Job Description

About This Role

Alliance Management contributes to establishing and maintaining relationships with Biogen’s partners. This role exposes the individual to cross-functional colleagues across Biogen and requires strong collaboration with internal and partner stakeholders. The Sr. Director, Alliance Management will be accountable for managing alliances of high complexity through the alliance life-cycle and contribute to the success of the partnership.  You will drive joint governance and proactively identify and resolve conflicts. You will drive alliance design and contract development, with Business Development, and guide the organization on best practices for best-in-class alliance execution. You will operate with entrepreneurial spirit and urgency to positively influence Biogen’s ability, in conjunction with our partners, to deliver new medicines to individuals across the globe afflicted by some of the most complex and challenging diseases.

What You’ll Do 

•    Support one of Biogen’s most complex alliances involving a recently approved therapy; including all aspects of drug development, lifecycle management, and commercialization.  
•     Develop collaboration guiding principles and objectives, execute and recommend changes to governance structure, develop joint ways of working, and provide alliance health checks.  
•    Act as the expert on the alliance contract and operationalization, drive contract development and contract amendments with Business Development, and be accountable for non-financial amendments.
•    Drive alliance governance including alignment with the partner on agenda, internal preparation, and outcomes tracking. Stakeholder management at the EC/EC-1 level. 
•    Build expertise of partner capabilities, culture, assets, deal structure /drivers, derisking. Establish relationship with partner counterpart and executives. Represent the voice of the alliance with stakeholders.
•    Utilize alliance reporting and alliance health monitoring to inform alliance strategy.
•    Train multidisciplinary teams on value drivers of alliance
•    Guide on tools and best practices for best-in-class alliance execution. Develop and deliver partnering and cultural sensitivity training internally. 
•    Drive functional learnings across alliance and improve Biogen’s overall alliance capabilities. 
 

Qualifications

Who You Are 
You are a self-motivated team-player with demonstrated ability to excel in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. You are intellectually curious and results-driven with a passion for winning. You operate with a focus on balancing robustness with efficiency and with appropriate autonomy and resourcefulness. You are comfortable leading several workstreams running in parallel and a practitioner of active prioritization. You excel in executive communication and building trust and credibility at all levels of the organization. You act with unparalleled ethics and integrity consistent with company values.

Required Skills 
•    Expertise on alliance contracts and track record of translating contract into actions.
•    Track record on influencing stakeholders at the senior level.  Ability to influence internal & partner stakeholders with impact on the business.
•    Ability to proactively identify and solve complex problems; utilize ground-breaking methods and experience to think beyond existing solutions. 
•    Track record of leading multidisciplinary projects and providing thought leadership. 
•    Experience with negotiation with senior management to influence decisions, and conflict management at the senior level. Experience developing change management strategies.
•    Excellent written and verbal executive communication skills.

Required Experience
•    15+ years of experience in Life Sciences Alliance Management required.  Advanced degree may be substituted for experience, as appropriate.
•    Bachelor’s degree in a related field required
•    Adjacent experience in Finance, Business Development, Strategy, Commercial, Medical and Manufacturing is strongly considered. 
•    Track-record of strong individual contributor experience in a matrixed organization. Track record of leading cross-functional projects. 

 

Additional Information

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 our DE&I efforts.

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.