Novartis

Senior Manager, M&A Transactions

Novartis

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Cambridge • Massachusetts • New Jersey • United States

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Salary

💰 $160,300 - $297,700 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Once an opportunity has been identified and triage is completed by S&E (Search & Evaluation), the Senior Manager M&A Transactions will outline a deal strategy (game plan), including a timeline to signing, governance planning, gating diligence items, bidding strategy, and an engagement plan with the target company.
  • Shape and secure non-binding offer and ultimately binding offer terms in collaboration with M&A Finance, DD (Due Diligence), M&A Legal, M&A Tax, and other relevant line functions within Biomedical Research (BR), Development, TAS, US and International as needed.
  • Build and manage high-performing teams on a deal-by-deal basis, ensuring appropriate level of seniority and cross-functional representation to enable consistently high-quality decision-making at the Executive Committee Novartis (ECN) and Board of Directors (BoD) level.
  • In collaboration with DD head, launch and govern a VDR (Virtual Data Room) based diligence, ensuring target company is disclosing all relevant information and Novartis internal experts are reviewing all relevant information.
  • Coordinate relevant business case inputs and ensure appropriate review from relevant TAL (Therapy Area Leadership) members and ECN members.
  • Incorporate findings from diligence into the risk and value assessment and solicit support from third parties in the diligence process as needed to inform the assessment and recommendation.
  • Primary counterpart to M&A legal to solicit business input on transaction documents.
  • Prepare decision-making framework for ECN DC and BoD, ensuring consistent approach to risk and value assessment of an opportunity.
  • Ensure all new information is adequately reviewed by relevant line functions with escalation to C&BD management and relevant ECN members as appropriate.
  • Key partner to integration function post-signing to ensure knowledge transfer and strategic value drivers of the deal are prioritized in the integration planning process.

Requirements

  • 2+ years’ experience in leading end-to-end M&A deals across a variety of deal types
  • Thorough understanding of corporate strategy with ability to align deals with enterprise growth objectives and portfolio priorities
  • Strong financial background with a solid understanding of financial modelling, scenario planning and synergy assessment
  • Skilled in identifying and mitigating strategic, financial and operational risks
  • Understanding of legal frameworks for licensing and acquisition deals, and a thorough understanding of antitrust and regulatory processes as it relates to document creation and competition law
  • Ability to lead cross-functional teams with influence and drive large multi-disciplinary teams to achieve common objectives and goal
  • Ability to work under pressure and tight timelines while maintaining a collaborative spirit and high communication skills
Benefits
  • health, life and disability benefits
  • 401(k) with company contribution and match
  • generous time off package including vacation, personal days, holidays and other leaves
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
M&A transactionsfinancial modellingscenario planningsynergy assessmentrisk assessmentvalue assessmentdue diligencegovernance planningdeal strategyintegration planning
Soft Skills
leadershipcollaborationcommunicationinfluencedecision-makingteam managementstrategic thinkingproblem-solvingpressure managementcross-functional teamwork