Director, Alliance Management (Alliance Lead)

<p><b>Location: Barcelona, Spain (On-site) / 3 days working from the office.</b></p><p></p><p><span><span>The </span><span>HBS </span><span>Alliance Management </span><span>(AM) </span><span>group sits within </span><span>PPA within PMB</span><span> and is a</span><span>ccountable for setting the sourcing </span><span>strategy across</span><span> R&amp;D and manag</span><span>ing</span><span> adherence to </span><span>it.</span><span> </span><span>They </span><span>ensure our </span><span>partners</span><span> deliver to the needs of the organisations; </span><span>and develop</span><span> strong, beneficial partnerships with key suppliers.</span></span><span> </span></p><p><span> </span></p><p><span><span>Th</span><span>e role of the</span><span> </span><span>Alliance Management </span><span>Director </span><span>is to act as the </span><span>Alliance </span><span>Lead </span><span>for </span><span>one or more </span><span>partner</span><span>(s)</span><span> </span><span>within</span><span> AZ’s</span><span> </span><span>outsourc</span><span>ed central lab</span><span> model</span><span>(s)</span><span>.</span><span>  </span><span>They will </span><span>be responsible for</span><span> ensuring the </span><span>partners</span><span>(s) </span><span>within the </span><span>model(s) are</span><span> meeting the </span><span>operational </span><span>needs of the customer</span><span>s</span><span>;</span><span> </span><span>ensuring alliance effectiveness, </span><span>appropriate communications</span><span>, </span><span>ensur</span><span>ing</span><span> that selected partners deliver to contract</span><span>;</span></span><span><span> </span></span><span><span>and </span><span>that </span><span>strong relationship</span><span>s</span><span> with the </span><span>external </span><span>partner</span><span>s</span><span> are created and </span><span>maintained</span><span>.</span></span><span> </span></p><p></p><p><b><span>Typical Accountabilities</span></b><span> </span></p><p><span> </span></p><p><b><span>Partner</span><span> / Model Governance</span></b><span> </span></p><ul><li><p><span><span>Accountable for the alliance management of one or more </span><span>HBS partner</span><span>s </span><span>within or across model(s) </span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Proactively </span><span>identifies</span><span> and manages risks at the </span><span>partner</span><span> / model level </span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Serves as point of contact for issue escalation </span><span>to </span><span>AM</span><span> for their assigned </span><span>partner</span><span>(s), </span><span>and key in </span><span>ensuring solutions are </span><span>identified</span><span> in collaboration with the business stakeholders</span><span>. Facilitates resolution of </span><span>any </span><span>operational issues</span><span> that</span><span> impact delivery</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Leads operational governance of the </span><span>partner</span><span>(s) / model(s)</span><span> </span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>In collaboration with the </span><span>AM Group </span><span>Lead</span><span>,</span><span> contributes to</span><span> executive level governance meetings; </span><span>and contributes to or leads </span><span>model level governance and </span><span>partner</span><span> council forums</span><span>,</span><span> as </span><span>required</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Act</span><span>s</span><span> as audit </span><span>S</span><span>ponsor and/or audit co-ordinator for AZ led </span><span>partner</span><span> </span><span>audits</span><span> as applicable</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><p></p><p><b><span>Partner</span><span> / Model Quality and Performance</span></b><span><span> </span></span><span> </span></p><ul><li><p><span><span>W</span><span>ith </span><span>the</span><span> AM Group </span><span>L</span><span>ead ensures definition of </span><span>appropriate Metrics</span><span> and SLAs </span><span>for the </span><span>partner</span><span> </span><span>within the MSA</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>M</span><span>onitors quality and performance of service deliverables in alignment with the </span><span>MSA</span><span>  </span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Ensure that selected</span><span> </span><span>partner</span><span>s </span><span>deliver to contract and that strong relationships with the external </span><span>partner</span><span>s and internal customers are created and maintained</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Ensures effective visibility of </span><span>partner</span><span> performance to relevant stakeholders</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Ensures ongoing assessment </span><span>and integration </span><span>of <