Alliance Manager II

Breakout Ventures; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 94,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

A-Alpha Bio seeks an Alliance Manager II to drive execution of external scientific and strategic partnerships in Seattle, WA. This cross-functional role emphasizes external-facing collaboration and clear communication across internal teams and partners.

We value strong organizational skills, ability to handle complex biology and data-driven projects, and a track record in life sciences partnerships. Hybrid work with 1-3 onsite days per week is offered.

Qualifications

• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and workstreams in life sciences partnerships.
• Strong written and verbal communication of complex scientific/operational info.
• Experience navigating fast-paced, ambiguous environments.

Responsibilities

• Serve as day-to-day liaison between company and external partners with clear communication on goals and timelines.
• Coordinate with internal scientific leads and functional teams to support partnership workplans.
• Prepare meeting agendas, materials, and minutes for governance meetings and partner discussions.
• Track obligations and milestones; flag risks to senior leadership.
• Support interpretation and execution of collaboration agreements with other commercial team members.
• Contribute to preparation of SOWs, partner reports, and progress updates.
• Communicate status and forecasts to Leadership Team.
• Foster positive relationships with partner teams and promote collaboration.
• Improve alliance management processes, templates, and best practices.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related field

PhD in a related field

MBA

Job description

A-Alpha Bio is a early-stage, rapidly growing biotechnology platform company headquartered in Seattle, WA. We are focused on building the foundational data layer for AI-driven protein engineering. We provide biopharma companies and model builders with access to ground truth experimental datasets, including affinity and structure, for training, benchmarking and validating AI protein models. In parallel, we apply our data and models directly with select partners to engineer next-generation dual-specific and molecular glue therapeutics, and to discover and optimize differentiated biologics.

This role is not open to remote applicants and would require relocation to Seattle, WA.

Starting Salary Range: $94,000 - $117,000 annually

Exemption Status: Exempt

Location Expectations: Hybrid (1-3 onsite days per week)

Reporting To: Senior Alliance Manager

Role Description

A-Alpha Bio is seeking an Alliance Manager II to support the execution and success of external scientific and strategic partnerships. This is a heavily cross-functional role with a significant external-facing component. Successful candidates will have exceptional communication and organizational skills, comfort navigating scientific and operational complexity, and the ability to foster productive working relationships.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as day-to-day liaison between the company and assigned external partners, providing clear, consistent communication and alignment on goals, timelines, and deliverables, both internally and externally.
• Coordinate closely with internal scientific leads and functional teams to support execution of partnership workplans.
• Prepare and circulate meeting agendas, materials, and meeting minutes for joint governance meetings, technical updates, and ad hoc partner discussions.
• Track partnership obligations, milestones, and decision points; flag risks, misalignments, or emerging issues to senior commercial leadership.
• Support interpretation and execution of collaboration agreements, including scope changes, data-sharing provisions, and reporting requirements, in coordination with other commercial team members.
• Contribute to the preparation of SOWs, partner reports, updates, and presentations that clearly communicate progress, challenges, and next steps.
• Communicate status, changes, and forecasts to the Leadership Team.
• Foster positive, professional relationships with partner teams, promoting trust, transparency, and productive collaboration.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of alliance management processes, templates, and best practices.

Qualifications & Experience

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in a related scientific or business field with 5+ years of experience supporting external partnerships in the life sciences; PhD in a related scientific or business field; or an equivalent combination of education or experience.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple stakeholders and workstreams simultaneously.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey complex scientific or operational information clearly.
• High level of organization, attention to detail, and follow-through.
• Comfort operating in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional scientific and business teams.

Preferred

• Advanced degree (Master’s and/or PhD) in a scientific discipline.
• MBA degree.
• Specific experience in alliance management, project management, or scientific program management.
• Experience in drug discovery, protein science, genomics, machine learning, biologics, large datasets, and/or computational biology.

In 2018, A-Alpha Bio spun out of the University of Washington’s Institute for Protein Design and Center for Synthetic Biology – both communities filled with brilliant and highly entrepreneurial scientists. Since the company’s inception, we have built and scaled AlphaSeq, our high-throughput platform for quantitatively measuring protein-protein interactions at unprecedented scale. What began as a technology for generating large, standardized affinity datasets has grown into a broader data engine for AI-driven protein engineering. New members of the team should expect a fast-paced, highly dynamic, and interdisciplinary work environment. We are building a diverse, meritocratic, and supportive team that shares our values of speaking the truth, shooting for the moon, taking the reins, playing for the team, and improving the world.

A-Alpha Bio is headquartered in a custom designed lab and office space in downtown Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood. We are fortunate to be situated in a region that is renowned for its premier outdoor activities, including hiking, biking, climbing, skiing, kayaking, sailing, and more. At A-Alpha, you’ll find many who love the outdoors, but also gamers, amateur chefs, explorers, sports fans, bakers, crafters, photographers, brewers, jetsetters, animal lovers, and artists. Whatever your passions, you belong at A-Alpha Bio!