Senior/Executive Director, Alliance Management (EU/IL)

About Prilenia

Prilenia, a private biopharmaceutical company with a highly committed and talented global team, is seeking a Director/Senior Director Global Program Safety in Regulatory, located in Europe or Israel.

Being part of Prilenia is being a part of a simple but urgent mission – the development of transformative medicines for people affected by devastating neurodegenerative diseases. Driven by an unwavering commitment to scientific excellence, Prilenia is developing pridopidine, a first-in-class potentially neuroprotective sigma-1 receptor (S1R) agonist, which, if approved by the EMA later this year, could be the first approved drug to impact clinical disease progression and not just manage symptoms.

Prilenia holds Orphan Drug designation for pridopidine in HD and ALS in the U.S. and EU. In addition, pridopidine has received Fast Track designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of HD. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has accepted for review Prilenia’s European Marketing Authorisation Application (MAA) seeking regulatory approval of pridopidine for the treatment of HD. This is the first submission seeking approval for a potential treatment that can impact clinical progression in HD. For ALS, Prilenia also plans to initiate a pivotal Phase 3 trial to evaluate pridopidine.

To learn more about our story and company culture, visit us at https://Prilenia.com

About The Role

We seek a dynamic and experienced Senior Director, Alliance Management to join our growing team. This position will play a pivotal role in shaping and maximizing the success of Prilenia’s strategic alliances. The ideal candidate will bring deep experience in life sciences alliance management and a strong track record of effectively managing complex strategic partnerships.

The position will report to the Chief Business Officer. *The position's level will be determined according to the candidate's experience.

Roles And Responsibilities

• Serve as a primary point of contact for our partners and act as a cross-functional advocate for advancing our alliances through key milestones post deal execution
• Build strong, collaborative, effective working relationship with your alliance counterpart(s) at partner companies
• Manage all aspects of alliance governance and connect the dots across partner interactions including joint committees and working groups, ensuring adequate preparations, ensuring appropriate cadence, monitoring agenda and minutes etc.
• Create and track milestone schedules and progress for each partnership and regularly communicate timelines and milestone projections
• Partner with Finance to ensure appropriate monitoring, booking and projections for partnership related activities
• Partner with CLO to track related legal rights and obligations
• Monitor partnership forums and activities, identify needs for escalation and address them with appropriate channels.
• Build and maintain relationships with all relevant internal stakeholders and functional leaders, to progress the partnership(s) according to defined plans and agreements
• Identify risks, delays, or any other issues that require a potential change in strategy, coordinate stakeholder meetings and help support presentation of key topics and identification of solutions and potential risk mitigation plans
• Ensure alignment across partnered organizations, bridging gaps in priorities, cultures, and communication styles
• Participate in other BD activities including potential new partnerships as appropriate
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance or a life sciences discipline required; MBA or other advanced degree (e.g. PhD) preferred
• At least 10+ years of relevant experience in the biotech/pharma industry (e.g., alliance management, corporate/business development, strategy, etc.)
• Experience with managing, executing, and/or evaluating biopharma licensing agreements
• Proven track record of successfully managing strategic partnerships
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex, cross-functional projects with multiple stakeholders and challenging deadlines
• Demonstrated effectiveness in interactions with all levels and disciplines including executives and ability to effectively adapt messages and information to the right forum and needs
• Knowledge of the full lifecycle of drug development through commercialization, with knowledge of each function’s main objectives and contributions (CMC/drug supply, commercial, business development, clinical development, regulatory affairs, finance/accounting, medical affairs, etc.)
• Self-starter with ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Strong relationship-building and operational management skills
  
  

Skills

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to influence, leveraging relationships, expertise, and data
• Ability to effectively observe interactions and identify when intervention/escalation is required, even when others do not
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, resourcefulness
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment
• Strong attention to detail but able to see the big picture
  
  

Location/Time Zones:

• This is a full-time remote position in Europe or Israel. That will include occasional in-person meetings.
• Flexible schedule with interactions across Israel, North America and Europe time zones.
• Periodic travel will be required to meet with partner(s) and/or internal teams
  
  

Prilenia operates across the United States, Canada, Europe and Israel, is incorporated in the Netherlands and backed by leading life sciences investors. We are a highly flexible organization that is mostly remote and encourages team members to work in the ways that make them most effective, with a focus on our common goals and getting the job done.

Prilenia is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We are dedicated to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and welcoming workplace for all.