Alliance Manager, Oncology Collaboration

4 weeks ago


Cambridge, United States Broad Institute Full time

Description & Requirements


Job Description

The stands on the leading edge of biomedical research, with a mission to broadly disseminate discoveries and information to the scientific community to propel the understanding and treatment of disease. Towards this goal, the Broad Institute partners with both academic and industrial scientists to develop novel therapeutics. These partnerships often include cutting-edge projects not typically pursued by traditional pharmaceutical companies. We are currently seeking an energetic, experienced scientist to serve as Alliance Manager for oncology collaborations with an industry partners. These partnerships seek to progress complex, early stage therapeutic projects towards clinical candidates that target serious unmet need in oncology. In this role, the Alliance Manager will act as the primary point of contact between Broad and the external partners, and as such will play a key strategic and tactical role in ensuring the continued success of these major partnerships.

The Alliance Manager will be a Ph.D. level scientist who will be responsible for managing the relationship between Broad and the external partners, as well as supporting the development and progression of the joint scientific portfolio. The candidate will be expected to have a deep understanding of science with extensive experience in drug discovery, while also developing and maintaining close relationships with key stakeholders within the Broad and with the external partners. The Alliance Manager will support progression of the scientific portfolio through active project management, in partnership with project leaders. This will include proactively identifying and solving roadblocks across multiple drug discovery projects, tracking and monitoring budgets, informing and ensuring timelines, reporting results etc. This person will also participate in outreach to the Broad community to identify new therapeutics projects for inclusion in the portfolio. Finally, this person will be expected to ensure contractual obligations are met while working to proactively identify and solve potential relational issues.

Working closely with the Principal Investigators, and the Director, Alliance Management, the successful candidate will develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders within the Broad (faculty champions, Center for the Development of Therapeutics leadership, the Development Office, the Office of Strategic Alliances and Partnerships) and at corporate partners to ensure delivery on joint goals within these therapeutic alliances.

Overall Responsibilities:
• Ensures success of significant strategic alliances with corporate partners to advance target discovery and therapeutic projects in oncology.
• Integrates activities across a complex portfolio of projects to maximize success of both individual projects and the overall portfolio, with a goal of ultimate patient impact.
• Ensures effective governance of the collaborations through leadership of the governance meetings, in partnership with the Alliance Manager from the corporate partners.
• Ensures effective communication between the governance and project leadership, both within the Broad and between Broad and corporate partners.
• Ensures successful scientific execution of individual projects and identifies opportunities for synergies across the portfolio.
• Manages overall budget and oversees resource allocation across each project. Works with project manager(s) to track and monitor budgets, develop and meet timelines, and proactively identify and solve roadblocks.
• Works closely and manages the internal relationships within Broad including but not limited to those with Finance, the Office of Sponsored Research, and Project Managers/Group Leaders to oversee the overall project and objectives.
• Works closely with the legal team to ensure contractual obligations are understood and met within the collaboration.
• Manages internal and external communications for the strategic alliances.
• Develops and promotes a culture of partnership, team-work and scientific excellence within the alliance.
• Facilitates sharing of “best practice” ideas and information.
• Performs a variety of other tasks, as needed.

Requirements
• PhD in biology, chemistry, biomedical science or related with demonstrated experience working in large and complex scientific projects; a passion for science is essential; and experience with early-stage biomedical technologies including therapeutics, diagnostics, and research tools is helpful.
• Experience in drug discovery is essential; experience in alliance management and/or project management is highly desirable.
• Excellent communication and people skills – this role is highly relational.
• Able to recognize cultural differences between industry and academia, and quickly identify and resolve conflicts.
• Strong organizational, problem-solving, and analytical skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities with tight deadlines; versatility, flexibility, and a willingness to work with constantly changing priorities.
• Experience with developing and tracking large complex research budgets; experience with identifying and understanding issues related to intellectual property desirable.
• Team player who can work independently and thrives on a fast-paced demanding environment.
• Entrepreneurial, self-starter and highly independent.The Broad Institute will not offer visa sponsorship for this opportunity.The Broad Institute will not offer visa sponsorship for this opportunity.

The Broad Institute will not offer visa sponsorship for this opportunity.



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