Alliances and Proposals Manager

Role Summary

The Alliances and Proposals Manager in Seattle, WA will serve as the primary contact for partner and client management, coordinating proposal development, governance, and communications. You’ll drive project initiation, support engagements with grant funders and commercial clients, and facilitate information exchange between Just-Evotec and partners. The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration, problem solving, and the ability to create innovative solutions that advance alliances and projects.

Responsibilities

• Provide single point of contact for partner and client management, facilitating effective written and verbal communication and ensuring partner needs are communicated internally and addressed appropriately.
• Develop, manage, revise, and finalize initial project proposals in partnership with functional representatives; ensure change orders are drafted for scope changes on projects executing against a statement of work.
• Manage project initiation and support projects from grant funders and commercial clients.
• Enable and support information and data exchange with partners and implement governance models as required by agreements; consult senior alliance management as needed.
• Provide meeting management support for client meetings, including planning, scheduling, facilitation, and documentation.
• Assist in the establishment of company best practices and tools.

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor’s degree in biological sciences, biochemistry, chemical engineering, or related field
• Required: Minimum 4 years of previous Alliance management or Program management experience in biotech or pharmaceutical industry
• Required: Excellent organizational, relationship and communication skills
• Required: Motivation to be part of a fast-paced, multi-disciplinary team
• Required: Pro-active, team player with experience working on multiple projects with tight deadlines
• Required: Experience with MS Office tools, MS Project, Smartsheet
• Preferred: Alliance management/Project management experience working for a CDMO
• Preferred: Experience with Proposal writing at a CDMO
• Preferred: Drug development knowledge with strong understanding of research, preclinical, clinical, manufacturing, commercial and regulatory areas
• Preferred: Independent, motivated, team member with experience in a matrix environment