Sr. Alliance Manager
| Company | Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals |
|---|---|
| Location | Madison, WI, USA, Pasadena, CA, USA, Fitchburg, WI, USA, San Diego, CA, USA |
| Salary | $140000 – $180000 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Master’s |
| Experience Level | Senior |
Requirements
- An advanced life sciences degree
- 4 years of experience in alliance management or managing partnership/collaboration projects at a biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or industry consulting organization
- Working knowledge of pharmaceutical industry processes and specialized language, including GMP, GLP, and/or GCP regulations, and ICH/FDA guidance documents.
- Ability to work at a high intellectual level with diverse scientific and business professionals.
- Excellent judgement and business acumen.
- Excellent interpersonal skills including influencing and negotiating, facilitation, and listening; ability to foster open communication, mutual understanding and cooperation within the company and with external partners.
- Excellent organizational and communication skills, including presentation, written and verbal skills; Strong MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word skills, and SharePoint
- Willingness and ability to travel as needed domestically and internationally.
Responsibilities
- Work successfully with internal functional experts (discovery, clinical, regulatory, CMC and toxicology) and senior management (CEO, COO, legal, finance) to manage the relationship with current and future partners.
- Learn and maintain knowledge of the company’s drug development programs.
- Support new partnering initiatives.
- Nurture and maintain existing partner relationships through thoughtful outreach and disciplined follow up.
- Organize, prepare and facilitate alliance partnership meetings and take meeting minutes.
- Maintain excellent company to company and individual to individual relationships with strategic partners. Build company knowledge of partner processes to enable continuing high-quality deliverables.
- Assist in the identification and timely resolution of program issues – including those related to timing, resources and funding, to prevent delays in program milestones. When required, step in to fill open gaps to keep programs moving forward effectively.
- Track progress against work plans, generate regular status updates, and communicate progress and issues to management Maintain records of internal and external communication pertaining to each partnership.
- Recommend and implement alliance management tools.
Preferred Qualifications
- PMP Certification