Director, Due Diligence and Integration London

The Due Diligence and Integration Director is a key player responsible for driving the assessment of external programs/entities to support Ipsen's external innovation objectives. Once transacted, they will plan and lead the onboarding, transition, and integration of acquired assets into the Ipsen ecosystem.

Summary & Purpose of the Position

Identified as a key corporate pillar, the individual will play an important role in fulfilling the global partnering/external innovation-driven growth of Ipsen portfolio. They will collaborate with enterprise-wide cross-functional SMEs and stakeholders, including Therapeutic Area Units, R&D functions, Commercial, Medical Affairs, Patient Safety, Technical Operation, Corporate Functions such as Finance, Legal/IP, etc., to run robust diligence and fully integrated recommendations that guide ELT-level decision-making on the transaction, followed by post-transaction seamless integration to the Ipsen pipeline/portfolio.

Main Responsibilities & Technical Competencies

• Due Diligence: Direct key R&D stakeholders to ensure stage appropriate participation of relevant functions to support pre-DD assessment and drive confirmatory due diligence of external programs/entities.
• Manage access to data rooms/internal repositories, and drive data request process to ensure thorough review of science, modality, MoA, clinical/regulatory viability, and CMC feasibility.
• Structure and lead regular meetings and coordinate discussions with internal stakeholders and external parties, as necessary.
• Drive generation of integrated global development plan for the asset/s including risk-mapping and life-cycle management potential.
• Collaborate with finance to generate development cost models; provide Probability of Success matrix to support generation of business case and valuation models.
• Summarize the assessment in a stage-gated manner to generate a consolidated cross-functional report including clear recommendations, interdependencies, risks profiles and mitigation plans.
• Prepare and present material for various governance meetings to support decision-making process.
• Collaborate with deal team during confirmatory diligence, support preparation of transaction in accordance to deal rational, development plans, and financial models.
• Track and manage archival of due diligence assignments supporting the M&A initiatives across all therapeutic areas.
• Partner with the Ipsen due diligence community to ensure Ipsen processes/playbook and functional support remain state-of-the-art per industry standards.

• Integration: Assemble onboarding package capturing all relevant due diligence material to support launch of project/asset teams.
• Manage virtual data rooms including clean rooms/teams; facilitate the data request process pre-close.
• Collaborate with Ipsen stakeholders including relevant corporate functions to define the integration objectives, formulate pre-integration/integration plans to meet these objectives in accordance with the deal model expectations.
• Work closely with Finance to ensure development costs (external and internal) are appropriately reflected and accounted for the execution.
• Support identification of areas for transition support, facilitate development of Transition Services Agreements including cost/resource requirements, and oversee administration of the services.
• Partner with management and staff including that from the acquired businesses to execute integration plan, assimilate into Ipsen, and achieve targets during integration/transition phases.
• Assist in execution of business initiatives during integration/transition period to ensure achievement of financial goals and leading indicators.
• Serve as visible leader and representative from Ipsen to demonstrate culture, values of organization, and welcome new colleagues.
• Partner with integration community to ensure the Ipsen processes/playbook remain state-of-the-art per industry standards.

Knowledge & Experience (Essential)

• 10+ years’ experience in pharmaceutical industry or healthcare consulting with cross-functional hands-on roles; working knowledge of the drug development process.
• Strong interpersonal, facilitation, communication and organization skills.
• Strong project management skills with ability to navigate within matrix environment and collaborative teamwork.
• Applies emerging knowledge and trends; builds strong relationships; contributes to expertise within and beyond assigned area.
• Strong understanding of pharmaceutical product development and LCM strategies.
• SME in one of the functional areas such as clinical, preclinical, CMC, regulatory, medical, commercial.
• Problem solving and decision-making skills, with demonstrated ability to drive initiatives, solve issues, anticipate problems and achieve objectives.
• Strong communication, networking and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Shows courage, maintains composure under pressure, and exercises sound judgment to drive effective implantation of solutions.
• High level of interpersonal skills and integrity.
• Strong conflict management and facilitation skills.
• Good understanding of drug development and its various phases (pre-clinical, clinical phases, registration, post-approval/LCM).
• Strong analytical skills for integrating and interpreting interdisciplinary project information.
• Excellent project management skills (including knowledge and risk management) and ability to inform decision making.

Knowledge & Experience (Preferred)

• Direct experience conducting/participating in due diligence and integration is a plus.
• Leading projects such as Technology.