Director, Corporate Development

Edwards Lifesciences • Alton, IL

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Edwards Lifesciences’ Corporate Development group is seeking a Director to support a broad range of strategic transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, intellectual property and technology licenses, and partnerships. The role supports the company’s long-term growth strategy by assessing, evaluating, structuring, negotiating, and completing potential transactions.

The Director develops and plans larger corporate development projects and activities, with accountability for completing project deliverables, and provides direction and guidance to project teams. The role also identifies complex process improvements and opportunities for course correction or alignment. This is an on-site position based in Irvine, California.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a related field and at least 12 years of related experience; alternatively, a master’s degree or equivalent in a related field and at least 10 years of related experience.
• Demonstrated successful track record in negotiating and overseeing R&D-focused business development projects in the healthcare industry.
• Successful project management leadership skills.
• Ability to build high-trust relationships with external stakeholders, including venture capital firms, private equity firms, entrepreneurs, and other sources of innovation.
• Excellent problem-solving, organizational, analytical, and critical-thinking skills, including discretion and judgment in decision-making.
• Negotiation and interpersonal relationship skills to drive objectives while working with all organizational levels, including CEOs and senior executives.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, matrixed, dynamic, and constantly changing work environment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working in a large manufacturing company.
• Certification in a related discipline.
• Experience working in a regulated industry.
• Experience in medical devices and/or healthcare, with deep clinical or technical knowledge of the structural heart disease market.
• Experience in capital markets.
• Experience in financial analysis, strategy, strategic marketing, and international or global markets.

Responsibilities

• Develop and plan larger corporate development projects and activities, with accountability for completing project deliverables.
• Provide direction and guidance to project teams executing larger corporate development projects, initiatives, and programs.
• Identify complex corporate development process improvements and opportunities for course correction or alignment.
• Synthesize information from multiple sources to develop insights and recommendations on business development strategies and opportunities.
• Build financial models to assess market opportunities and potential technology investments for go/no-go strategic decisions.
• Prepare monthly briefing materials for executive management and the Board of Directors.
• Contribute to the Edwards Corporate Development pipeline.
• Coordinate due diligence efforts, including collecting and disseminating diligence materials.
• Prepare and analyze alternative deal-structuring options.
• Coordinate preparation of definitive agreement schedules.
• Identify value creation opportunities and synergies, and develop integration roadmaps with business unit, functional, and regional stakeholders.
• Assess, evaluate, structure, negotiate, and complete potential strategic transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, IP and technology licenses, and partnerships.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries.
• Performance-based incentives.
• A wide variety of benefits programs to address the diverse individual needs of employees and their families.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director