Director, Alliance Management and Program Management

About this role

Responsibilities

• We are looking for an experienced Director, Alliance Management and Program Management to maximize the value of Orion Pharma's strategic external collaborations and strengthen disciplined execution across Innovative Medicines. The role combines alliance leadership with program management and connects external partners, the iMEDS Leadership Team and key cross-functional stakeholders. In this role you will report to EVP, Innovative Medicines.
• Alliance Management
• Serve as the primary relationship manager for assigned strategic collaborations and licensing partnerships, building and maintaining effective, trust-based relationships with partner organizations at governance, functional, and working-team levels.
• Critically and strategically interpret legal agreements to understand obligations and boundaries, and act diplomatically to negotiate nuanced resolutions to disputes.
• Establish, maintain, and coordinate joint governance structures, including steering committees, working groups, and escalation pathways, and coordinate governance meetings, including agendas, pre-reads, decision requirements, minutes, action tracking, and follow-up.
• Ensure strategic and operational alignment between Orion and partners on objectives, priorities, plans, timelines, responsibilities, and expected outcomes.
• Coordinate Orion's internal cross-functional alliance teams and ensure timely, consistent communication and execution of agreed commitments.
• Monitor contractual obligations, milestones, deliverables, key performance indicators, budgets, and decision rights to support compliance and value realization.
• Identify, assess, and proactively address alliance risks, issues, dependencies, and potential conflicts; escalate matters when required and coordinate amendments, extensions, and other contractual changes with Legal, Finance, and relevant business functions.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen or expand existing collabora