Senior Director, External Innovation & Research Alliances

POSITION SUMMARY Zoetis is currently looking for a Senior Director, External Innovation & Research Alliances This position reports to the Vice President, External Innovation, Veterinary Medicine Research and Development (VMRD), and is expected to be part of the global External Innovation team. The incumbent will need to be a self-starter and deliver on objectives as well as build and maintain strong relationships. The position would be research alliance focused. The position is based in Spain and requires permanent residence in Spain. The position is expected to coordinate alliances and collaborations, and effectively communicate anticipated investments, commitments, and deliverables from the alliances, and update all alliance information to the centralized alliance database for VMRD. This will require working with colleagues to multiply the "reach" into institutes, universities, biotech’s, and companies, developing and managing relationships with key external collaborators. Total travel will likely be approximately 10-15%. POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES Key responsibilities will include: Identification, assessment, triage, negotiation, transaction, and management of external relationships that provide substrate, technologies, disease models, and/or research information or expertise that delivers critical aspects to projects in the VMRD portfolio. Effective communication and engagement with VMRD research project teams, commercial development partners, and business development