Senior Alliance Manager, Strategic Partnerships

Position Summary

Pfizer is seeking a highly motivated Senior Alliance Manager Strategic Partnerships.This role will be responsible to support the Strategic Partnerships team and interact with partners to ensure alliance performance and overall success for strategic partnerships (clinical collaborations research and development partnerships).

Principal Responsibilities

• Work with Strategic Partnerships team to partner with companies to manage alliances facilitate joint governance track joint milestones and implement partnership agreements.

• Serve as an alliance point of contact working closely with internal team members and alliance counterparts to manage and advance joint goals and deliverables contract issues and overall health of the collaboration

• Develop tools and resources that support collaboration governance and operating norms (e.g. communication decision-making) including onboarding materials joint sharing workspaces and standard templates

• Partner closely with internal cross-functional team members to ensure alignment with product goals alliance operating principles and contractual terms and goals of the collaboration

• Work closely with internal team members and functional leaders to ensure ongoing alignment prepare for key engagements and manage escalation

• Coordinate with internal business partners (e.g. finance communications legal corporate development) to facilitate proactive partnership management and ensure strong alignment and coordination of key business activities

• Proactively track monitor and communicate contractual obligations and deliverables to ensure responsibilities met in accordance with terms of collaboration

• Ensure that alliances are managed consistently drive implementation of alliance management best practices standard tools and approaches

• Build and maintain internal alliance management communications and working space for sharing resources and best practices

• Develop tools for continuous improvement of partnership management at Pfizer

• Build expertise in managing partners including organizational awareness effective governance and engaging across management levels

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in biomedical sciences business or other discipline related to drug development and 6 years of industry experience

• Experience working with partners or accounts for a minimum of 1-2 years

• Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in the pharmaceutical life sciences or related industry experience in oncology is desirable

• Experience working with cross-functional teams including joint leadership or governance committees to accomplish shared goals

• Excellent business acumen with demonstrated ability to develop solutions that support product team corporate and alliance objectives

• Understanding of the global drug development process and biotech/pharma industries

• A proactive and strategic thinker with strong facilitation problem-solving and issue resolution skills

• Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to facilitate internal alignment effectively and diplomatically negotiate and resolve conflict

• Collaborative with outstanding communication and relationship management skills high emotional intelligence

• Adaptive leadership style with ability to influence teams without formal authority

• Demonstrated ability to collaborate across multiple client groups in a highly matrixed global organization to advance priorities

Candidate demonstrates a breadth of diverse leadership experiences and capabilities including: the ability to influence and collaborate with peers develop and coach others oversee and guide the work of other colleagues to achieve meaningful outcomes and create business impact.

Additional Information:

• Work Location Assignment:Hybrid (live within a commutable distance to a Pfizer site and requirement to work on-site on average 2.5 days/week)
• Last Day to Apply: September 22 2025

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $135100.00 to $225100.00. In addition this position is eligible for participation in Pfizers Global Performance Plan with a bonus target of 17.5% of the base salary and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program. We offer comprehensive and generous benefits and programs to help our colleagues lead healthy lives and to support each of lifes moments. Benefits offered include a 401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions and an additional Pfizer Retirement Savings Contribution paid vacation holiday and personal days paid caregiver/parental and medical leave and health benefits to include medical prescription drug dental and vision coverage. Learn more at Pfizer Candidate Site U.S. Benefits (). Pfizer compensation structures and benefit packages are aligned based on the location of hire. The United States salary range provided does not apply to Tampa FL or any location outside of the United States.

Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.

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