We are on a mission to accelerate the speed, increase the efficacy and improve the safety of medicines for our patients. Are you ready to join a place built on innovation and creativity. Where different views and perspectives are welcomed and valued. An environment that champions inclusion, and teams that reflect the diversity of the communities that we serve.

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 support the outstanding strategic partnerships we have formed with multiple global Contract Research Organizations (CRO’s). As an Associate Director - Alliance Management, you will be foundational in the successful delivery of our studies conducted at our CRO partnerships by establishing strategic objectives with CRO’s, developing Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s), evaluating, and mitigating potential outsourcing risks, and seeking opportunities for improvement. Successful, timely completion of these studies ensures our medicine reach millions of patients faster than ever.

What you will do

• Lead our strategic alliances with CRO partners who conduct general toxicology and bioanalytical studies on our behalf.

• Represent Alliance Management at Executive Steering Committee (ESC) meetings.

• Appropriately escalate issues that have not been resolved at the Operational level to executive sponsors when needed.

• Develop the operational model for new alliances, integrating tasks and activities into your day-to-day responsibilities

• Lead preparation and execution of Third-Party Risk Management, Transfer Impact Assessments, and Privacy Impact Assessments for new partnerships, and renew assessments as needed for ongoing partnerships.

• Support due diligence for business opportunities

• Responsible for updating and maintaining alliance management processes and tools, and for measuring and reporting on the success of alliances on a monthly basis

• Champion a collaborative “one team” culture across internal and external teams

• Develop and evolve strategic alliances to align with our company goals - find opportunities for collaborative value generation including expansion of partnerships, and mitigation of risks

• Conduct regular business review meetings with strategic partners and internal stakeholders to assess progress against plans.

Skills and qualifications

Essential:

• Demonstrated ability in Alliance Management of global, strategic drug discovery relationships

• Previous Contract Research Organization experience

• Understanding of contracts and ability to interpret contractual responsibilities of both parties

• Understanding of the process of drug discovery and development

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

• Ability to influence without authority

Essential requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in relevant discipline
• Experience in Discovery, Preclinical or Clinical drug development
• Excellent communication skills
• CA-AM Certification

Desirable:

• Strong background/experience in Bioanalysis or Toxicology
• Contract Research Organisation (CRO) experience highly preferred
• Project management experience

Date Posted

Closing Date

AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.