Senior Alliance Manager, London

About this role

Isomorphic Labs is applying frontier AI to help unlock deeper scientific insights, faster breakthroughs, and life-changing medicines with an ambition to solve all disease.

The future is coming. A future enabled and enriched by the incredible power of machine learning. A future in which diseases are curtailed or cured starting with better and faster drug discovery.

Come and be part of an interdisciplinary team driving groundbreaking innovation and play a meaningful role in contributing towards us achieving our ambitious goals, while being a part of an inspiring and collaborative culture.

The world we want tomorrow is the one we’re building today. It starts with the culture at this company. It starts with you.

About Iso

Isomorphic Labs (IsoLabs) was launched in 2021 to advance human health by building on and beyond the Nobel-winning AlphaFold system. Since then, our interdisciplinary team of drug discovery experts and machine learning specialists has built powerful new predictive and generative AI models that accelerate scientific discovery at digital speed.

Our name comes from the belief that there is an underlying symmetry between biology and information science. By harnessing AI’s powerful capabilities, we can use it to model complex biological phenomena to help design novel molecules, anticipate how drugs will perform and develop innovative medicines to treat and cure some of the world’s most devastating diseases.

We have built a world-leading drug design engine comprising AI models that are capable of working across multiple therapeutic areas and drug modalities. We are continually innovating on model architecture and developing cutting-edge capabilities to advance rational drug design.

Every day, and with each new breakthrough, we’re getting closer to the promise of digital biology, and achieving our ambitious mission to one day solve all disease with the help of AI.

Your impact

This is an exciting opportunity to work at the intersection of pioneering science and business, collaborating with world-leading computational chemists, biologists, and AI experts to advance the next generation of medicines. As a member of the Portfolio Operations and Alliance Management team, you will be foundational in building and nurturing strategic partnerships that are critical to our success, as well as mentoring team members and acting as a role model for best practices. You will drive the successful delivery of our key partnerships — from early-stage research collaborations to later-stage development programs—ensuring they achieve maximum scientific and commercial value.

What you will do

• Manage strategic alliances with our partners which have broad and long-term impact on our corporate performance and valuation.

• Contribute to drive the implementation and execution of operational, governance, and communication frameworks for new alliances, ensuring seamless integration and alignment between internal teams and external partners.

• Oversee the co-creation and tracking of joint research, development and data-sharing plans, ensuring alignment with contractual obligations and strategic goals.

• Serve as the primary point of contact for key partners, fostering collaborative relationships and managing all aspects of alliance governance, including Joint Steering Committees) and executive reviews.

• Partner with Business Development during the negotiation and contracting phase of new collaborations, providing expert input on alliance management terms and performing due diligence to ensure operational feasibility.

• Help develop, implement, and refine best-in-class alliance management processes, tools, and metrics, aligning with industry standards to track partnership health and performance.

• Proactively identify and pursue value-creation opportunities within existing partnerships while anticipating and mitigating potential risks and conflicts.

• Champion a collaborative “one team” culture across the company and our external partners, fostering open communication and mutual success.

• Guide decision-making within the contractual governance framework, ensure milestones are met, convene appropriate partners to enlist their support, and constructively resolve conflicts, escalating to senior management as necessary.

Skills and qualifications

Essential:

• Proven Alliance Management experience: Demonstrated success in an Alliance Manager role within the pharmaceutical, biotech, or life sciences industry, with direct responsibility for managing complex collaborations (e.g., research, development, data partnerships).

• Contractual Acumen: In-depth,