Senior Alliance Manager (Remote)
Caris Life Sciences
August 24, 2026
Remote friendly (Arizona, 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.
Job Responsibilities
- Manage/oversee a portfolio of strategic alliance programs: alliance health due diligence, health checks, and annual operating plans.
- Contract management: guide teams to meet partnership agreement aims, deliverables, and objectives.
- Delivery: gather partner requirements; recommend Caris solution provisioning; direct delivery from initiation to final deliverables; manage timelines/technical performance; communicate priorities and escalate roadblocks.
- Process management: governance meeting preparation, decision-making support, and partner implementations that meet timelines.
- Alignment/relationship management: drive intra/inter-company communication, continuous improvement, governance enhancement/redesign, expansion opportunities, and serve as internal solution/process SME (feasibility, risks, resources, timelines).
- Proactive risk management: identify/assess/communicate needs, risks, and dependencies; lead mitigation planning and issue resolution.
- Customer/Business Excellence: demonstrate solution competency, communicate value, tailor delivery, build customer relationships, mentor, and contribute to continuous improvement and forecasting inputs.
- (If applicable) Lead/coach team, foster high-performance environment, ensure partner satisfaction and contractual delivery, allocate resources, make data-driven decisions, and support performance/talent planning/hiring.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree; 4+ years experience 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.
- Prior manager-level experience.
- Up to 20% travel.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) and internet-based tools.
Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge of regulatory/quality frameworks (e.g., 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 and/or direct reports.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage; HSA; FSA; paid time off; 401k match; LTD/STD and voluntary benefits; Employee Assistance Program; Pet Insurance; Legal Assistance; Tuition Assistance.
Other / Instructions
- Periodic travel and some evenings/weekends/holidays.
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.
Job Responsibilities
- Manage/oversee a portfolio of strategic alliance programs: alliance health due diligence, health checks, and annual operating plans.
- Contract management: guide teams to meet partnership agreement aims, deliverables, and objectives.
- Delivery: gather partner requirements; recommend Caris solution provisioning; direct delivery from initiation to final deliverables; manage timelines/technical performance; communicate priorities and escalate roadblocks.
- Process management: governance meeting preparation, decision-making support, and partner implementations that meet timelines.
- Alignment/relationship management: drive intra/inter-company communication, continuous improvement, governance enhancement/redesign, expansion opportunities, and serve as internal solution/process SME (feasibility, risks, resources, timelines).
- Proactive risk management: identify/assess/communicate needs, risks, and dependencies; lead mitigation planning and issue resolution.
- Customer/Business Excellence: demonstrate solution competency, communicate value, tailor delivery, build customer relationships, mentor, and contribute to continuous improvement and forecasting inputs.
- (If applicable) Lead/coach team, foster high-performance environment, ensure partner satisfaction and contractual delivery, allocate resources, make data-driven decisions, and support performance/talent planning/hiring.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree; 4+ years experience 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.
- Prior manager-level experience.
- Up to 20% travel.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) and internet-based tools.
Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge of regulatory/quality frameworks (e.g., 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 and/or direct reports.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage; HSA; FSA; paid time off; 401k match; LTD/STD and voluntary benefits; Employee Assistance Program; Pet Insurance; Legal Assistance; Tuition Assistance.
Other / Instructions
- Periodic travel and some evenings/weekends/holidays.