Senior Alliance Manager (Remote)
Caris Life Sciences
August 24, 2026
Remote friendly (Georgia, United States)
United States
Corporate Functions
Position Summary
Senior Manager, Alliances responsible for improving implementation and partner relationship management best practices and driving Caris to be recognized as a biopharma partner of choice.
Responsibilities
- Manage/oversee a portfolio of strategic alliance programs (alliance health, due diligence, health checks, annual operating plans).
- Contract management: guide internal teams to meet partnership agreement aims, deliverables, and objectives.
- Delivery: lead prescriptive delivery, gather partner requirements, direct delivery team to completion, manage timelines/technical performance, communicate priorities, escalate roadblocks.
- Process management: prepare governance/decision-making and lead partner implementations to exceed expectations.
- Alignment & relationship management: improve governance, drive mutual understanding/trust, identify expansion opportunities, serve as internal SME for feasible expansion (risks/resources/timelines).
- Proactive risk management: identify/assess/communicate needs, risks, dependencies; lead mitigation/issue resolution.
- Customer & business excellence: communicate Caris value, tailor delivery, mentor, support forecasting (dates/volumes/risks/assumptions/capacity).
- (If applicable) lead/motivate/coach team; ensure partner satisfaction and contractual obligations; allocate resources; make data-driven decisions.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree and 4+ years in: molecular biology/clinical molecular diagnostics/oncology; managing multimodal real-world data; drug development/discovery; clinical research/study management; product/companion diagnostics; healthcare implementation/delivery/program management.
- Manager-level experience.
- Travel up to 20%.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) and business web tools.
Preferred Qualifications
- Regulatory/quality frameworks (CLIA, CAP, GMP, GCP, IVDR, HIPAA).
- Experience delivering/partnering on oncology, lab services, therapeutic programs, healthcare data products, or clinical-trial enrollment.
- Experience leading cross-functional teams/direct reports.
Benefits
- Medical/dental/vision, HSA, FSA, paid time off (vacation/sick/holidays), 401k match, LTD/STD and voluntary benefits, EAP, pet insurance, legal assistance, tuition assistance.
Senior Manager, Alliances responsible for improving implementation and partner relationship management best practices and driving Caris to be recognized as a biopharma partner of choice.
Responsibilities
- Manage/oversee a portfolio of strategic alliance programs (alliance health, due diligence, health checks, annual operating plans).
- Contract management: guide internal teams to meet partnership agreement aims, deliverables, and objectives.
- Delivery: lead prescriptive delivery, gather partner requirements, direct delivery team to completion, manage timelines/technical performance, communicate priorities, escalate roadblocks.
- Process management: prepare governance/decision-making and lead partner implementations to exceed expectations.
- Alignment & relationship management: improve governance, drive mutual understanding/trust, identify expansion opportunities, serve as internal SME for feasible expansion (risks/resources/timelines).
- Proactive risk management: identify/assess/communicate needs, risks, dependencies; lead mitigation/issue resolution.
- Customer & business excellence: communicate Caris value, tailor delivery, mentor, support forecasting (dates/volumes/risks/assumptions/capacity).
- (If applicable) lead/motivate/coach team; ensure partner satisfaction and contractual obligations; allocate resources; make data-driven decisions.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree and 4+ years in: molecular biology/clinical molecular diagnostics/oncology; managing multimodal real-world data; drug development/discovery; clinical research/study management; product/companion diagnostics; healthcare implementation/delivery/program management.
- Manager-level experience.
- Travel up to 20%.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) and business web tools.
Preferred Qualifications
- Regulatory/quality frameworks (CLIA, CAP, GMP, GCP, IVDR, HIPAA).
- Experience delivering/partnering on oncology, lab services, therapeutic programs, healthcare data products, or clinical-trial enrollment.
- Experience leading cross-functional teams/direct reports.
Benefits
- Medical/dental/vision, HSA, FSA, paid time off (vacation/sick/holidays), 401k match, LTD/STD and voluntary benefits, EAP, pet insurance, legal assistance, tuition assistance.