Director, Alliance Management

The Opportunity

The Director, Alliance Management will serve as a key liaison between RevMed and its strategic partners, ensuring the success of collaborations across research and development. This role requires a dynamic leader with strong relationship management skills and the ability to drive alignment between internal teams and external stakeholders to achieve shared objectives.

Strategic Partnership Management

• Oversee a variety of strategic alliances with industry and academic partners to optimize collaboration effectiveness and achieve goals for the alliance.
• Serve as the primary RevMed point of contact for these partners.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Facilitate regular communication between internal teams and external partners through joint governance committees, steering committees, and operational working groups.

Project Coordination

• Ensure integration of alliance-related activities across R&D, clinical operations, regulatory affairs, and business development functions.

Issue Resolution and Risk Mitigation

• Identify potential risks for active and potential partnerships and proactively develop mitigation strategies.
• Monitor partnership agreements to ensure contractual obligations are met.

Contract and Agreement Oversight

• Proactively identify potential issues that may arise between the agreement and operationalizing the alliance.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Act as a bridge between scientific, clinical, and business teams to drive alignment on strategic objectives.

Required Skills, Experience and Education

• Bachelor’s (BS) degree.
• 10+ years of experience in biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or life sciences, with at least 5 years in alliance management or business development.
• Experience with leading and managing cross-border transactions, including in-licenses and out-licenses for clinical stage drug candidates.
• Understanding drug development, clinical trial processes, and regulatory requirements for major markets.
• Proven track record of managing a variety of partnerships across different stages of drug discovery, development, and commercialization.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills to summarize complex information; effectively interacts and influences across functional areas, project teams, and key external stakeholders.
• Excellent negotiation and problem-solving skills.
• Innovative, proactive, and collaborative team-player with high energy to keep pace with our growing and evolving company environment.

Preferred Skills

• Advanced degree (Ph.D., MBA, M.S., or equivalent) in life sciences, business, or a related field preferred.
• Experience in oncology research and development.

Pay

The base pay salary range for this full-time position for candidates working onsite at our headquarters in Redwood City, CA is $211,000 - $264,000 USD.