YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The primary responsibilities of this role, Deputy Director Business Development Divestment Operations, are to: 

• Support an end to end process for divestitures and managing each stage of the transaction on each deal;
• Build the framework, process, and tools/templates, and lead value delivery by establishing key partnerships across functional areas in all regions;
• Work on functional areas as supply chain, regulatory, commercial, clinical, medical affairs, finance, pharmacovigilance and others;
• Provide guidance, and updates to BD&L and other senior management on transaction progress;
• Coordinate the process and develop the materials for divestiture activities throughout the divestiture process;
• Serve as a point of contact within BD&L for functional areas on global and regional divestiture deals;
• Support and where appropriate leads deal negotiations, due diligence, separation planning and execution;
• Identify priorities, progress and risks associated with each divestiture;
• Develop value creator and risk mitigation for each project;
• Conduct lessons learned and identify best practices.

WHO YOU ARE

Your success will be driven by your demonstration of our LIFE values. More specifically related to this position, Bayer seeks an incumbent who possesses the following:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or science or related discipline; MBA or equivalent highly preferred.
• At least five years overall experience in the pharmaceutical industry;
• At least two years of transaction experience within BD&L or related;
• Experience with strategy development and project management;
• Ability to manage complexity within matrix organization;
• Excellent communication skills;
• Ability to develop relationships and inspire confidence and trust from internal and external partners at all levels;
• Willingness to travel up to 50% if required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience working in divestitures;
• Experience in creating strong relationships across multiple functions and businesses.