Senior Alliance Manager (Remote)
Caris Life Sciences
August 24, 2026
Remote friendly (Massachusetts, United States)
United States
Corporate Functions
Position Summary:
Senior Manager, Alliances oversees execution, delivery, and relationship management of programs with biopharma/biotech partners, improving alliance implementation and partner relationship management best practices.
Job Responsibilities:
- Manage a portfolio of strategic alliances: conduct 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 provisioning of Caris solutions; direct delivery from inception to final deliverables; manage timelines, prioritization, escalation, and goal tracking.
- Process management: set up governance and decision-making; lead implementations that meet timelines and exceed expectations.
- Alignment/relationship management: drive continuous improvement, redesign governance, identify expansion opportunities; act as SME for feasibility, risks, resourcing, and timelines.
- Proactive risk management: identify/assess dependencies and lead mitigation and issue resolution.
- Customer/Business excellence: communicate solution value; tailor approaches; maintain and expand customer relationships; mentor and improve processes; provide account-level forecasting inputs.
- When applicable: lead/coach team members; manage day-to-day operations and resources; use data-driven decisions; support talent management.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree + 4+ years’ experience in molecular biology/clinical molecular diagnostics/oncology and/or related domains (real-world data, drug development/discovery, clinical research/study management, product management, companion diagnostics, healthcare implementation/delivery/program management).
- Prior manager-level experience.
- Travel up to 20%.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) and internet-based tools.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Knowledge of regulatory/quality frameworks (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.
Benefits (listed):
- Medical, dental, vision; HSA; FSA; paid time off; 401k match; LTD/STD and voluntary benefits; Employee Assistance Program; Pet Insurance; Legal Assistance; Tuition Assistance.
Senior Manager, Alliances oversees execution, delivery, and relationship management of programs with biopharma/biotech partners, improving alliance implementation and partner relationship management best practices.
Job Responsibilities:
- Manage a portfolio of strategic alliances: conduct 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 provisioning of Caris solutions; direct delivery from inception to final deliverables; manage timelines, prioritization, escalation, and goal tracking.
- Process management: set up governance and decision-making; lead implementations that meet timelines and exceed expectations.
- Alignment/relationship management: drive continuous improvement, redesign governance, identify expansion opportunities; act as SME for feasibility, risks, resourcing, and timelines.
- Proactive risk management: identify/assess dependencies and lead mitigation and issue resolution.
- Customer/Business excellence: communicate solution value; tailor approaches; maintain and expand customer relationships; mentor and improve processes; provide account-level forecasting inputs.
- When applicable: lead/coach team members; manage day-to-day operations and resources; use data-driven decisions; support talent management.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree + 4+ years’ experience in molecular biology/clinical molecular diagnostics/oncology and/or related domains (real-world data, drug development/discovery, clinical research/study management, product management, companion diagnostics, healthcare implementation/delivery/program management).
- Prior manager-level experience.
- Travel up to 20%.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) and internet-based tools.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Knowledge of regulatory/quality frameworks (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.
Benefits (listed):
- Medical, dental, vision; HSA; FSA; paid time off; 401k match; LTD/STD and voluntary benefits; Employee Assistance Program; Pet Insurance; Legal Assistance; Tuition Assistance.