Program Analyst, Partnerships

Alzheimer's Disease Data Initiative•Seattle, WA

About The Position

The Alzheimer’s Disease Data Initiative (ADDI) is a coalition of leading academic, advocacy, government, industry, and philanthropy organizations working to accelerate progress towards new diagnostics, treatments, and cures for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). ADDI launched a non-profit organization in 2020 to implement its mission, focusing on open data and global collaboration. The organization aims to unlock ADRD datasets, enable seamless access to interoperable data sharing platforms, empower researchers, and foster collaboration to accelerate breakthroughs. The Program Analyst will support and execute ADDI's partnerships strategy, focusing on building, managing, and operationalizing partnerships to expand data sharing, improve interoperability with the AD Workbench platform, and onboard new tools, datasets, and capabilities. This is an execution-oriented role requiring strong project management, partner coordination, and relationship management skills.

Requirements

Master’s degree with at least 3 years’ relevant experience in partnership management, program management, consulting, or a related field.
Demonstrated experience in managing partnerships or coalitions, including tracking deliverables and coordinating across organizations.
Experience organizing and driving complex projects while effectively balancing multiple priorities on tight timelines.
Familiarity with data platforms, data sharing initiatives, or interoperability efforts is highly preferred.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting or managing grant agreements, contracts, or data-sharing agreements strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Support the identification, evaluation, and onboarding of new partners aligned with AD Data Initiative priorities (e.g., data contributors, platform integrators, tool developers).
Contribute to coalition-building efforts by coordinating across a diverse set of stakeholders including academic institutions, industry partners, and non-profits.
Design and implement a partner engagement and onboarding strategy, including development of supporting tools, processes, and materials to enable consistent and scalable partner engagement.
Serve as a day-to-day point of coordination for select partnerships, ensuring clear communication, follow-up, and progress against goals.
Track partnership deliverables related to data sharing, interoperability, and tool/platform integration.
Develop dashboards and trackers and maintain them to monitor partnership status, risks, timelines, and outcomes – including Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM systems.
Support the development, execution, and tracking of partnership agreements, including grants, contracts, and data-sharing agreements and liaise with internal and external legal stakeholders.
Coordinate with technical and product teams to support onboarding of datasets, tools, and platform features.
Track progress of integrations and ensure partners meet technical and operational requirements.
Help identify and resolve blockers associated with data sharing goals.
Manage multiple partnership workstreams simultaneously, ensuring timelines and deliverables are met and risks/dependencies on related workstreams are surfaced and addressed.
Develop and maintain dashboards, trackers, and reporting materials to provide visibility into partnership performance.
Prepare concise updates for internal leadership on partnership pipeline, progress, and outcomes.