Academic Alliance Senior Manager – Associate Director

Role Overview

• Support AZ R&D China to form collaboration with: 1) academic research institutes/ clinical centres and 2) AZ Global R&D Alliance.
• The scope will include identification of potential collaborator, prioritization of collaboration projects, and support & monitoring of projects.
• Manage the relationship with clinical/research centres as AZ’s preferred partners for pre-clinical and clinical studies, including managing both sides’ expectation and ensuring the governance requirements.
• Cultivate relationships with key stakeholders in R&D China ecosystem to expand and strengthen the collaborations.
• Drive to create and maintain a positive external environment and alliance ecosystem to support R&D China strategy.
• Understand the alliance needs of internal stakeholders, identify optimal alliance solutions aligned with the R&D strategies, facilitate and consult efficient alliance activities.
• Acting as the focal point of AZ R&D to all external inquiries, facilitate to connect and align with strategic partners to frame the strategic alliance projects.
• Monitor all alliance related activities cross R&D China, proactively anticipating risks & needs, and lead resolving the cross-team alliance issues.
• Coordinate and manage external engagement activities including scientific exchanges, forum, R&D China Science Day, etc.
• Work with Global R&D alliance teams to develop and implement integrated strategy for key global partnerships and collaborations.
• Analyse the global site operations & various dept. on their plans and resources, map them to R&D China strategic initiatives, including improving process of submitting scientific collaborations, translational data management & sample acquisition, clinical operations, etc...
• Increase the visibility of China alliance activities to foster good awareness internally and promote collaboration possibilities externally.

Requirements

• Bachelor degree in science with >5 years’ experience in pharmaceutical industry
• Knowledge of drug development strategy and process
• Fluent in spoken and written English.
• Project management experience and capability, proven experience in alliance/partnership excellence.
• Willingness to work in a global team across multiple time zones and have cultural sensitivity to influence the key stakeholders.
• Effectively work in a multidisciplinary and across companies environment.
• Demonstrated results-focus and ability to deliver projects through influence, relationship management and facilitation skills.
• Ability to assess and mitigate the issues/risks.
• Ability to travel globally based on business needs.

Benefits

• AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity.
• We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.
• We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics.