Senior Director, Alliance and Integration Management

Senior Director, Alliance and Integration Management

Position : Senior Director, Alliance and Integration Management

Location : Boston, USA

Introduction To The Role

The Business Development Operations (BDO) team is a stand‑alone business unit within AstraZeneca that pursues a range of value‑enhancing business development opportunities that have a clear strategic fit with our portfolio and commercial capabilities. These transactions can be alliances and strategic asset acquisitions to enhance our portfolio and pipeline in our main therapy areas, externalisation activity to broaden or accelerate the value in our pipeline, or divestments to streamline our focus.

Reporting to the Head of Alliance and Integration Management (AIM), the Senior Director, Alliance and Integration Management will manage and optimise the value of late‑phase development / commercial alliances, lead the integration of complex partnerships / asset‑acquisitions, and lead the transition of divestments across the global business.

In addition, the Senior Director, in collaboration with the Alliance and Integration Management team, will establish an industry‑leading AIM capability that improves AstraZeneca’s reputation as the ‘Partner of Choice’. This will be accomplished through the development and constant improvement of tools, techniques and processes in Alliance and Integration Management, by influencing and supporting Alliance Managers across other functions and therapeutic areas, and by becoming recognised by our partners as a trusted ombudsman in key strategic alliances.

Through exceptional leadership, strong cross‑functional alignment and collaboration with multiple groups (executive leadership, business development, legal, finance, commercial, operations, clinical, regulatory) and the solid building of effective partner relationships, this role ensures cohesive engagement with the overall Alliance and Integration Management performance objectives.

The Senior Director, Alliance and Integration Management is a highly visible, impactful role with the opportunity for advancement to many other progressive leadership roles within the company.

Key Responsibilities

• Leading the integration and alliance activities for high priority and complex company acquisitions, divestitures, strategic alliances and other deal types, through global cross‑functional teams.
• Driving the rapid establishment of optimised, efficient business processes for integrated entities and alliance relationships that deliver the value underpinning the business case for the deal whilst balancing and managing business, legal, and human risks appropriately.
• Reporting progress for the most important acquisitions and alliances across AZ to SET and senior stakeholders and recommending areas for performance improvement.
• Ensuring compliance with all alliance contractual provisions, managing contractual disputes, and coordinating alliance contract renegotiation or amendments when required.
• Facilitating key alliance governance meetings, developing partnership interventions to increase teamwork / trust between AZ and its partners (particular focus on oncology alliances).
• In collaboration with Transaction Directors, driving early inclusion of governance and integration / transition planning through the Due Diligence process and ensuring seamless transition post signature into the alliance / integration ‘kick off’ through steady state and eventual alliance termination.
• In collaboration with Transaction Directors, negotiating and executing the Transition Services Agreements (TSA) and all associated schedules for acquisitions and divestments.
• Developing and implementing best‑in‑industry approaches to Alliance and Integration Management.
• Developing and implementing tools, techniques and processes to support future activities and establish an AZ way of working in partnerships.
• Driving and embedding a strong culture of continuous improvement across the AZ Alliance Management community, ensuring key learning is applied to subsequent alliances / integrations.
• Enhancing the broader AZ AIM functional capabilities, through developing and implementing tools, training and development programmes.
• Acting as a spokesperson / ambassador for AZ at Alliance, Integration and BD meetings, ensuring that AZ is seen as a leader in the field of alliance and integration management.

Essential Skills / Experience

Desirable Skills / Experience

Why Join Us?

At AstraZeneca, we encourage you to look beyond our company and shape the wider external environment. We ensure policymakers understand, and take into consideration, our industry when managing national and international frameworks. Be part of a team of specialists that is valued and crucial to the growth of AstraZeneca. Here you are encouraged to apply entrepreneurial and innovative thinking to make things happen in a creative, yet rigorous, environment.

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life‑changing medicines. In‑person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That’s why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn’t mean we’re not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.

Are you ready to lead the way in shaping the external environment? Join us at AstraZeneca where you can make an impact!

Salary

The annual base pay offered for this position ranges from $179,985 to $269,978. Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualised factors, including market location, job‑related knowledge, skills, and experience. In addition, our positions offer a short‑term incentive bonus opportunity; eligibility to participate in our equity‑based long‑term incentive program. Benefits offered include a qualified retirement program 401(k) plan; paid vacation and holidays; paid leaves; and, health benefits including medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans. Additional details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. If hired, the employee will be in an “at‑will” position and the Company reserves the right to modify base pay (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department / team performance, and market factors.

Date Posted

12-Nov-2025

Closing Date

30-Nov-2025

Our mission is to build an inclusive environment where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and employees. In furtherance of that mission, we welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of their protected characteristics. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please complete the corresponding section in the application form.

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