Senior Alliance Manager (Remote)
Caris Life Sciences
August 24, 2026
Remote friendly (Rhode Island, United States)
United States
Corporate Functions
Position Summary
Senior Manager, Alliances drives continuous improvement of alliance implementation and partner relationship management best practices and helps Caris be recognized as a biopharma partner of choice.
Responsibilities
- Manage/oversee a portfolio of strategic alliances programs: conduct partner due diligence, lead health checks, and execute annual operating plans.
- Contract management: guide internal teams to ensure partnership aims, deliverables, and objectives are met.
- Delivery: gather partner requirements; recommend provisioning of Caris solutions; direct delivery from start to final deliverables; manage timelines/technical performance; communicate priorities and escalate roadblocks.
- Process management: prepare governance and improve partner implementation to exceed expectations.
- Alignment/relationship management: improve governance, identify expansion opportunities, validate feasibility/risks/resources/timelines.
- Proactive risk management: identify/assess/communicate risks/dependencies; lead mitigation and issue resolution.
- Customer and business excellence: communicate value of solutions, mentor others, improve processes, pilot approaches, and provide account-level forecasting inputs.
- (If applicable) Lead and develop team, manage resources, ensure partner satisfaction and contractual delivery.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree + 4+ years in molecular biology/clinical molecular diagnostics/oncology OR multimodal real-world data, drug development/discovery, clinical research/study management, product management, companion diagnostics projects, healthcare implementation/delivery/program management.
- Manager-level experience.
- Travel up to 20%.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook).
Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge of CLIA, CAP, GMP, GCP, IVDR, HIPAA.
- Experience delivering/partnering for oncology, lab services, therapeutic programs, healthcare data products, or clinical-trial enrollment solutions.
- Experience leading cross-functional teams.
Benefits (as listed)
- Medical, dental, vision; HSA; FSA; paid time off; 401k match; LTD/STD; EAP; pet insurance; legal assistance; tuition assistance.
Senior Manager, Alliances drives continuous improvement of alliance implementation and partner relationship management best practices and helps Caris be recognized as a biopharma partner of choice.
Responsibilities
- Manage/oversee a portfolio of strategic alliances programs: conduct partner due diligence, lead health checks, and execute annual operating plans.
- Contract management: guide internal teams to ensure partnership aims, deliverables, and objectives are met.
- Delivery: gather partner requirements; recommend provisioning of Caris solutions; direct delivery from start to final deliverables; manage timelines/technical performance; communicate priorities and escalate roadblocks.
- Process management: prepare governance and improve partner implementation to exceed expectations.
- Alignment/relationship management: improve governance, identify expansion opportunities, validate feasibility/risks/resources/timelines.
- Proactive risk management: identify/assess/communicate risks/dependencies; lead mitigation and issue resolution.
- Customer and business excellence: communicate value of solutions, mentor others, improve processes, pilot approaches, and provide account-level forecasting inputs.
- (If applicable) Lead and develop team, manage resources, ensure partner satisfaction and contractual delivery.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree + 4+ years in molecular biology/clinical molecular diagnostics/oncology OR multimodal real-world data, drug development/discovery, clinical research/study management, product management, companion diagnostics projects, healthcare implementation/delivery/program management.
- Manager-level experience.
- Travel up to 20%.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook).
Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge of CLIA, CAP, GMP, GCP, IVDR, HIPAA.
- Experience delivering/partnering for oncology, lab services, therapeutic programs, healthcare data products, or clinical-trial enrollment solutions.
- Experience leading cross-functional teams.
Benefits (as listed)
- Medical, dental, vision; HSA; FSA; paid time off; 401k match; LTD/STD; EAP; pet insurance; legal assistance; tuition assistance.