Passionate about precision medicine and advancing the healthcare industry?
Technology has had limited impact in healthcare. With recent advancements in AI, that’s about to fundamentally change. Tempus is a healthcare company at the forefront of that change.
Tempus' proprietary platform connects an entire ecosystem of real-world evidence to deliver real-time, actionable insights to physicians. Our data empowers researchers to better characterize and understand disease, and to drive better outcomes through precise, individualized care.
We built Tempus to collect, structure, and organize data from disparate sources to power innovation and discovery. And now, we’re looking for a Head of Alliance Management to join our rapidly growing Data business. This role will be responsible for leading our customer-facing Alliance Management team and ensuring our pharmaceutical and biotech customers get the most out of our products.
Head of Alliance Management
We’re looking for a strategic leader to build and scale our Alliance Management team – including mentoring and developing the Alliance Management team, building a strong operational foundation, proactively solving challenges in high-stakes customer engagements, and scaling best practices to enhance partnership success. The ideal candidate has a proven track record of managing and growing high-performing customer-facing teams, excels in executive communication, and can navigate complex cross-functional relationships, internally and externally, with a strong mix of technical and commercial acumen.
Responsibilities
- Leadership & Team Development
- Lead and develop a high-performing Alliance Management team, fostering skill development, career growth, and strategic impact
- Act as a key escalation point for high-stakes customer issues, guiding the team in resolving complex challenges and strengthening relationships
- Develop and maintain a playbook that standardizes best practices to accelerate onboarding, ensure consistent execution, and improve team effectiveness
- Customer Success & Relationship Management
- Define and monitor customer health metrics to identify risks, drive retention, and uncover growth opportunities for upselling and cross-selling
- Lead customer feedback efforts to gather insights, identify pain points, and ensure a structured approach to improving customer value and experience
- Strategic & Operational Execution
- Establish and refine scalable processes, tools, and KPIs to drive operational excellence
- Support data-driven go-forward strategies by analyzing customer trends, behaviors, and market dynamics
- Collaborate cross-functionally with product, scientific, and commercial teams to enhance customer experience and streamline operations
- Support product launches, including developing resources (e.g., decks, templates, scripts) and roll-out plans to ensure seamless execution and adoption
Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience in go-to-market, strategy, operations, or consulting roles, with at least 2-3 years leading a team
- Entrepreneurial mindset and willingness to take initiative to get things done
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, capable of engaging with customers and internal stakeholders at all levels
- Strong analytical and financial acumen, with ability to draw insights and lead data-driven decisions
- Expertise in navigating within ambiguous situations, with high levels of autonomy
- Proven track record of delivering customer and business outcomes in a fast-growing environment
- Bachelor's degree in a Science or Business discipline; Advanced degree (MBA, MD, PhD, or Healthcare certification) preferred
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The expected salary range below is applicable if the role is performed from [Illinois] and may vary for other locations. Actual salary may vary based on qualifications and experience. Tempus offers a full range of benefits, which may include incentive compensation, restricted stock units, medical and other benefits, depending on the position.
Illinois Pay Range
$165,000—$225,000 USD
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Additionally, for remote roles open to individuals in unincorporated Los Angeles – including remote roles- Tempus reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment: engaging positively with customers and other employees; accessing confidential information, including intellectual property, trade secrets, and protected health information; and appropriately handling such information in accordance with legal and ethical standards. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
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What We Do
Tempus is a technology company advancing precision medicine through the practical application of artificial intelligence in healthcare. With one of the world’s largest libraries of clinical and molecular data, and an operating system to make that data accessible and useful, Tempus enables physicians to make near real-time, data-driven decisions to deliver personalized patient care and in parallel facilitates discovery, development and delivery of optimal therapeutics.
The goal is for each patient to benefit from the treatment of others who came before by providing physicians with tools that learn as the company gathers more data. For more information, visit tempus.com.
Why Work With Us
We're looking for those who challenge the status quo. For the builders who are never done building and the learners who are never done learning. We're looking for unwavering commitment and undying curiosity. We're looking for the smartest people on the planet to attack one of the most challenging problems mankind has ever faced.
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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
Most of the team follows a hybrid policy, with some roles allowing for a fully remote arrangement and some roles being onsite only.
