Deals Strategy Senior Manager

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Responsibilities

As a PLS Strategy Senior Manager you ll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Overseeing the successful delivery of projects, which may include multiple projects at a time, while leading a team of 6-8 consultants
• Working with existing operators, private equity platform on defining their investment agenda e.g. new market entries
  market strategies for new investments, capital allocation
• Conducting market assessments and financial feasibilities on new investments
• Commercial and vendor due diligence
• Participate in strategy and operations engagements for our clients
• Framing and understanding key client issues, client processes and mandate, defining realistic expectations for the client, team, and PwC
• Managing the client relationship on a day-to-day basis and other stakeholders
• Structuring and ensuring the development of written reports encompassing the relevant analysis, findings and recommendations
• Managing client expectations and ensuring that the scope of work
• Managing project budget, reporting on project costs, and managing payment collection
• Support in driving the business development agenda in a focused industry, including leading pitches and proposal work
• Contributing to the wider business unit through knowledge sharing, recruitment, mentoring, training and other activities

Requirements

• Extensive experience in a strategy consulting firm
• Hands on experience with Healthcare enterprises or Pharmaceuticals industry
• Proven record of success in commercial due diligence or corporate strategy roles
• Hands on experience with assisting clients in strategic planning and business reviews; growth, market entry and international expansion; and market opportunity sizing
• Significant understanding of mergers, integrations, spin-offs and/or divestiture transactions, including options analyses and recommendations
• Motivated to develop and manage client relationships
• Ability to deliver significant business results that reflect strategic and creative thinking and individual initiative
• Confident to manage multi-resource engagements: using work plans to manage day-to-day execution, removing roadblocks, proactively asking for help, effectively communicating up, down and laterally.
• Comfortable providing direction, coaching and guidance to junior resources
• Excellent writing, communicating, facilitating, and presenting capabilities for all levels of audiences
• Willingness to multi-task and balance time effectively
• Understanding advanced analytics and big data is preferred
• Arabic speaking considered a plus
• Your flexibility to travel 20% of the time. This means we may require you to work away from your base office location on a regular basis and frequent overnight stays may be required. Where possible, we will take your preferences into account and strike a balance between meeting your career development/personal needs and those of the business and our clients.