Summary
About the Role
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.
Why Novartis: Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. Ready to create a brighter future together? https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture
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