Director, Alliance Management
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Job Location:
Waltham, MA - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 210000 - 256000
Posted on:
2 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Department:
Job Summary
Description
Ardelyx is a publicly traded commercial biopharmaceutical company founded with a mission to discover develop and commercialize innovative first-in-class medicines that meet significant unmet medical needs. Ardelyx has two commercial products approved in the United States IBSRELA (tenapanor) and XPHOZAH (tenapanor). Ardelyx has agreements for the development and commercialization of tenapanor outside of the U.S. Kyowa Kirin commercializes PHOZEVEL (tenapanor) for hyperphosphatemia in Japan. A New Drug Application for tenapanor for hyperphosphatemia has been approved in China with Fosun Pharma. Knight Therapeutics commercializes IBSRELA in Canada.
Reporting directly to the Vice President of Corporate Development and Strategy the Director of Alliance Management will manage and optimize strategic collaborations with global pharmaceutical and biotech partners.
The ideal candidate has hands-on experience managing complex multi-functional alliances proactively resolving issues and driving structured decision-making that leads to clear outcomes.
Responsibilities:
Alliance Leadership & Governance
- Serve as the primary alliance lead for strategic partnerships owning day-to-day relationship management
- Design implement and run alliance governance structures (JSCs sub-teams escalation pathways)
- Ensure decisions are made efficiently documented clearly and executed across both organizations
Issue Resolution & Decision Enablement
- Anticipate and surface alliance risks (operational strategic financial contractual)
- Lead cross-functional problem-solving efforts to address issues that arise
- Drive discussions that result in timely decisions and measurable outcomes
Cross-Functional Execution
- Coordinate closely with R&D Tech Ops Commercial Legal Finance and BD teams
- Support operational execution of alliance agreements and ensure adherence to contractual obligations
- Track milestones deliverables and performance metrics
Partner Relationship Management
- Build trusted senior-level relationships with partner counterparts
- Balance collaboration and accountability advocating for Ardelyxs interests while maintaining strong partnerships
- Prepare and lead executive-level communications and governance meetings
Strategic & Portfolio Support
- Provide alliance insights to inform broader corporate strategy and portfolio decisions
- Support business development during deal structuring and diligence to ensure alliances are operationally sound post-signing
- Contribute to best practices playbooks and continuous improvement of alliance management processes
Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree with 8-10 years of experience in alliance management business development corporate development or related roles in biotech/pharma or equivalent experience
- Proven track record managing complex high-stakes alliances with external partners
- Demonstrated ability to drive processes that lead to decisions and results especially in ambiguous or contentious situations that require escalation renegotiation or restructuring
- Strong understanding of alliance governance contract interpretation and cross-functional execution
- Exceptional communication influence and stakeholder-management skills
The anticipated annualized base pay range for this full-time position is $210000 - $256000. Ardelyx utilizes industry data to ensure that our compensation is competitive and aligned with our industry peers. Actual base pay will be determined based on a variety of factors including years of relevant experience training qualifications and internal equity. The compensation package may also include an annual bonus target and equity awards subject to eligibility and other requirements.
Ardelyx also offers a robust benefits package to employees including a 401(k) plan with generous employer match 12 weeks of paid parental leave up to 12 weeks of living organ and bone marrow leave equity incentive plans health plans (medical prescription drug dental and vision)life insurance and disability flexible time off annual Winter Holiday shut down and at least 11 paid holidays.
Ardelyx is an equal opportunity employer.
Required Experience:
Director
Key Skills
- Category Management
- Athletics
- Customer
- ABAP
- Hydraulics
- ITI
About Company
From discovery through commercialisation, all of us at Ardelyx are driven to advance targeted therapies where significant medical needs persist.
