Global Alliance Strategy Director

Socket.dev; Wilmington (DE); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Incyte Corporation, based in Wilmington, DE, seeks a Senior Director of Alliance Management to maximize value from strategic partnerships across discovery, development, manufacturing, and commercialization. You will own governance, drive cross-functional alignment, and oversee risk and financial aspects to deliver measurable business outcomes.

The role requires leading executive-level governance, building partner relationships, and guiding multiple alliances through complex decisions and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in life sciences, healthcare, business, or related discipline.
• 3+ years of direct Alliance Management or strategic partnership leadership experience, preferably managing multiple complex biopharma alliances.
• Experience leading executive-level governance committees and stakeholder interactions.
• Strong understanding of drug discovery, development, regulatory, manufacturing, and commercialization processes.
• Excellent negotiation, facilitation, communication, and conflict-resolution skills.
• Proven ability to influence senior leaders across organizations without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the designated Alliance Manager for one or more strategic collaborations.
• Develop and execute alliance strategies that maximize partnership value and support corporate objectives.
• Establish trusted relationships with partner leadership and key stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen collaboration effectiveness and create additional value.
• Monitor alliance performance against strategic, operational, and financial objectives.
• Lead alliance health assessments and implement action plans to address identified gaps.
• Design, establish, and lead alliance governance structures (JSC, JDC, JRC, JCC, working groups).
• Drive agenda development, decision management, risk escalation, and issue resolution.
• Maintain governance charters, action registers, decision logs, and risk registers.
• Facilitate timely resolution of cross-company issues and conflicts.
• Build executive-level relationships within partner organizations and manage misalignment risks.
• Align internal stakeholders across R&D, translational sciences, regulatory, manufacturing, commercial, legal, finance, BD.

Skills

Negotiation

Facilitation

Communication

Conflict resolution

Executive influence

Cross-functional collaboration

Relationship management

Education

Bachelor's degree in life sciences, healthcare, business, or related discipline

Advanced degree (MBA, PhD, PharmD, JD, or equivalent)

Job description

Incyte Corporation, based in Wilmington, DE, seeks a Senior Director of Alliance Management to maximize value from strategic partnerships across discovery, development, manufacturing, and commercialization. You will own governance, drive cross-functional alignment, and oversee risk and financial aspects to deliver measurable business outcomes.

The role requires leading executive-level governance, building partner relationships, and guiding multiple alliances through complex decisions and