Director, Alliance Management
Company: Beam Therapeutics
Location: Cambridge
Posted on: March 17, 2023
Job Description:
Position Overview:
Beam seeks a Director, Alliance Management who will be responsible
for managing Beam strategic partnerships. This person will work
closely with Beam's leadership, the project teams, and the business
development team to ensure productive and successful alliances and
support our company strategy and mission.
Responsibilities:
- Manage strategic collaborations as the primary point of contact
for partners and as the bridge to Beam's internal project teams and
leadership.
- Establish and maintain trust, strong relationships, and open
lines of communication between Beam and its alliance counterparts
and influencers within partner organizations; navigate differences
in cultures, processes, and policies.
- Foster strong relationships with internal project teams and
various functions within Beam.
- Guide internal project teams with respect to opportunities and
constraints arising from the collaboration agreement; ensure
project aims, deliverables, and strategic objectives are
met.
- Ensure firewalls are appropriately implemented and teams
appropriately trained.
- Establish and facilitate stage-appropriate governance systems,
including steering and operational committees and decision-making
processes.
- Monitor and track compliance with contractual obligations, such
as development timelines, research updates, committee meetings, and
milestone payments.
- Support Beam and partner strategy and budget planning processes
in partnership with Joint Committees.
- Lead launch of new alliances to include pre-deal collaboration
considerations, transitions to a new deal structure or wind-down of
alliances as appropriate.
- Proactively identify and problem solve issues and risks,
conduct health checks, and identify opportunities to improve,
expand, or redirect the alliance.
- Participate in strategic discussions and negotiations for new
partnering agreements with Business Development, Finance, and
Legal.
- Serve as the owner of certain Alliance Management business
processes to improve capabilities and drive efficiencies; Document
best practices where appropriate.
Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree, an advanced degree (e.g. MBA, JD and/or PhD)
preferred or equivalent combination of education and
experience.
- 8-10 years relevant work experience, including experience in
the pharmaceutical industry, preferably in alliance management,
project management or business development at a biotech or
pharmaceutical company.
- Highly collaborative mindset with a demonstrated ability to
lead cross-functional teams.
- Excellent communication, influencing, and organizational
skills.
- Strong knowledge and understanding of drug discovery and
development processes.
- A strong aptitude for and interest in science.
- Familiarity with legal agreements and partnering dynamics in
the biopharma field.
- Strong proactive problem-solving skills and business
judgment.
- Self-starter, ability to work independently and within teams to
address complexity in growing, changing environments.
Keywords: Beam Therapeutics, Cambridge , Director, Alliance Management, Executive , Cambridge, Massachusetts
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