Graduate, Corporate Development
Based in Basildon, Essex
Salary: Competitive + Benefits + Bonus
Start date early September 2025
If you have a keen interest in corporate development and want to gain a deep understanding of the process of identifying new product opportunities and the development of these into profitable and sustainable pipelines, then we want to hear from you.
Join us to help improve peoples' lives and make healthcare better for everyone!
Why Pharmanovia?
Pharmanovia is a dynamic, fast-growing international pharmaceutical company with a portfolio of over 20 brands across more than 160 markets. Our mission is to improve patient health globally through the revitalisation of niche, tried-and-trusted medicines.
Our core behaviours are:
We keep our promises and do as we say.
We value our heritage and foster an entrepreneurial spirit.
We reinvest in our future - in our products, our brands and our people.
We give back to our communities.
Since its inception in 2013, Pharmanovia has grown consistently year on year, focusing on delivering high-quality branded prescription medicines to patients, prescribers and healthcare providers across the world. Our growth has enabled the company to reinvest in its products, brands, people, and to give back to its communities. A people business with a strong, supportive culture that encourages innovation and entrepreneurial spirit, our team comprises over 300 employees and 29 nationalities, operating from offices in the UK, Denmark, Netherlands, Switzerland, U.A.E., India, Singapore, Italy, Spain, and South Korea.
Our Graduate Scheme:
We are passionate about providing early pathways into pharma for graduates and have won the Pharma Industry Awards UK's Graduate Training Programme of the Year in September 2023. This award celebrates those pharmaceutical organisations offering best-in-class graduate training and development programmes.
During this two-year programme you will have the opportunity to get real hands-on experience and contribute to large-scale real-world pharmaceutical projects. At the end of the successful completion of our scheme, you will have strong employment prospects as we hope to be able to offer you the chance to secure a full-time role with our brightest minds, in a department that will keep developing your career.
The role:
You will be an integral member of the Pharmanovia Corporate Development team, providing first-rate representation of the company, and building on our existing credibility, to position Pharmanovia as a global partner of choice for innovative, orphan and value-add medicines.
Reporting to the VP Corporate Development, and working in tandem with the global team, regional commercial affiliates and partners, you will proactively identify and assess new product opportunities that support the development of a profitable and sustainable pipeline, that delivers three to five new product launches globally each year. Opportunities can take the form of licensing, distribution or co-development deals and you will play a key role in the assessment and completion of each transaction.
What you'll be involved in:
Supporting end-to-end deal lead processes and prospecting activity
Actively participating in searching and screening for new opportunities for licensing and M&A
Preparing materials required to present the opportunity internally, and gain management buy-in
Collaborating with cross functional teams to ensure a complete evaluation of each opportunity
Coordinating internal and external diligence teams to ensure all due diligence exercises are carried out in an efficient and timely manner
Supporting diligence activities for assigned projects; assisting with Q&A, managing cross-functional team activity, preparing materials and commercial forecasts
Coordinating with the investment team and central functions to run business cases
Local salesforce and Monday.com champion - ensuring activity is captured within CRM
Coordinating regional/global B2B conferences ensuring each is efficiently organised
Supporting global team with all corporate development activities
Coordinating market research and advisory appointment in support of deal activity
Learning and developing in a fast-moving environment
About you:
On track to achieve a minimum 2.1 degree in business, finance or life sciences
Experience in a pharmaceutical/private equity/investment banking environment is a plus
Excellent standard of written and verbal communication in business English
Strong aptitude for technology and highly proficient in the use of MS Office
Ability to relate to stakeholders at all levels
First class numerical and analytical skills
Proactive approach to problem solving and critical thinking
Detail-oriented and organised, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines simultaneously
Collaborative, team-player attitude and a willingness to take on new challenges
Eagerness to learn and develop new skills
What we offer:
We offer a competitive salary and rewards package including holiday, health & well-being program, employee recognition awards, social events, pension scheme and hybrid working.
Graduates are an important part of the team. We're committed to having a workforce that represents every part of society. So, we're keen to hear from candidates from all backgrounds and circumstances.
Interviews will be held from December 2024 until March 2025. Offers should be made in March/April, with the role starting at the beginning of September 2025.
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