Line of Service
Advisory
Industry/Sector
Not Applicable
Specialism
Deals
Management Level
Senior Manager
Job Description & Summary
About the role
The Health Industries team within M&A Operations is a fast-growing and market leading team, working on a wide range of client engagements. The M&A deals we work on range in size from £50m to over £5bn and our clients include the most well-known brands and businesses in the world. We often work on these high-profile deals with the world’s best known Private Equity Houses, Pharma & Life Sciences Corporates and Private Healthcare Providers. Our work spans across the deal cycle, from pre-deal diligence, synergy development and separation planning through Day 1 and into implementation support. We routinely collaborate with PwC’s wider Pharma & Life Sciences practice, including Strategy consulting and Financial Due Diligence, as part of our go-to-market.
We comprise both career-consultants and subject matter experts from industry and actively seek diversity of experience in our new team members.
This role is for you if:
Take responsibility for the end-to-end delivery of projects, from scoping and pricing work through to leading the team to create high-quality deliverables
Lead engagements and the Operations workstream on high-profile M&A transactions across the deal cycle
Act as the day-to-day client contact, building trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders
Develop and coach project team members, supporting their growth and the quality of team outputs
Tailor our service offering and project approach based on client need and deal requirements
Play a key role in business development, using your experience and building a network across the firm to identify and respond to opportunities for future growth
Lead pre-deal work, including value creation advisory (how transformation and divestment can generate greater shareholder return), buy and sell side operational due diligence, and synergy development and review
Lead carve-out and divestment support, Day 1 readiness and 100-day planning (including delivering quick wins), M&A integration and post-acquisition performance improvement
This role is for you if:
Have significant experience in an operational leadership or business transformation role in a corporate, in the operational side of private equity, or in operational management within a Pharmaceutical or Healthcare environment, either from within industry or as a consultant
Are able to think strategically and connect overall objectives to cross functional impacts
Have a value creation mindset and an ability to articulate critical value preservation and creation actions required in order to execute a deal
Have a proven track record of leading projects end-to-end, including scoping, pricing and managing teams, and an ability to build relationships with a broad range of stakeholders to execute complex programmes
Financially and operationally astute, with strong analytical capability (or willingness to develop skills) in tools such as Alteryx, PowerBI, or Tableau, and able to deliver high-quality outputs under time pressure.
Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with a proven ability to engage, influence, and build trusted relationships with senior business leaders.
Have experience of, or a strong appetite for, business development, including building networks to identify and convert new opportunities
Are comfortable under pressure and able to lead teams through ambiguity, building an evidence base to support a position where information is imperfect or incomplete
What you’ll receive from us
No matter where you may be in your career or personal life, our benefits are designed to add value and support, recognising and rewarding you fairly for your contributions.
We offer a range of benefits including empowered flexibility and a working week split between office, home and client site; private medical cover and 24/7 access to a qualified virtual GP; six volunteering…