Senior Vendor & Alliance Program Manager

Generate Biomedicines; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Generate Biomedicines is seeking a Senior Manager to lead vendor oversight and internal coordination for our late-stage clinical program. This role acts as the central point across external vendors and internal functions to ensure aligned work, integrated timelines, and prompt issue resolution.

You will build strong relationships with vendor teams and internal stakeholders, supporting alliance management and cross-functional collaboration across Clinical Operations, Data Management,

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years in clinical operations, clinical project management, vendor management, or alliance management.
• 3+ years of experience managing late-stage clinical studies, vendors, or cross-functional programs.
• Experience coordinating vendors and cross-functional teams supporting late-stage studies or complex development programs.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day vendor oversight for the late-stage program, tracking deliverables, timelines, risks and performance.
• Serve as central coordination point across vendors and internal teams, clarifying ownership and dependencies.
• Establish and maintain integrated timelines, track milestones and interdependencies.
• Coordinate cross-functional and vendor meetings with agendas, pre-reads, decisions, actions and follow-up.
• Support alliance management by building effective relationships and facilitating clear communication.
• Partner with Clinical Operations, Data Management, Biostatistics, Regulatory, Safety, Quality, Finance and others to align vendor work with program needs.
• Monitor vendor deliverables and service levels against plans; identify gaps and coordinate corrective actions.
• Maintain visibility of risks, issues, decisions, assumptions and dependencies; escalate with context.
• Support governance forums and program reviews with status updates, dashboards, and recommendations.
• Coordinate change control and scope updates with stakeholders and vendors.
• Promote consistent ways of working across vendors, including cadence, reporting, escalation, and documentation.
• Identify coordination gaps and opportunities to improve vendor collaboration and program delivery.

Skills

Vendor management

Cross-functional coordination

Program management

Alliance management

Communication

Risk & issue management

Education

Bachelor's degree in life sciences or related field

Advanced degree or PM certification (plus)

Job description

Generate Biomedicines is seeking a Senior Manager to lead vendor oversight and internal coordination for our late-stage clinical program. This role acts as the central point across external vendors and internal functions to ensure aligned work, integrated timelines, and prompt issue resolution.

You will build strong relationships with vendor teams and internal stakeholders, supporting alliance management and cross-functional collaboration across Clinical Operations, Data Management,