Director M&A Transactions

Your responsibilities include, but not limited to:  

• Work closely with Corporate and divisional management to understand key corporate and business objectives.

• Build collaborative relationships with key stakeholders to ensure continuous development of M&A strategic roadmap and M&A target list.

• Coordinate interactions across Novartis including key corporate functions (tax, legal, BPA, finance, P&O, and other due diligence functions).

• Support and guide therapy area teams to assess M&A opportunities.

• Build relationships with external parties to facilitate implementation of M&A strategy (potential targets, legal advisors, bankers, and advisors).

• Proactively develop insights on competitors with respect to their M&A strategy.

• Leadership on M&A projects to deliver first-class execution of mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances, and other business combination transactions.

• Provide project management function during execution of projects (including conducting due diligence, valuation, negotiation of deals, key documentation, preparation of groundwork for post-merger integration).

What you'll bring to the role:

• Advanced Degree/MBA (Relevant discipline with analytical content).

• Proficiency in English required.

• Demonstrated experience in extensive M&A transactions, gained in pharma/biotech industry, especially in a project leadership capacity

• Has significant in-depth knowledge of Corporate Finance

• Strong business knowledge and excellent analytical skill with conceptional thinking capabilities.

• Demonstrated planning skills including the ability to identify critical items in advance and proactively address them in coordination with top management

• Demonstrates ability to develop a deep understanding of scientific content in a short period of time.

• Shows strong executive presence and interpersonal skills.

• Ability to challenge while remaining a team player.