future deal-making and asset strategy
Drive disciplined, data-based stage-gate decisions based on partnership performance and emerging evidence
Reinforce GE HealthCare’s position as a preferred pharma partner through high-quality execution and credibility
Build long-term relationships across pharma development, BD, and product leadership teams
Expand partnership opportunities across priority assets and disease areas through proactive engagement