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Teva Senior Director Alliance Management 
United States, Pennsylvania 
47157990

21.07.2024

The Alliance Manager provides oversight for joint governance committees, manages fulfillment of obligations to and from the partner and is responsible in collaboration with Business Development and Legal for renegotiations or additional agreements with the partner as required.

This is a remote position and the person hired can sit anywhere in the East Coast, United States

How you’ll spend your day
  • Develop collaborative relationships with selected high value/complex partners to further Teva’s objective of becoming a partner of choice in the industry.
  • Function as the key point of contact to the partner and internal colleagues.
  • Understand the partner’s business, their disease areas, markets and business challenges.
  • Continuously monitor the health and the effectiveness of the partnership and be able to adjust and adapt accordingly.
  • Deeply understand and effectively manage the contractual obligations both to and from the partner and ensure adherence to defined responsibilities thereby avoiding negative impact and/or liability for non-compliance of the agreement.
  • Organize and lead governance processes/meetings with the partners (e.g. Joint Steering Committees). Develop agendas and facilitate meetings, ensure stakeholder input into agendas prior to meetings, ensure timely distribution of minutes and completion of action items. Facilitate agreements and compromises with the partner to maintain value. Orchestrate internal preparatory discussions to ensure internal alignment.
  • Work closely with internal stakeholders to prepare for meetings, interactions and decisions with partners. This includes appropriate management of behaviors and expectations of our internal team members to ensure a positive approach to the partnership.
  • Understand project/partnership details to manage day-to-day issues arising from the collaboration
  • Work with internal colleagues to reach decisions and to ensure communication with the partner is effective, transparent and consistent so as to avoid unnecessary surprises
  • Monitor, anticipate and manage issues to ensure timely resolution
  • Coordinate with Corporate Communications, IR and other relevant stakeholders to facilitate consistent public disclosures between Teva and partner
  • Communicate alliance challenges, issues, and status to Teva senior management in a regular and timely manner; propose solutions and support the resolution of such issues
  • Support the smooth project transition from execution of the deal to on-going partnership and post agreement obligations.
  • Build and maintain Alliance Management systems and processes as needed, and in collaboration with other functions e.g. Legal as appropriate to track and manage partnerships as one source of truth for regular reporting to senior stakeholders.
Your experience and qualifications
  • Bachelors Degree in a science or healthcare discipline
  • PhD, MS, MBA, or other advanced degree preferred
  • A minimum of 12 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical industry with knowledge of drug development and commercialization
  • A minimum of 3 years’ experience in the Alliance Management of complex and strategic partnerships
  • Experience managing partnerships related to development and commercialization of pharmaceutical products.
  • Experience working in or with multiple functional areas within a pharmaceutical organization.
  • Ability to navigate and be successful in a global, fast-paced, matrix work environment to coordinate and build consensus among multiple parties / functions / groups.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills including the ability to clearly formulate and articulate decisions and actions.
  • Expert interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to effectively manage across corporate hierarchy and functional areas.
  • Demonstrated ability to collaboratively manage cross-functional team.

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