Senior Director - Acquisitions Integration Lead

Role Summary

Senior Director, Acquisitions Integration Lead. Lead cross-functional integration planning and execution for potential acquisitions, participate in due diligence, align stakeholders, and drive continuous improvement within the Acquisitions Transition Team to ensure value delivery from integrations.

Responsibilities

• M&A Strategy Development:
  Participate in technical and corporate due diligence and the transaction deal team processes to inform integration strategy and planning
• Develop acquisition integration strategies including operating model and people strategy, define integration priorities based on risks from diligence and business objectives, and gain alignment with Sr. Leadership
• Create acquisition transition roadmap to drive alignment and optimize transparency among leaders and target company employees during integration planning & execution
• Integration Planning And Cross-Functional Coordination:
  Develop comprehensive integration plans, including timelines & resource allocation (in partnership with HR)
• Lead integration meetings and coordinate activities and dependencies across functions ‚Äì ensuring functions remain properly informed of priorities
• Track and report integration progress aligned with the established KPIs
• Project and People Leadership:
  Identify TA Business Lead, Program Management Lead (COO) and other key functional leads to support the integration
• Establish governance and responsibilities related to decision-making
• Resolve major issues and proactively manage risks, while rapidly escalating any issues that cannot be quickly resolved
• Build and maintain contacts with key stakeholders and decision makers in the TA and functional areas
• Drive continuous improvement to strengthen the ATT brand and increase efficiency and consistency across acquisitions
• Seek to understand and represent the needs of the acquired companies. Timely and effectively communicate to and influence relevant stakeholders and decision makers
• Coach and develop team members and others within and outside the organization to effectively develop talent and establish succession plan for key roles.
• Foster a collaborative, positive and inclusive work environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required. MS, MBA, PhD, PharmD preferred
• 10+ years of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry with drug discovery and development processes and/or providing hands-on integration consultation support within the biopharmaceutical industry

Skills

• Experience leading whole company integrations of various sizes and complexity, including OUS
• Experience developing transition services agreements and/or leading asset acquisitions from external companies
• Exceptional project management skills, with a track record of successfully managing complex projects
• Strong working knowledge of due diligence and business development transaction processes
• Outstanding EQ, strong business acumen, strategic thinking, and problem-solving capabilities
• Experience working collaboratively with external companies
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively engage with stakeholders at all levels, both internally and externally
• Change management expertise, with the ability to navigate organizational transitions
• Highly self-motivated and organized; able to multitask with concurrent processing and implementation of many active programs at various stages of evaluation and business discussions
• Strategic negotiation and relationship management experience
• An understanding of industry trends and best practices related to M&A integrations

Education

• Bachelor's degree required. MS, MBA, PhD, PharmD preferred

Additional Requirements

• Some domestic and international travel may be required (~10%)
• Location is USA; legally authorized to work in the United States. Sponsorship not anticipated