Associate Director, Program And Alliance Management

The Opportunity     Precede Biosciences is seeking an Associate Director, Program & Alliance Management to be a part of a growing Corporate and Business Development team focused on establishing and nurturing partnerships and collaborations with biopharma organizations.   This individual will be a critical point of contact for our biopharma partnerships and collaborations to drive the success of key programs for our liquid biopsy diagnostic platform. In this newly created role, this individual will be responsible for providing alliance management support for the establishment and execution of scientific collaborations and programs. As part of this role, this individual will work closely with key internal and external stakeholders to ensure strong alliance performance to achieve our corporate goals.

About Us    We are pioneering an advanced, minimally invasive, comprehensive epigenomics platform with the potential to profoundly impact the research and development of new medicines and the use of approved medicines in clinical practice across a number of conditions, including cancer. More information on our company and platform can be found on our company website and in our recent publication in Nature Medicine.    We care deeply about creating a place where folks can do their best work from the start and have intentionally created an environment that is defined by purpose, teamwork, and excellence. This means nurturing team spirit, facing challenges together, collaboratively solving complex problems, while also ensuring a strong focus on individual initiative, accountability, and delivery. 

Your Role

• Manage and serve primary point of contact for industry collaborations
• Manage alliance lifecycle, ensuring adherence to contractual obligations with partners and compliance with company policies and legal requirements.
• Lead day-to-day activities for alliances, driving successful program, project and alliance execution through effective internal and external communication and alignment on project goals and timelines.
• Facilitate partnership meetings, establish deliverable and timeline goals and expectations, regularly track and communicate progress, and prepare key documentation and reports
• Cultivate close-knit relationships and partnerships with internal colleagues and collaborators to advance alliance and project goals and deliverables
• Drive goals of alliances while maintaining a broad perspective on the impact of short term decisions on long term success
• Anticipate and identify potential gaps and conflicts both in contractual agreements and day-to-day execution, constructing a path forward while maintaining a collaborative working relationship with external partners
• Consult and engage with internal team members and Precede Biosciences business partners (e.g., corporate and business development, R&D, operations, legal, etc.) to ensure ongoing alignment towards goal achievement, prepare for and facilitate proactive partnership management and coordinate key activities
• Update and inform senior leadership through timely alliance reviews, resource evaluation, and gap analyses
• Educate and share best practices to foster Precede Biosciences-wide capability in alliance management

What Your Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in a core life science discipline such as biology, genetics, or related field; masters or Ph.D. preferred
• Minimum of 5 years of alliance management, business development, or strategic partnerships within the diagnostics or biopharma ecosystem; experience with oncology clinical genomics, epigenomics, and/or liquid biopsy applications strongly preferred
• Proven track record of successfully managing complex alliances, partnerships and/or projects, from inception through execution
• Strong negotiation skills and experience in contract management.
• Operational understanding of external innovation, drug discovery, translational and development processes in a diagnostic context
• Excellent presentation and interpersonal skills; ability to communicate across all levels of the organization internally and externally expected
• Demonstrated ability to influence and collaborate effectively across diverse teams and stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to work autonomously and cooperatively in a creative, entrepreneurial and agile team environment
• Proven experience in taking initiative to problem solve and drive key outcomes required