Strategic Alliance Manager Traits and Genomics

Strategic Alliance Manager Traits and Genomics

 

Job ID: Job-2551

location:       Morrisville, NC

Jobtype:        Permanent

Rate:   $170K - $225K

 

REQUIREMENTS:

 

• Academic degree (MD PhD) in biology, (bio)chemistry, microbiology and outstanding achievements/records in BCS R&D focus areas

• Broad knowledge and longstanding successful experience in Agriculture R&D management (at least 10 years)

• Broad knowledge and overview of Planning and Portfolio management

• Strong strategic thinking and solid understanding of the agriculture R&D and business landscape and adjacent industries (Supply and Food, Healthcare, Machinery, etc)

• Outstanding experience in innovation and partnership management

• Strong team leadership skills and proven experience to work with various stakeholders within an organization

• Excellent oral and written communication, moderation, presentation and influencing skills

• Excellent organizational and portfolio management skills

• Relationship management skills, comfortable around a diverse set of people

 

Performs competitive analyses to identify partnering options and does support open innovation approaches for the assigned R&D function/indication. Manage multiple interfaces and acts as a key point of contact to guide and evaluate the external partnering requests and scouting activities and drives the decision to partner in close contact with the R&D function/indication and Business Development and Licensing.

 

Oversee the portfolio of partnerships, and further develops the partnering portfolio of a function/indication towards defined goals (achievement of milestones and pipeline contributions) along the principles of alliance management excellence and corporate compliance and plans and tracks the function/indication partnering budget.

 

Position Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement partnering and Open Innovation strategy jointly with the respective assigned R&D function/indication and the Business Units

• Identify the key targets for partnerships/alliances and define a tier prioritization for the  portfolio(s)

• Manage multiple interfaces and coordinate tactics for scouting and scientific evaluation of the best opportunities based on defined valuation metrics that can meet technology/product need

• Pro-actively seek the right expertise and R&D portfolio managers to assess new opportunities towards an integrated R&D approach

• Identify the most added value partner options in close cooperation with the respective R&D function/indication and in alignment with the integrated R&D strategy, the key innovation networks and open innovation approaches

• Ensure timely implementation of partnering portfolio according to the tier prioritization. Pro-actively identify gaps and/or pitfalls and identify solutions

• Oversee the partnering portfolio and further develop the portfolio of the respective R&D function/indication to meet R&D targets and technology gaps

• Collaborate to major strategic alliance negotiations together with legal, BD&L provide overall oversight for advisory board meetings of functions

• Implement and further develop excellence in Alliance management and establish trustful relationship to both internal stakeholders and external partners Planning and tracking of function/indication(s) partnering budget and ensure timely reporting to the R&D function/indications and leadership teams

• Present partnering activities of function/indication in management meetings and at external conferences.

 

Email resume in Word to JeffAltman@TheBigGameHunter.us. Please include the job code for the position with your resume. NOTE: WE WILL ONLY RESPOND IF YOUR RESUME APPEARS TO FIT A ROLE

 

PAID RELOCATION. NO OVERSEAS RESUMES. NO 3RD PARTIES. Applicants for employment in the US must possess work authorization which does not require sponsorship from the employer for a visa.

 

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