Director, Due Diligence and Integration

Overview

The Due Diligence and Integration Director is a key player responsible to drive the assessment of external programs/entities to support Ipsen’s external innovation objectives. Once transacted, this role would plan and lead the onboarding, transition, and integration of the acquired assets into the Ipsen ecosystem. Identified as a key corporate pillar, the individual will play an important role in fulfilling the global partnering/external innovation driven growth of Ipsen portfolio.

The role involves collaboration with enterprise-wide cross-functional SMEs and stakeholders including Therapeutic Area Units, R&D, Commercial, Medical Affairs, Patient Safety, Technical Operations, and Corporate Functions including Finance and Legal/IP to run robust due diligence and provide fully integrated recommendations that guide ELT-level decision making on the transaction, followed by post‑transaction integration into the Ipsen pipeline/portfolio.

• Direct key R&D stakeholders to ensure stage-appropriate participation of relevant functions to support pre‑due diligence assessment and drive confirmatory due diligence of external programs/entities
• Manage access to data rooms/internal repositories, and drive data request process to ensure thorough review of science, modality, MoA, clinical/regulatory viability, and CMC feasibility
• Structure and lead regular meetings and coordinate discussions with internal stakeholders and external parties, as necessary
• Drive generation of an integrated global development plan for the asset(s) including risk-mapping and lifecycle management potential
• Collaborate with Finance to generate development cost models and provide a Probability of Success matrix to support the business case and valuation models
• Summarize the assessment in a stage-gated manner to create a consolidated cross-functional report with clear recommendations, interdependencies, risk profiles and mitigation plans
• Prepare and present material for governance meetings to support decision-making processes
• Collaborate with deal teams during confirmatory diligence and support the preparation of the transaction in accordance with deal rationale, development plans, and financial models
• Track and manage archival of due diligence assignments supporting M&A initiatives across all therapeutic areas
• Partner with Ipsen’s due diligence community to ensure processes/playbooks remain state-of-the-art per industry standards
• Assemble onboarding packages capturing all relevant due diligence material to support launch of project/asset teams
• Manage virtual data rooms including clean rooms/teams; facilitate the data request process pre-close
• Collaborate with Ipsen stakeholders including relevant corporate functions to define integration objectives and formulate pre-integration/integration plans to meet deal model expectations
• Work closely with Finance to ensure development costs (external and internal) are appropriately reflected and accounted for
• Support identification of areas for transition, facilitate development of Transition Services Agreements including cost/resource requirements, and oversee administration of the services
• Partner with management and staff from acquired businesses to execute integration plans, assimilate into Ipsen, and achieve targets during integration/transition phases
• Assist in execution of business initiatives during integration/transition to ensure achievement of financial goals and leading indicators
• Serve as a visible leader and representative from Ipsen to demonstrate culture, values of the organization, and welcome new colleagues
• Partner with the integration community to ensure Ipsen processes/playbook remain state-of-the-art per industry standards

• Master’s Degree in Science is required;
  PhD/Project Management certification is a plus
• 10+ years’ experience in pharmaceutical industry or healthcare consulting with cross-functional hands-on roles; working knowledge of the drug development process
• Direct experience conducting/participating in due diligence and integration is a plus
• Strong interpersonal, facilitation, communication and…