Executive Director, Strategic Alliance Lead – Biopharma

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Executive Director leading strategic partnerships in biopharma at Thermo Fisher Scientific. Collaborating across therapeutic areas to ensure compliance and operational excellence.

Posted 7/24/2026full-timeRemote • Massachusetts, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $186,700 - $248,900 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates advanced leadership and strategic direction across therapeutic areas, ensuring compliance and operational excellence. Proficient in project management, financial acumen, and stakeholder influence to drive partnership goals and enhance client satisfaction.

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Advanced Leadership SkillsProject Management PrinciplesFinancial AcumenStakeholder InfluenceRegulatory Guidelines Understanding

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Hard Skills

BudgetingForecastingResource ManagementMetrics ManagementQuality Standards Management

Soft Skills

Effective Oral CommunicationEffective Written CommunicationJudgment and Decision-MakingAnalytical ThinkingNetworking

Certifications & Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent

Industry Keywords

Partnership ModelClient PresentationsProposal DevelopmentRisk MitigationCross-Functional Collaboration

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provides strategic direction across all therapeutic areas and other divisions and business units across PPD to ensure compliance and consistent delivery of the strategic partnership model (operations, quality and financial standards)
Collaborates and influences functional leads and other key internal stakeholders on operational and strategic priorities to promote collaboration and creativity to achieve the partnership goals
Monitors and influences internal operations to minimize potential for risk and maximize client satisfaction
Responsible for achieving overall partnership financial and operational goals as assigned
Collaborates with leadership in all functional areas to develop and improve partnership processes
Works with Business Development to secure new business through the delivery of client presentations and proposal development
Works with other assigned Development Operations Leads on the PPD Strategic Partnerships.
May be responsible to evaluate, co-develop and/or implement client-specific partnership business processes, inclusive of partnership change management
Communicates partnership expectations, applicable corporate goals, key client specific-updates, Master Service Agreement(s) (MSAs) terms and client-specific rules of engagement as it relates to overall program, project or service-level delivery
Creates, compiles and manages operational, quality and financial standards by utilizing systems, tools and reports to identify trends in risks and/or issues (i.e., key performance indicators, key quality indicators, key relationship indicators, etc.) that present opportunities to leverage risk mitigation or PPD solutions across the portfolio and/or a single study/contract
Ensure timely and thorough follow-up to actions identified at Partnership Level, such as but not limited to, PPD Quality Risk Management process (summarized at EQR), client or joint client/PPD Quality Counsels, governance meetings, etc.
Partners with cross functional leadership on the continuous development and improvement of business processes to support teams and to ensure that work is uniform, complete and managed appropriately
Develops excellent working relationships with internal colleagues and leaders responsible for the delivery of projects and services to improve information exchange, project delivery, and understanding between groups
Ensures coordination across geographies, therapeutic areas and functions and achieve superior delivery of projects and services
Assist Business Development team to enable business expansion of the portfolio (e.g. bid defenses and capability meetings)
Serves as a customer's operations point of contact, and escalation support person for operational issues/discussions
Communicates with sponsors regularly to identify potential problem areas and acts quickly to remove the risk/resolve the issue
Serves as the facilitator and/or lead for customer’s Executive, Operational and/or Cross functional governance engagements

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification
Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 15+ years)
8+ years of management responsibility
Advanced leadership skills
Effective oral and written communication skills including the ability to communicate in English, both orally and in writing
Ability to influence internal and external stakeholders to fulfil partnership goals
Ability to manage and create metrics, reports to ensure portfolio management, inclusive of operations, quality and financial
Strong financial acumen
Excellent judgment and decision-making capability with ability to apply critical and analytical thinking skills and manage complex/ambiguous situations
Capable of building a strong network of influential people
Proficient knowledge of project management principles and application
Proficient knowledge of budgeting, forecasting and resource management
Understanding of regulatory guidelines and directives
Proficient marketing and negotiation skills
Effective in working across geographies and cultures.

Benefits

Comp & perks

A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs
Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement
At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO)
10 paid holidays annually
Paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave)
Accident and life insurance
Short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy
Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount