Alliance Manager
Element Biosciences - San Diego, CA
posted 1 day ago
About the position
At Element Biosciences, we are passionate about our mission to empower the scientific community with more freedom and flexibility to accelerate our collective impact on humanity. We have built a highly efficient product-driven organization where employees can learn, grow, and thrive in a challenging but encouraging environment. We are committed to scientific integrity, collegiality, honesty, objectivity, and openness. We are seeking an experienced Alliance Manager who will be responsible for managing and optimizing strategic partnerships with external organizations. This role involves overseeing the day-to-day operational activities, leading implementation teams, and ensuring alignment with the company's strategic objectives. This role will report to SVP, Corporate & Business Development and will be a San Diego based role.
Responsibilities
- Manage the day-to-day operational activities with partners
- Serve as the primary point of communication for partners, facilitating efficient and effective interactions
- Oversee all aspects of the partner lifecycle, including negotiating statements of work, budgets, and timelines
- Lead implementation teams while working internally with key stakeholders to meet milestones and deliverables according to partnership agreements
- Plan and coordinate contractual implementation activities between internal project teams and external partner stakeholders
- Monitor results against KPIs and communication progress on alliance goals
- Work to strengthen individual and organizational relationships between companies and facilitate dispute resolution
- Escalate internal or external issues that could impact partnership health or cause missed milestones
- Help identify new opportunities for partnership expansion
Requirements
- A Bachelor's degree in Business, Life Sciences, or a related field. Advanced degrees are a plus
- 7+ years of related experience in Alliance Management, externally facing Project Management, or similar roles with substantial partnering responsibilities
- Experience with Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) and/or In Vitro Diagnostics (IVD) is preferred
- Ability to thrive in a collaborative work environment, interacting effectively with peers, functional managers, and senior leadership
- Highly effective organizational and planning abilities
Benefits
- Stock options
- Discretionary annual bonus
- No cost health insurance plans
- 401k with company match
- Flexible paid time off
