Relationship Manager
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The healthcare industry is being revolutionized by artificial intelligence, novel business models, and a digital transformation. Stanford Medicine is in the perfect position to be a leader of this transition.

By joining the Stanford Medicine Industry Relations (IR) team, you're joining the front lines of an exciting revolution in health care.

We are looking for proactive, diplomatic enablers to ensure success as we challenge the status quo and partner with industry in novel projects. If you thrive on anticipating needs and proactively solving problems, this may be the perfect role for you.

In this role, you'll be a primary liaison helping to foster and manage complex, high-value partnerships between the School of Medicine and various pharmaceutical and life science companies. You'll earn trust and build relationships with key innovation partners, facilitate meetings, streamline the contract process, define objectives, oversee execution, and report back metrics to key constituents. You'll project manage large, complex projects across multiple internal Stanford departments and external partners.

This position represents the Stanford Medicine Strategy Office and interacts daily with external partner senior executives as well as a variety of internal constituents including physicians, faculty, and senior staff.

Stanford University is seeking a Relationship Manager to manage the entire collection of projects undertaken by an organization or division to ensure alignment with the university's strategic objectives. This role typically proposes new initiatives and champions business and technical planning for major projects.

Duties include:

• Perform the full range of project management cycle: initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing.
• Direct development of an action plan and estimate requirements for resources.
• Facilitate discussions and negotiations to drive consensus.
• Create and execute comprehensive change management strategies and communication plans.
• May oversee other project staff.
• Manage risk associated with numerous projects and programs.

* - Other duties may also be assigned

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE (REQUIRED):

Bachelor's degree in a related field and ten years of progressively responsible project management experience or a combination of education and experience.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (REQUIRED):

• Ability to organize work and manage multiple projects.
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills.
• In-depth knowledge of university operations and administration.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated project management ability.
• Resilience, diplomacy, influence, relationship building, and problem-solving skills.
• Keen grasp of interpersonal and impact awareness.

CERTIFICATIONS & LICENSES:

Project Management Professional (PMP) certified or completion of a Project Management Certificate program.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Frequently sit, perform desk-based computer tasks, and lift/carry objects up to 10 pounds.
• Occasionally stand/walk, write by hand, and lift/carry objects up to 20 pounds.
• Rarely use a telephone, kneel, crawl, and climb ladders.

* - The University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform essential functions.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• May be exposed to extreme temperatures, high voltage electricity, radiation, or allergens.
• Travel locally and cross-university.

The expected pay range for this position is $179,000 to $197,000 per annum. Stanford University provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for a position.