London, United Kingdom

Alliance Management Lead, London

There is some flexibility of the seniority of this position, and we are open to hearing from you if you are anywhere between an experienced senior individual contributor up to a Director or Head of Alliance Management (as long as you are comfortable with this being quite hands on for at least the next 1-2 years).

Isomorphic Labs is a new Alphabet company that is reimagining drug discovery through a computational- and AI-first approach.

We are on a mission to accelerate the speed, increase the efficacy and lower the cost of drug discovery. You'll be working at the cutting edge of the new era of 'digital biology' to deliver a transformative social impact for the benefit of millions of people.

Come and be part of a multi-disciplinary team driving groundbreaking innovation and play a meaningful role in contributing towards us achieving our ambitious goals, while being a part of an inspiring, collaborative and entrepreneurial culture.

Your impact

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a new initiative, working closely with world leading computational chemists and AI experts to devise imaginative approaches to developing the next generation of medicines.

As our first hire into this area, you will be foundational in the successful delivery of our key partnerships. Reporting to our VP Business Development, and working closely with our internal Drug Design team members, you will need to draw on your experience as an Alliance Manager to balance the needs of internal and external stakeholders, ensuring projects align with the company’s goals and delivering against commitments to our partners. You will create ways of working and best practice, listening closely to the various subject matter experts and project leads while also offering guidance and helping to unblock any issues or bottlenecks.

What you will do

Run our strategic alliances, building a strong rapport with our pharma partners (strategic alliances are defined as those which have broad and long-term impact on our corporate performance and valuation)
Implement the operational model for our alliances, integrating tasks and activities into the day-to-day responsibilities of alliance collaborators
Manage preparation and execution of collaboration Research Plans including drafting and design
Act as the main contact point and manage the day-to-day relationship with our strategic Pharma partners including Joint Steering Committee (JSC) management
Support due diligence and business development related to new collaborations or business opportunities
Build success in our complex relationships with outstanding and culturally different organisation
Responsible for developing and implementing alliance management processes and tools, and for measuring and reporting on the success of alliances
Develop and evolve strategic alliances to align these with our company goals - find opportunities for collaborative value generation including expansion of partnerships, and mitigate risks
Champion a collaborative “one team” culture across Iso and our collaboration partners
Guide decision making within the contractual governance framework, ensure that milestones are met, convene appropriate partners and enlist their support for the alliance, problem-solve, resolve conflicts, advance issues to senior management as needed, schedule and plan governance and other meetings, etc.

Skills and qualifications

Essential:

Demonstrated experience in an Alliance Management role leading global, strategic drug discovery collaborations (in pharma, biotech or a tech transfer office)
Scientific background, with an understanding of the process of drug discovery and development
Understanding of contracts and ability to interpret contractual responsibilities of both parties
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Ability to influence without authority

Nice to have:

Experience in a similar role within a large pharma
Experience working in small molecule drug discovery
Exposure to ML and/or data management

Culture and values

What does it take to be successful at IsoLabs? It's not about finding people who think and act in the same way, but we do have some shared values:

Thoughtful
Thoughtful at Iso is about curiosity, creativity and care. It is about good people doing good, rigorous and future-making science every single day.

Brave
Brave at Iso is about fearlessness, but it’s also about initiative and integrity. The scale of the challenge demands nothing less.

Determined
Determined at Iso is the way we pursue our goal. It’s a confidence in our hypothesis, as well as the urgency and agility needed to deliver on it. Because disease won’t wait, so neither should we.

In this together
Together at Iso is about connection, collaboration across fields and catalytic relationships. It’s knowing that transformation is a group project, and remembering that what we’re doing will have a real impact on real people everywhere.

Creating an inclusive company

We realise that to be successful we need our teams to reflect and represent the populations we are striving to serve. We’re working to build a supportive and inclusive environment where collaboration is encouraged and learning is shared. We value diversity of experience, knowledge, backgrounds and perspectives and harness these qualities to create extraordinary impact.

We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of sex, race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding) or any other basis protected by applicable law. If you have a disability or additional need that requires accommodation, please do not hesitate to let us know.

Hybrid working

It’s hugely important for us to be able to share knowledge and establish relationships with each other, and we find it easier to do this if we spend time together in person. This is why we’ve decided to follow a hybrid model, and would require you to be able to come into the office 3 days a week (currently Tue, Wed, and one other day depending on which team you’re in). As an equal opportunities employer we are committed to building an equal and inclusive team. If you have additional needs that would prevent you from following this hybrid approach, we’d be happy to talk through these if you’re selected for an initial screening call.

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