Corporate Development Manager

Job title: Corporate Development Manager

Company: Zentiva


Job description: Are you ready to make an impact in mergers and acquisitions? As a Corporate Development Manager at Zentiva, you’ll play a pivotal role in driving strategic growth, but also building your career as an M&A professional. You will be working on M&A deals end-to-end from origination, through execution, to integration.This is more than a job; it’s an opportunity to drive a spectrum of transactions, collaborate with top-tier professionals, and develop your expertise in all aspects of M&A deals. You will work in a fast-paced, collaborative, and result-oriented environment. If you’re passionate about making deals that matter and want to work for a company where your ideas and impact are valued, this is the role for you.In addition you will have the opportunity to drive specific strategic initiatives for Zentiva. These are high impact, high visibility projects.In this role, you will:

• Be part of the deal team and over time gain increasing responsibility over M&A projects (~60%) and strategic projects (~40%), incl. ownership of the company’s long-range plan (LRP).
• Opportunity Evaluation: Conduct in-depth evaluation, and take ownership of investment business plan and valuation.
• M&A Project Management: Collaborate closely with cross-functional workstreams and ensure broad engagement of various teams (i.e. legal, tax, regulatory, portfolio, R&D, commercial teams, etc.) in transactions.
• Build an advanced understanding of the pharmaceutical industry, through interacting with expert teams.
• Deal Origination: Build a network of contacts among pharmaceutical companies, brokers, business owners, and investment banks.
• Contract Negotiation: In cooperation with legal advisors, review and negotiation of contract terms. Ensure that due diligence findings and commercial points are reflected in contracts.
• Integrations: Drive post-acquisition integration, ensuring synergies and strategic goals are realized.
• Strategy Deployment: Drive specific strategic projects in the Zentiva Roadmap and support with the strategy refresh process
• Business Planning: Be a core member of the team building the overall Zentiva 5 year plan

The role is part of the broader Strategy & Transformation team and may participate also in other strategy-related projects on an ad-hoc basis.You are well positioned to succeed in this role if:

• You have the analytical rigor to prepare complex business models in Excel. Experience with valuation methods is an advantage.
• You have excellent problem-solving skills and a hands-on approach. You help to resolve situations that are out of daily business and the comfort zone of project teams.
• You are an effective communicator, capable of fostering relationships within project teams while confidently engaging senior stakeholders.
• You have proven experience with M&A projects (i.e. Big4 transaction advisory) or other structured transactions (i.e. Business Development & Licensing). You should have 3+ years in relevant position(s) and 5+ years of experience in total.
• You have the drive to have a career in M&A and the flexibility to work on demanding projects with tight timelines.
• You are ambitious, resilient, and excited by the opportunity to make a measurable impact on an organization.

We promise you will own your success. We will empower you with the freedom and autonomy to shape your work, make key decisions, and take ownership of your success. We will trust you to lead, innovate, and make an impact from day one.And these aspects make the position outstanding:

• Growth: Perspective of career growth and track record of successful projects you will build with us
• Professional network: You will be extending your connections within the industry and among M&A professionals.
• Exposure: You will report to members of Zentiva’s Leadership Group and you will have visibility to Zentiva’s Executive Board.
• Prague: The position is located in Prague, Czech Republic. Zentiva is one of a handful of multi-national companies with its global headquarters (not a service center or regional office) in Prague. Both Zentiva HQ and the city of Prague are well-balanced, diverse, and welcoming.

Expected salary:

Location: Praha 10

Job date: Sat, 28 Jun 2025 00:06:48 GMT

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