Natera is looking to solve the problem of leading and scaling strategic collaborations with leading academic centers, health systems, hospital networks, and precision medicine teams to support scientific progress.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in alliance management, business development, academic/industry partnerships, or clinical research operations, preferably in diagnostics, biopharma, or health tech.
- Proven ability to manage complex, multi-stakeholder research collaborations with academic medical centers or large health systems, including joint steering committees
- Strong working knowledge of institutional research structures (IRBs, CRUs, data governance, grants, publications).
- Experience working with or supporting investigator-initiated trials, collaborative research studies, or real-world evidence programs.
- Background in genomics, molecular diagnostics, or population health science is highly desirable.
- Familiarity with HIPAA, IRB processes, and data-sharing regulations.
- Experience managing alliances that integrate genomic, phenotypic, or EMR data for research or product development.
Responsibilities
- Own the contracting and operational management of research partnerships with academic medical centers, health systems, and research institutions.
- Drive execution of partnership deliverables including collaborative studies, protocol design, data-sharing frameworks, contract milestones, and scientific publications.
- Coordinate internal project teams to ensure alignment on timelines, compliance, data access, and resource allocation.
- Monitor and proactively mitigate risks to partnership success and escalate issues as needed.
- Support development of joint research agendas, including clinical utility studies, biomarker discovery, and precision medicine programs
- Facilitate publication planning, abstract submission, and co-authorships in collaboration with Natera Medical and Scientific Affairs teams.
- Partner with R&D and Data Science to support integration of clinical-genomic data pipelines from academic collaborators.
Other
- Exceptionally organized, with strong project management skills and attention to detail.
- Relationship-driven, with excellent interpersonal, communication, and diplomacy skills.
- Comfortable navigating ambiguity, solving problems, and aligning diverse stakeholder groups.
- Scientific curiosity and a passion for improving patient care through data and discovery.
- Travel expected (~30–40%) to visit current and prospective partners, attend scientific meetings, and support cross-functional planning.
