Alliance Manager Consultant to AstraZeneca

Modis Life Science is looking for a consultant for an exciting assignment at AstraZeneca in Gothenburg. This is a consultancy position for 1 year and for the right candidate there are good chances of extension or the possibility for a permanent placement. Send your application asap, no later than October 29th.

About the assignment

The Alliance Management team´s purpose is to define the outsourcing strategy across the R&D organisations; ensure our key suppliers deliver to the needs of the organisations; and to develop strong partnerships with key suppliers.

The role of the Alliance Manager is to support the Alliance Lead in handling one or more supplier(s) contracted to deliver fully outsourced clinical trials and / or provide functional outsourced services, within the scope of Alliance Management support. You will be responsible for supporting governance activities, providing training on Alliance Management supported delivery models / suppliers and be a primary point of contact for study teams for general questions relating to ways of working within the delivery model.

Your role covers four main areas:

- Supplier/Model Governance support where you will support preparation for operational governance of the supplier(s) / model(s) and participate in meeting, as required. You will also work with internal subject matter experts / process owners and counterparts in supplier organisations to ensure the maintenance of interface processes and ways of working e.g alliance model guidance documents

- Performance monitoring support. Here you will support monitoring of quality and performance in alignment with the governance requirements and appropriate service level agreements, through maintenance of portfolio and study level metrics dashboards

- Alliance Lead support where you´re encouraged to support ongoing assessment of Lessons Learned and seek new opportunities to drive efficiencies and continuous improvement within supplier, across functions and across delivery models

- Study team support/training – this accountability requires you to ensure understanding of roles and responsibilities across delivery teams for assigned delivery model(s) and provide support to study teams with ways of working within the model, developing and providing training on the framework, as required

Crucial requirements:

• University degree in related field, or equivalent
• Strong experience from within the pharmaceutical industry or clinical research organization / Clinical Study Delivery
• Good knowledge of clinical and pharmaceutical drug development process at various phases of development
• Experience of working effectively with external suppliers
• Strong leadership and influencing skills, especially without authority and with resilience
• Ability to network and collaborate with a wide range of internal and external partners
• Strong project management skills (not necessarily as formal project leader).

Desirable requirements:

• Knowledge of alliance governance frameworks and processes (including performance metrics)
• Ability to work flexibly to tackle problems that involve many decision makers, and develop multiple options/recommendations
• Ability to identify continuous improvement & innovation opportunities
• Technical understanding of service deliverables but without subject matter expertise (e.g. study management, data management, analysis and reporting).