Director, Technology Alliance Management (Alliance Lead)

Location: Barcelona - Spain (3 days working from the office and 2 days working from home).

Be part of a dedicated Research & Development team. Fuelled by our commitment to help more patients, strengthen our pipeline and grow our area. This is the place to go beyond discovery – we think holistically about patients and are always learning from those living with diseases.

The Alliance Management (AM) group sits within BioPharma Clinical Operations and is accountable for setting the sourcing strategy across R&D; and managing adherence to it. They ensure our suppliers deliver to the needs of the organisations; and develop strong, beneficial partnerships with key suppliers.

The role of the Alliance Management Director is to act as the Alliance Lead for one or more supplier(s) within outsourcing model(s) / service line(s). They will be responsible for ensuring the supplier(s) within the model(s) are meeting the operational needs of the customers; ensuring alliance effectiveness, appropriate communications,



ensuring that selected partners deliver to contract; and that strong relationships with the external suppliers are created and maintained.

Supplier / Model Governance
- Accountable for the alliance management of one or more supplier(s) within or across model(s) / service line(s)
- Proactively identifies and manages risks at the supplier/model/service line level
- Serves as point of contact for issue escalation to AM for their assigned supplier (s), and key in ensuring solutions are identified in collaboration with the business stakeholders. Facilitates resolution of any operational issues that impact delivery
- Leads operational governance of the supplier(s)/model(s)/service line(s)
- In collaboration with the AM Group Lead, contributes to executive level governance meetings; and contributes to or leads model level governance and supplier council forums, as
- Acts as audit Sponsor and/or audit co-ordinator for

📌 Director, Technology Alliance Management (Barcelona)
🏢 AstraZeneca
📍 Barcelona