Director – Corporate Partnerships

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Collaborate with ACC leadership and business line executives to pinpoint strategic opportunities that align with emerging therapeutic areas, scientific priorities, and industry demands.

• Spearhead innovative partnership initiatives that utilize ACC’s clinical expertise, scientific credibility, educational strengths, quality improvement programs, registry and data assets, and convening influence.

• Act as the primary executive relationship manager for strategic pharmaceutical and life sciences collaborators.

• Cultivate and oversee executive relationships with pharmaceutical, biotechnology, life sciences, and healthcare organizations.

• Create and manage a strategic corporate partnership portfolio aimed at fostering long-term growth, partner retention, and new business opportunities.

• Gain comprehensive knowledge of ACC’s capabilities in education, innovation, science and quality, clinical policy, publications, NCDR, data analytics, market intelligence, patient education, and global health.

• Lead the formulation of complex partnership proposals, business cases, budgets, revenue forecasts, contracts, and multi-year collaboration strategies.

• Identify organization-wide partnership opportunities that address partner priorities throughout the product lifecycle.

• Collaborate with various ACC business units to develop integrated partnership solutions.

• Deliver presentations to executives and facilitate high-level discussions with C-suite leaders and cross-functional industry teams.

• Clearly convey ACC’s value as a cardiovascular professional society and distinguish its capabilities.

• Ensure that partnerships adhere to ACC policies and industry regulations, including ACCME, PhRMA, AdvaMed, FDA guidelines, and other pertinent compliance standards.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree is mandatory.

• 8–10 years of progressively responsible experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, life sciences, healthcare consulting, medical societies, or a related field in healthcare business development.

• A background in medical/clinical, science, or health sciences is preferred.

• Proven track record in developing and managing strategic partnerships with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.

• Strong knowledge of pharmaceutical commercialization, Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, Market Access, HEOR, and healthcare delivery.

• Demonstrated ability to cultivate executive relationships and influence senior stakeholders both internally and externally.

• Proven success in leading complex, enterprise-level business development initiatives from concept to execution.

• Strong strategic thinking, negotiation, proposal development, presentation, and executive communication capabilities.

• Experience in highly matrixed organizations, consistently meeting or surpassing revenue and partnership goals.

• Willingness to travel up to 25%, including participation in major cardiovascular and life sciences meetings and events at ACC Heart House.

• Familiarity with ACCME, PhRMA, AdvaMed, FDA guidelines, and other relevant compliance requirements.

🏝️ Benefits

• Options for medical, dental, vision, basic life, short- and long-term disability, and supplemental insurance.

• Generous paid time off policy.

• Pre-loaded vacation and sick leave.

• 12 designated holidays.

• Organizational shutdown during the last week of the year.

• Parental leave is available.

• 2 days allocated for community service.

• Half-day Fridays during the summer.

• Tuition assistance program.

• 10% retirement contribution following one year of service.

• Commitment to work-life balance.

• Flexible arrangements for remote work.