Alliance Manager (m/f/d)

The position

Are you passionate about driving external innovation through strategic partnerships? At Boehringer Ingelheim, collaboration is at the core of delivering breakthrough therapies to patients worldwide. As an Alliance Manager within our Innovation Unit (IU) Business Development & Licensing (BD&L), you will shape and lead high-impact alliances, acting as a key interface between Boehringer Ingelheim and its partners. Based in Vienna, this role offers  visibility and the opportunity to contribute directly to our global R&D success.

Tasks & responsibilities

• Build and maintain strong, trust-based relationships with internal stakeholders and external partners across functions and geographies


• Lead alliance governance, including steering committees, ensuring alignment with contractual, strategic, and operational objectives


• Drive execution of joint R&D plans, ensuring delivery against milestones, timelines, and partner expectations


• Ensure financial transparency, including tracking of commitments, forecasting, and performance monitoring across alliances


• Identify, anticipate, and resolve risks or conflicts, balancing stakeholder interests to enable sustainable partnership success

Requirements

• Hold an advanced scientific degree (PhD, MD, or equivalent) combined with at least 8 years experience in pharma, biotech, or life sciences


• Bring extensive experience in alliance management, BD&L, or managing complex external partnerships in a global context


• Demonstrate a strong understanding of drug discovery and development processes and the dynamics of collaborative R&D environments, ideally in the therapeutic area of Oncology


• Show excellent leadership, stakeholder management, and influencing skills in a cross-functional, matrix organization


• Communicate fluently in English and be willing to travel internationally (up to ~20%)

Your Benefits

• Flexible working time models: home office and flexible working hours, depending on department and position – many things are possible with us.


• Additional days off (“bridge-days”): more free time through additional days off to bridge single working days between bank holidays and the weekend – without having to use vacation days.


• Canteen & Cafeteria: whether it's coffee and croissant for breakfast, various lunch menus or snacks in between – our subsidized staff restaurant & cafeteria has something for every taste including vegetarian and vegan options.


• Learning & development: diverse training and development opportunities for your personal and professional growth. Because: you never stop learning.


• Health promotion: health is important to us – that's why we offer different programs to promote physical and mental health.


• Public transport ticket: we encourage our employees to use public transport on their daily way to work. Costs for public transport? We cover them!

The remuneration for this position starts at EUR 108.000 gross annual target salary per year (full time). The actual salary package depends on professional experience and qualifications. We will be happy to discuss further details in person.

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Do you have any additional questions about the position? Your HR Recruiting Manager for this position is Martina Prenn.

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