Sr. Director, Alliance Management (Cambridge, MA)

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About This Role:  

As the Sr Director of Alliance Management, you will play a crucial role in establishing and nurturing relationships with Biogen's partners. This position offers exposure to a diverse array of cross-functional colleagues within Biogen, requiring you to collaborate effectively with both internal stakeholders and external partners. You will be accountable for managing highly complex alliances throughout their lifecycle, driving joint governance, and ensuring successful partnership outcomes. Your responsibilities will include proactively identifying and resolving conflicts, designing alliances, and leading contract development in collaboration with Business Development. Operating with an entrepreneurial spirit and a sense of urgency, you will positively influence Biogen's ability to deliver groundbreaking medicines to individuals around the world who are affected by challenging diseases. In this role, you will guide the organization on best practices for executing alliances at a world-class level and fit seamlessly into the overall business structure.

What You'll Do:

• Drive alliance design and strategy for post-deal readiness activities, establishing guiding principles, governance structure, and alliance score cards.
• Act as the expert on alliance contracts, developing and amending contracts in collaboration with Business Development, and manage non-financial amendments.
• Oversee alliance governance, including partner alignment, internal preparation, and tracking outcomes, managing stakeholder relationships at the executive level.
• Build expertise in partner capabilities, culture, deal structure, and derisking strategies, while representing the alliance's voice with stakeholders.
• Use alliance reporting and health monitoring to inform and adjust alliance strategy.
• Train multidisciplinary teams on alliance value drivers.
• Guide on tools and best practices for best-in-class alliance execution and deliver partnering and cultural sensitivity training.
• Facilitate functional learnings across alliances.

Who You Are:

You are a self-motivated team player who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. Your intellectual curiosity and results-driven nature fuel a passion for success. With a focus on balancing robustness and efficiency, you operate autonomously and resourcefully. Comfortable managing multiple concurrent workstreams, you excel in active prioritization. Your executive communication skills build trust and credibility across all organizational levels, and you act with unwavering ethics and integrity, aligning with company values.

Required Skills:

• Expertise in alliance contracts with a proven track record of translating contracts into actionable plans.
• Ability to influence senior-level stakeholders and impact business outcomes.
• Proactively identify and solve complex problems using innovative methods beyond existing solutions.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary projects and providing thought leadership.
• Skilled in negotiation and conflict management at the senior level, developing change management strategies.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for executive audiences.

Required Experience:

• 15+ years of experience in Life Sciences Alliance Management, Research, Development, or Commercial areas required. Advanced degree may be substituted for experience, as appropriate.
• Adjacent experience in Finance, Business Development, Strategy, and Manufacturing is strongly considered.
• Healthcare consulting experience is strongly considered. 
• Proven track record as an individual contributor in a matrixed organization, leading cross-functional projects.

 

Job Level: Management

Additional Information

The base compensation range for this role is: $230,000.00-$316,000.00

Base salary offered is determined through an analytical approach utilizing a combination of factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills & experience, job location, and internal equity.

Regular employees are eligible to receive both short term and long-term incentives, including cash bonus and equity incentive opportunities, designed to reward recent achievements and recognize your future potential based on individual, business unit and company performance. 

In addition to compensation, Biogen offers a full and highly competitive range of benefits designed to support our employees' and their families physical, financial, emotional, and social well-being ; including, but not limited to:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, & Life insurances
• Fitness & Wellness programs including a fitness reimbursement 
• Short- and Long-Term Disability insurance
• A minimum of 15 days of paid vacation and an additional end-of-year shutdown time off (Dec 26-Dec 31)
• Up to 12 company paid holidays + 3 paid days off for Personal Significance 
• 80 hours of sick time per calendar year
• Paid Maternity and Parental Leave benefit 
• 401(k) program participation with company matched contributions
• Employee stock purchase plan 
• Tuition reimbursement of up to $10,000 per calendar year 
• Employee Resource Groups participation

Why Biogen?

We are a global team with a commitment to excellence, and a pioneering spirit. As a mid-sized biotechnology company, we provide the stability and resources of a well-established business while fostering an environment where individual contributions make a significant impact. Our team encompasses some of the most talented and passionate achievers who have unparalleled opportunities for learning, growth, and expanding their skills. Above all, we work together to deliver life-changing medicines, with every role playing a vital part in our mission. Caring Deeply. Achieving Excellence. Changing Lives.

At Biogen, we are committed to building on our culture of inclusion and belonging that reflects the communities where we operate and the patients we serve. We know that diverse backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives make us a stronger and more innovative company, and we are focused on building teams where every employee feels empowered and inspired.  Read on to learn more about Biogen.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, race, color, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, religion, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. Biogen is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.