Senior Alliance Manager (Remote)
Caris Life Sciences
August 24, 2026
Remote friendly (Kentucky, United States)
United States
Corporate Functions
Position Summary
The Senior Manager, Alliances improves implementation and partner relationship management best practices and helps Caris be recognized as a biopharma partner of choice.
Job Responsibilities
- Manage/oversee strategic alliances portfolio, including partner due diligence and alliance health checks; execute annual operating plans.
- Contract management: guide internal teams to meet partnership agreement aims, deliverables, and objectives.
- Delivery: gather partner requirements; recommend/provision Caris solutions; lead delivery from inception to final deliverables; manage timelines/technical performance; prioritize, organize, escalate roadblocks, and track to goals.
- Process management: prepare governance; lead partner implementations to exceed expectations and meet timelines.
- Alignment & relationship management: drive mutual understanding/trust; enhance/redesign governance; identify expansion opportunities; act as internal SME validating feasibility, risks, resourcing, and timelines.
- Proactive risk management: identify/assess/communicate partner needs, risks, dependencies; lead mitigation planning and issue resolution.
- Customer/Business excellence: communicate value; tailor delivery; build/maintain relationships; mentor and develop team capability; contribute to process improvements and pilots; provide forecasting inputs (dates, sample volumes, risks, assumptions, capacity).
- (If applicable) Lead and develop team; foster high-performance environment; ensure partner satisfaction and contractual delivery; allocate resources; make data-driven decisions; support performance management, succession planning, and hiring.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree and 4+ years in: molecular biology/clinical molecular diagnostics/oncology; or managing multimodal real-world data; drug development/discovery; clinical research/study management; product management; companion diagnostics; healthcare implementation/delivery/program management.
- Manager-level experience.
- Travel up to 20%.
- Proficient Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) and business internet tools.
Preferred Qualifications
- Regulatory/quality knowledge (CLIA, CAP, GMP, GCP, IVDR, HIPAA).
- Experience delivering/partnering on oncology offerings, lab services, therapeutic programs, healthcare data products, or clinical-trial enrollment.
- Experience leading cross-functional teams/direct reports.
Benefits (if applicable)
- Medical/dental/vision; HSA; FSA; paid time off; 401k match and financial planning tools; LTD/STD and voluntary benefits; Employee Assistance Program; pet insurance; legal assistance; tuition assistance.
The Senior Manager, Alliances improves implementation and partner relationship management best practices and helps Caris be recognized as a biopharma partner of choice.
Job Responsibilities
- Manage/oversee strategic alliances portfolio, including partner due diligence and alliance health checks; execute annual operating plans.
- Contract management: guide internal teams to meet partnership agreement aims, deliverables, and objectives.
- Delivery: gather partner requirements; recommend/provision Caris solutions; lead delivery from inception to final deliverables; manage timelines/technical performance; prioritize, organize, escalate roadblocks, and track to goals.
- Process management: prepare governance; lead partner implementations to exceed expectations and meet timelines.
- Alignment & relationship management: drive mutual understanding/trust; enhance/redesign governance; identify expansion opportunities; act as internal SME validating feasibility, risks, resourcing, and timelines.
- Proactive risk management: identify/assess/communicate partner needs, risks, dependencies; lead mitigation planning and issue resolution.
- Customer/Business excellence: communicate value; tailor delivery; build/maintain relationships; mentor and develop team capability; contribute to process improvements and pilots; provide forecasting inputs (dates, sample volumes, risks, assumptions, capacity).
- (If applicable) Lead and develop team; foster high-performance environment; ensure partner satisfaction and contractual delivery; allocate resources; make data-driven decisions; support performance management, succession planning, and hiring.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree and 4+ years in: molecular biology/clinical molecular diagnostics/oncology; or managing multimodal real-world data; drug development/discovery; clinical research/study management; product management; companion diagnostics; healthcare implementation/delivery/program management.
- Manager-level experience.
- Travel up to 20%.
- Proficient Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) and business internet tools.
Preferred Qualifications
- Regulatory/quality knowledge (CLIA, CAP, GMP, GCP, IVDR, HIPAA).
- Experience delivering/partnering on oncology offerings, lab services, therapeutic programs, healthcare data products, or clinical-trial enrollment.
- Experience leading cross-functional teams/direct reports.
Benefits (if applicable)
- Medical/dental/vision; HSA; FSA; paid time off; 401k match and financial planning tools; LTD/STD and voluntary benefits; Employee Assistance Program; pet insurance; legal assistance; tuition assistance.