Title:  Manager Corporate Development

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title: Manager Corporate Development

Job Location: Bangalore

Reporting Grade:  Lead, Corporate Development

Job Grade: 6-I

About Syngene :  Syngene (www.syngeneintl.com) is an innovation-led contract research, development and manufacturing organization offering integrated scientific  services from early discovery to commercial supply.

At Syngene, safety is at the heart of everything we do personally and professionally. Syngene has placed safety at par with business performance with shared responsibility and accountability, including following safety guidelines, procedures and SOPs, in letter and spirit

Mandatory expectation for all roles as per Syngene safety guidelines

• Overall adherence to safe practices and procedures of oneself and the teams aligned
• Contributing to development of procedures, practices and systems that ensures safe operations and compliance to company’s integrity & quality standards
• Driving a corporate culture that promotes environment, health, and safety (EHS) mindset and operational discipline at the workplace at all times.
• Ensuring safety of self, teams and lab/plant by adhering to safety protocols and following environment, health, and safety (EHS) requirements at all times in the workplace.
• Ensure all assigned mandatory trainings related to data integrity, health, and safety measures are completed on time by all members of the team including self
• Compliance to Syngene’ s quality standards at all times
• Hold self and their teams accountable for the achievement of safety goals
• Govern and Review safety metrics from time to time

Core Purpose of the Role:

Responsible for driving execution of strategic decisions through establishing strategic partnerships, new business opportunities, mergers and acquisitions. Also engaged in other strategic areas as required including investor relations, competitive assessment, new strategy areas etc.

Role Accountabilities

• Identification, assessment and execution of potential mergers, acquisitions, investments and joint ventures in line with Syngene strategy.
• Lead a robust and comprehensive process to identify and evaluate potential opportunities, which includes a rigorous idea generation and screening process that will bring quality acquisition, partnership and investment ideas to the management team
• Engaged in preparation of all M&A documents, financial model and valuation
• Lead cross-functional teams in developing business case analysis and executing and interfacing with commercial, technical, finance, accounting, legal, tax, HR and other departments to ensure seamless deal execution.
• Manage due diligence, deal negotiation, deal structuring, approval and ensure transaction closure enabling Syngene to drive its growth momentum
• Coordinate and lead DD across key areas; liaise with external and internal stakeholders; identify risk risks and mitigation strategies
• Formulate, evaluate, strategize new business opportunities or business models and drive its implementation program.
• Anchor the post deal integration to ensure that the strategic fitment and synergies are realized.
• Understanding of competition in the market; key trends, regulatory requirements to inform benchmarking and decision making
• Support in investor relations – including articulating the equity story to investors as required
• Follow environment, health, and safety (EHS) requirements at all times in the workplace ensuring individual and lab/plant safety
• Ensure environment, health, and safety (EHS) measures are imparted via training and adhered within the team

Leadership Capabilities

• Leadership skills, ability to influence, collaborative approach to work
• Ability to provide inductive and deductive reasoning
• Ability to identify the core issues and ask relevant questions

Syngene Values

All employees will consistently demonstrate alignment with our core values

•  Excellence
•  Integrity
•  Professionalism

Specific requirements for this role

1.Experience: 5+ years of transaction experience in investment banking, investment research, corporate development or M&A or investments

• Experience in executing all aspects of transactions including direct experience in sourcing, analysis, execution, due diligence and closure activities.
• Experience in articulating insights/story from synthesizing information from varied data sources.
• Ability to structure and manage complex cross-enterprise projects and processes with multiple stakeholders.
• Should be an individual contributor.

• Any prior experience in life sciences or bio pharma industry is preferred but not mandatory.

2. Demonstrated Capability: Good understanding of financial statement, modelling and excel skills, Good understanding of overall M&A process
3. Education: Should be an MBA, CFA, CA

Skills and Capabilities

• Good understanding of financial statement, modelling and excel skills
• Good understanding of overall M&A process
• Excellent communication with inherent ability to articulate and express complicated matters in simple terms
• Strong analytics and presentation skills with excellent proficiency in excel, power point
• Good interpersonal skills with ability to drive strategic thinking within the company
• Ability to solve problems
• Possess the knowledge and exposure to environment, health, and safety (EHS) practices.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

It is the policy of Syngene to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable legislation or local law. In addition, Syngene will provide reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities.