Strategic Healthcare Professional

As an Associate Director in our Mergers and Acquisitions Strategy Team, you will build and nurture positive working relationships with teams and clients to exceed client expectations.

• Build and maintain strong relationships with teams and clients to deliver exceptional results.
• This practice advises corporate groups and private equity funds on strategic issues related to their acquisition, divestiture, and investment decisions.
• This advice encompasses entry and investment strategy, market and competitive analysis, commercial due diligence/business plan review, partner evaluation, synergy assessment, and business planning.
• Work collaboratively as part of a team to analyze industries, companies, and markets to drive unique insights that aid clients' strategic decisions.
• This is a client-facing role involving interaction with corporate CXOs and investment teams of financial sponsors and asset managers.
• Collaborate with intellectually stimulating clients to develop tailored solutions.
• Maintain a client-centric approach, always prioritizing clients' interests and striving to enhance client service with each engagement.
• Apply healthcare sector expertise to engagements and proposals.
• Focus on increasing project realization by optimizing efficiency and minimizing inefficiencies.
• Defend key findings, hypotheses, and views effectively during projects.
• Take ownership of developing non-project collateral, including point-of-view documents, research/white papers, etc.
• Promote operational efficiencies in billing and collection.

To succeed in this role, you must possess the following skills and qualifications:

• Total 7+ years of experience in delivering/leading engagements across areas such as growth strategy, GTM strategy, commercial due diligence, target screening, M&A advisory, etc.
• 4+ years of relevant healthcare experience either in professional services firms delivering CDD/strategy engagements or in the healthcare industry across domains such as hospitals, diagnostics, med-tech, and health-tech companies.
• Demonstrated ability to run multiple workstreams on engagements and lead a team of 3-4 consultants/executives.
• Relevant experience working with private equity clients, Indian and global healthcare companies.
• A post-graduate degree in management from a tier 1 Indian or global business school.
• Exceptional quantitative and qualitative analytical skills.
• Outstanding oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to develop and analyze financial statements.
• Ability to work in unstructured environments and meet tight deadlines.
• Experience in strategy or M&A with a consulting firm would be an added advantage.
• Focused on delivering high-quality service.
• Fluency in written and verbal English.

We offer a range of benefits, including:

• Base location: Mumbai (preferred) / Delhi / Bengaluru.
• This profile involves occasional travel to client locations.
• Hybrid work arrangements are available, allowing for flexibility and work-life balance.

We expect our people to:

• Embody our purpose by challenging themselves to identify issues that are most important for our clients, our people, and society.
• Lead with integrity to build inclusion and motivation.
• Create a sense of vision and purpose.
• Achieve high-quality results through collaboration and teamwork.
• Develop diverse capabilities for the future.
• Persuade and influence stakeholders effectively.
• Partner to build new solutions.
• Show commercial acumen.
• Leverage data to recommend impactful approaches and solutions.
• Communicate effectively to achieve win-win possibilities.
• Manage change with resilience.
• Deliver high-quality results while mitigating risks.
• Apply strategic thinking to solve business issues and complex problems.
• Leverage technology ethically to deliver high impact for clients and our organization.
• Exercise empathetic leadership and inclusivity, creating a safe and thriving environment where everyone's valued for who they are.