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Executive Director – Strategic Alliance Lead, Biopharma
Location
North Carolina + 4 moreAll locations: North Carolina | Ohio | Massachusetts | Pennsylvania | Rhode Island
Posted
11 hours ago
Salary
$186.7K - $248.9K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Executive Director – Strategic Alliance Lead, Biopharma
Thermo Fisher Scientific
• Provides strategic direction across all therapeutic areas and other divisions and business units across PPD to ensure compliance and consistent delivery of the strategic partnership model (operations, quality and financial standards). • Collaborates and influences functional leads and other key internal stakeholders on operational and strategic priorities to promote collaboration and creativity to achieve the partnership goals. • Monitors and influences internal operations to minimize potential for risk and maximize client satisfaction. • Responsible for achieving overall partnership financial and operational goals as assigned. • Collaborates with leadership in all functional areas to develop and improve partnership processes. • Works with Business Development to secure new business through the delivery of client presentations and proposal development. • Works with other assigned Development Operations Leads on the PPD Strategic Partnerships. • May be responsible to evaluate, co-develop and/or implement client-specific partnership business processes, inclusive of partnership change management.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification
- Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 15+ years).
- 8+ years of management responsibility
- Advanced leadership skills
- Effective oral and written communication skills including the ability to communicate in English, both orally and in writing
- Ability to influence internal and external stakeholders to fulfil partnership goals.
- Ability to manage and create metrics, reports to ensure portfolio management, inclusive of operations, quality and financial.
- Strong financial acumen
- Excellent judgment and decision-making capability with ability to apply critical and analytical thinking skills and manage complex/ambiguous situations.
- Capable of building a strong network of influential people
- Proficient knowledge of project management principles and application
- Proficient knowledge of budgeting, forecasting and resource management
- Understanding of regulatory guidelines and directives.
- Proficient marketing and negotiation skills
- Effective in working across geographies and cultures.
Benefits
- A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs
- Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement
- At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy
- Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
- Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount
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