Iambic Therapeutics
Director, Alliance Management- Drug Discovery Collaborations
San Diego HQ · Director
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 13 hours ago
Project ManagementStakeholder ManagementBusiness DevelopmentClinical TrialsPharmacologyResearchAnimal StudiesLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationPublic Speaking
About the role
- We prefer candidates who can work onsite at our San Diego headquarters, but we are open to hybrid working models and remote U.S.-based applicants.
- Serve as the primary alliance manager for drug discovery collaborations and strategic external partnerships.
- Coordinate cross-functional execution across multiple partnered programs by proactively identifying risks, tracking dependencies, facilitating issue resolution, and ensuring operational excellence.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain trusted relationships with pharmaceutical and biotechnology partners across scientific, operational, and executive levels.
- Lead collaboration governance, including Joint Steering Committees (JSCs), scientific working groups, executive reviews, agendas, action tracking, and decision documentation.
- Partner with Biology, Medicinal Chemistry, DMPK, Pharmacology, Toxicology, CMC, Legal, Business Development, and project teams to ensure alignment on collaboration objectives, milestones, and deliverables.
- Develop and maintain integrated collaboration plans, including timelines, governance milestones, partner commitments, contractual obligations, budgets, and partnership metrics.
- Support execution across the drug discovery lifecycle by coordinating milestones spanning target identification, hit discovery, lead optimization, DMPK/ADME, pharmacology, toxicology, compound supply, and development candidate nomination.
- Maintain visibility into integrated discovery timelines, including design-make-test-analyze (DMTA) cycles, assay execution, data delivery, partner review cycles, and governance decision points.
- Partner with Legal and Business Development to support collaboration agreements, governance structures, data sharing, publications, and strategic partnership activities.
Requirements
- 15+ years in alliance management, scientific program management, project management, scientific operations, or related functions within biotechnology or pharmaceuticals.
- Experience managing complex scientific collaborations and strategic partnerships.
- Strong understanding of small molecule drug discovery from target identification through preclinical development.
- Ability to influence multidisciplinary teams without direct authority.
- Experience supporting discovery through IND-enabling activities, including DMTA workflows, DMPK/ADME, pharmacology, toxicology, and CMC.
- Familiarity with collaboration agreements, governance structures, and cross-company research programs.
- Required
- Preferred
- Experience working with pharmaceutical, biotechnology, academic, or CRO partners.
- Alliance Management (ASAP), PMP, or similar certification.
Nice to have
- Bachelor's degree in a scientific discipline, engineering, business, or related field
- advanced degree (M.S. or Ph.D.) preferred.
Skills
- Excellent organizational, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
Benefits
- We offer industry leading competitive pay, company paid healthcare, flexible spending accounts, voluntary life insurance, 401K matching, and uncapped vacation to our team.
Company info
- We are seeking an experienced Director of Alliance Management to support strategic drug discovery collaborations.
- We are in a brand-new state-of-the art facility in beautiful San Diego with an onsite gym, dining, and easy access to great places to live and play.
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