Senior Alliance Manager

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Senior Alliance Manager
The candidate will serve as Institute’s lead on specific collaborative projects, and must be able to manage large teams and apply project management principles to move complex, multi-institutional projects through to completion. Will work with company stakeholders on all aspects of such projects, including scientific, legal, financial, and operational aspects. Will also oversee the evaluation of significant emerging opportunities in the Institute. Acting as the project lead and project manager for large, multi-institutional, collaborative projects and ensuring that all stakeholders are appropriately updated and are able to provide ongoing feedback during the evaluation process. Must be able to gain an understanding of many different aspects of the opportunities under evaluation, including timelines, milestones, legal agreements, scientific, financial and operational aspects, so that appropriate parties can be identified to provide feedback that would fill gaps in the team’s knowledge and expertise, thereby allowing the process to result in a complete, integrated evaluation. Serve as the primary point of contact with external collaborative partners, and maintain effective and timely communications with and between diverse stakeholders at company and at partners. Initiate outreach and engagement with engage appropriate company individuals and groups as partners and problem solvers to ensure that external organizations can productively collaborate with the company. Act as the project lead and manager for large, multi-institutional, collaborative projects. Oversee, manage and track all aspects of projects, including timelines, milestones, budgets, finances, legal agreements, and information flow. Identify and engage company units as contributors to projects as needed. Lead interactions between all internal and external stakeholders to ensure effective functioning of the team. Manage the evaluation of significant new opportunities for the company. Ensure that all stakeholders are appropriately updated and are able to provide ongoing feedback during the evaluation process. Identify additional parties to participate in the process to fill gaps in the knowledge and expertise of the evaluation team. Identify emerging opportunities for new collaborations and projects. Work with the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, Business Development and the company Foundation to evaluate these opportunities and develop them if appropriate. Must have PhD in life sciences or related field and 7 years of relevant experience (or equivalency with more advanced degree/education). Should have 3 years of experience in program management or relationship management, ideally in an industry setting; managing or coordinating large-scale projects. Must have experience with evaluation of proposed projects and new opportunities, including scientific, financial, technical, legal, and operational aspects. Should have research experience in the clinical or basic life sciences, including authorship on at least five publications. Experience with hosting visits by industry partners, and in initiating follow-up interactions required. Additional advanced degree (e.g. J.D., M.B.A.) preferred. Experience working in a life sciences company (e.g., pharma, biotech, diagnostics, device) desired. Experience with cancer research, or other related research preferred. Strong background in cancer biology and genomics a plus.
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