Alliance Management Lead, London
There is some flexibility of the seniority of this position, and we are open to hearing from you if you are anywhere between an experienced senior individual contributor up to a Director or Head of Alliance Management (as long as you are comfortable with this being quite hands on for at least the next 1-2 years).
Isomorphic Labs is a new Alphabet company that is reimagining drug discovery through a computational- and AI-first approach.
We are on a mission to accelerate the speed, increase the efficacy and lower the cost of drug discovery. You'll be working at the cutting edge of the new era of 'digital biology' to deliver a transformative social impact for the benefit of millions of people.
Come and be part of a multi-disciplinary team driving groundbreaking innovation and play a meaningful role in contributing towards us achieving our ambitious goals, while being a part of an inspiring, collaborative and entrepreneurial culture.
Your impact
This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a new initiative, working closely with world leading computational chemists and AI experts to devise imaginative approaches to developing the next generation of medicines.
As our first hire into this area, you will be foundational in the successful delivery of our key partnerships. Reporting to our VP Business Development, and working closely with our internal Drug Design team members, you will need to draw on your experience as an Alliance Manager to balance the needs of internal and external stakeholders, ensuring projects align with the company’s goals and delivering against commitments to our partners. You will create ways of working and best practice, listening closely to the various subject matter experts and project leads while also offering guidance and helping to unblock any issues or bottlenecks.
What you will do
* Run our strategic alliances, building a strong rapport with our pharma partners (strategic alliances are defined as those which have broad and long-term impact on our corporate performance and valuation)
* Implement the operational model for our alliances, integrating tasks and activities into the day-to-day responsibilities of alliance collaborators
* Manage preparation and execution of collaboration Research Plans including drafting and design
* Act as the main contact point and manage the day-to-day relationship with our strategic Pharma partners including Joint Steering Committee (JSC) management
* Support due diligence and business development related to new collaborations or business opportunities
* Build success in our complex relationships with outstanding and culturally different organisation
* Responsible for developing and implementing alliance management processes and tools, and for measuring and reporting on the success of alliances
* Develop and evolve strategic alliances to align these with our company goals - find opportunities for collaborative value generation including expansion of partnerships, and mitigate risks
* Champion a collaborative “one team” culture across Iso and our collaboration partners
* Guide decision making within the contractual governance framework, ensure that milestones are met, convene appropriate partners and enlist their support for the alliance, problem-solve, resolve conflicts, advance issues to senior management as needed, schedule and plan governance and other meetings, etc.
Skills and qualifications
Essential:
* Demonstrated experience in an Alliance Management role leading global, strategic drug discovery collaborations (in pharma, biotech or a tech transfer office)
* Scientific background, with an understanding of the process of drug discovery and development
* Understanding of contracts and ability to interpret contractual responsibilities of both parties
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
* Ability to influence without authority
Nice to have:
* Experience in a similar role within a large pharma
* Experience working in small molecule drug discovery
* Exposure to ML and/or data management
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