Lead Academic Collaborations Manager

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R26-12427
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** Position Overview
** The Lead Academic Collaborations Manager supports academic collaboration activities that enable the adoption of new and emerging technologies and the acquisition of biological samples for product development and clinical research. This role coordinates collaboration efforts across internal teams and external academic partners, managing administrative workflows and deliverables to ensure alignment with contractual obligations and relationship expectations. The Manager combines scientific understanding with operational rigor and a strong service mindset to help ensure collaborations run smoothly and effectively.

This role is eligible for fully remote status or onsite status at one of our office locations.
** Essential Duties
** Include, but are not limited to, the following:
* Serve as a cross-functional partner for academic collaborative studies, providing visibility, structure, and momentum to advance prospective and active projects.
* Support development of collaborative research plans and monitor milestones and deliverables, surfacing risks and opportunities to enable timely decision-making and productive partnerships.
* Identify and evaluate new and emerging academic technologies, assessing potential impact to research and development and coordinating due diligence activities.
* Act as a connective tissue across business, clinical, research, medical, legal, commercial, and leadership stakeholders to ensure clear communication and alignment on collaboration objectives.
* Apply operational expertise to support execution of collaborative studies in a highly matrixed environment, managing timelines, resources, risks, and interdependencies.
* Maintain a strong pulse on collaboration progress, facilitating the right discussions at the right time to sustain forward momentum and accountability.
* Develop clear, decision-ready materials—including dashboards, reports, and presentations—that synthesize collaboration status, insights, and next steps.
* Uphold company mission and values through accountability, innovation, integrity, quality, and teamwork.
* Support and comply with the company’s Quality Management System policies and procedures.
* Maintain regular and reliable attendance.
* Ability to act with an inclusion mindset and model these behaviors for the organization.
* Ability to travel up to 25% of working time away from work location (e.g., between Exact Sciences locations, to collaborative institutions, to scientific medical conferences, etc.); may include overnight/weekend travel.
** Minimum Qualifications
*** Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences, with focus in molecular biology.
* 4+ years of combined experience in biotech, pharma, diagnostics, or academic setting working with clinicians and researchers from academic medical centers performing translational and clinical studies in peer review settings.
* Demonstrated ability to interpret complex clinical and scientific data and translate it into clear action items to help advance studies.
* Strong project management skills and familiarity with tools (i.e., Asana, Smartsheet, MS Project).
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including ability to interact with stakeholders across functions and levels.
* Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple high-priority projects concurrently.
* Demonstrated ability to perform the essential duties of the position with or without accommodation.
* Applicants must be currently authorized to work in country where work will be performed on a full or part-time basis. We are unable to sponsor or take over…