Senior Manager, M&A Transactions

Key Responsibilities:

• Deal strategy and execution
  • 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.
• Risk and value assessment
  • 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.
• Review and negotiation of definitive documentation
  • Primary counterpart to M&A legal to solicit business input on transaction documents.
  • Soliciting input across functions and ensuring transaction documents secure Novartis interests while balancing risk and reward for the partner.
• Governance orchestration
  • Prepare decision-making framework for ECN DC and BoD, ensuring consistent approach to risk and value assessment of an opportunity.
  • Choreograph compressed / ad-hoc governance calendars to secure approvals in competitive processes and maintain pre-read hygiene.
  • Integrate PSB, R&D LT, and Commercial Review session outputs into ECN DC and BoD materials.
• Approval-to-closing diligence process
  • Review of all new information shared by the counterparty or as it relates to the target asset(s) profile from approval until signing and again from signing until closing.
  • 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.

A Senior Manager M&A Transactions is a key contributor to supporting portfolio-shaping transactions, ensuring compliance and risk mitigation, orchestrating cross-functional execution, and enabling organizational readiness for integration or separation.

Essential Requirements:    

• 2+ years’ experience in leading end-to-end M&A deals across a variety of deal types, including acquisitions, divestments, joint ventures, licensing, and partnerships across multiple geographies.
• 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.
• Education: Bachelor's degree required, ideally with a business, finance, or life-science focus. Master's degree or equivalent preferrable.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:

Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Accessibility and Accommodation: 

Novartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to all individuals. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, or in order to receive more detailed information about the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to diversity.inclusion_ch@novartis.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.