Due Diligence Lead - Temporary
Parma, IT
About us
Based in Parma, Italy, Chiesi is an international research-focused pharmaceutical and healthcare group with over 90 years’ experience, operating in 31 countries with more than 7,000 employees (Chiesi Group). To achieve its mission of improving people’s quality of life by acting responsibly towards society and the environment, the Group researches, develops and markets innovative drugs in its main therapeutic areas: Discover more here
We are proud to to have been awarded with B Corp Certification, a recognition of high social and environmental standards. We are a reliable company that adopts and promotes a transparent and ethical behavior at all levels.
We believe that the success of Chiesi is built and shaped by our people and our strong set of shared Values and Behaviors. Our people make a critical difference to our success, which is why it is vital that we attract and retain the right talent who will continue to enrich our culture by living and breathing our values and behaviors.
We are committed to embrace diversity, inclusion and equal opportunities. In fact, we are a global family made up of different cultures, different genders, generations, ethnicities, abilities, sexual identities and many other enriching diversities.
Chiesi Corporate Functions
At Chiesi, the Corporate Functions serve as drive and support for the Group’s business operations. Encompassing key areas such as Global Finance, Global Procurement, Global ICT, Global Human Resources, Global Legal, Compliance & IP, and Global Communications & Public Affairs, these functions ensure consistency, efficiency, and operational integrity.
Complementing these functions, the Transformation Office is responsible for ensuring the strategic alignment of the organization. It promotes an integrated, digital, and customer-centric approach, supporting growth, efficiency, and value creation in an increasingly data-driven world. The Transformation Office ensures coherence between vision and execution, acting as a catalyst for change across the entire organization.
The Strategy, Sustainability & Growth Department is also part of the Corporate Functions. It includes areas such as Global Strategy, SV&S and Business Development, Competitive Intelligence, and other key capabilities. It is accountable for defining the ‘One Chiesi’ Strategy and allocating resources to create long-term, sustainable, shared value for the Group and its stakeholders.
Who we are looking for
Purpose
The incumbent will join the Due Diligence team on a temporary contract (maternity leave replacement up to 1 year) with the final aim of supporting Chiesi’s inorganic enrichment of pipeline and portfolio with high value assets. The Due Diligence Lead works within the Global Business & Corporate Development unit and with R&D, Franchises and other key stakeholders to assess new external opportunities in Air & Care - these may span across diseases, development stages and therapeutic modalities.
Main Responsibilities
- Provides evaluation expertise to lead and calibrate pre-Due Diligence (pre-DD) and Due Diligence (DD) activities, as part of the broader inorganic growth process
- Sets up cross-functional and fit-for-purpose teams to deliver timely and high-quality assessments, by coordinating and constructively challenging them when necessary
- Key accountabilities relate to developing a technical review package for R&D (in close collaboration with REDEO Leads), IP and GMD and presents and defends the outcome at the appropriate governance meetings. Ensures also continuous connection with non-technical functions (e.g. Marketing, Market Value & Access, CI)
- In alignment with Deal Leaders, develops pre-DD and DD project plans and owns their implementation. Steers team to achieve stage-appropriate deliverables (incl. TPP, development plan, risk & mitigation mapping, key inflection points, partner assessment..) and provides guidance/prioritization on the key business-critical elements to focus on
- Safeguards triage of information sources and guarantees overarching understanding of the scientific and strategic relevance of new external opportunities in the context of a disease’s unmet needs and its present and future standard of care
- Interacts with professionalism with potential partners (mainly Pharmas and Biotechs) to extract the relevant confidential information (via Q&A, calls, meetings, VDR access..) to inform the assessments
- Supports the negotiation team in the initial shaping of the deal and collaboration model (M&A, licensing, co-development, partnership etc..) and facilitates the transition from DD to deal signature and post-deal handover to the future project leadership team
Experience Required
- Experience gained in industry, consulting or academia in either the drug development, business development/investments, strategic marketing, competitive intelligence or medical affairs fields.
- Extensive understanding of the pharmaceutical drug development process with experience in critically reviewing data and assessing their impact cross-functionally
- Solid understanding of inorganic growth / investment field is considered a plus
- Experience in writing and/or reviewing reports and liaising with experts and stakeholders (both internal and external to company) to gather feedback
Education
Master’s degree in Life Sciences or related fields. PhD is considered a plus.
Languages
Fluent in English (both written and spoken), any additional language is considered a plus
Soft Skills
- Strong strategic thinking and goal orientation, with a focus on providing an objective and unbiased perspective, coupled with proven pragmatism and solution orientated mindset
- Project management and cross-functional team-work
- Strong communication skills with ability to apply an audience-tailored approach being able to synthetize and explain complex data and facilitate multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural dialogue
- Resilient and flexible, able to operate under tight deadlines
- Curious and willing to learn
Location
The location is based in the HQ in Parma, with flexible and hybdrid working arrangement.
What we offer
You would join a dynamic, fast-growing, challenging and friendly environment.
In Chiesi we firmly believe that our people are our most valuable asset, that is why we invest in continuous training, learning and development. Therefore, we strive to continuously promote and satisfy development needs, paying particular attention to the quality of our working environment and to collective well-being.
We want our people to come to work happy every day, and we know how important it is to find the right work-life balance in order to be able to give our best. That is why we offer flexible working approach, remote working, support in the relocation process, tax assistance service for foreign colleagues and many other people-care services.
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