Senior Manager, Mergers & Acquisitions; life sciences

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Our Mergers and Acquisitions Practice (M&A) is seeking a Senior Manager to join our growing Healthcare and Life Sciences value creation team. In this dynamic role, you will work within our national M&A practice servicing both corporate and private equity clients investing in or operating software, services, and technology-enabled services businesses across payer, provider, and Life Sciences domain areas including CDMO/contract manufacturing, pharmaceutical manufacturing, pharma services, oncology, radiology/imaging, diagnostics, and laboratory services businesses.

This team leads projects that deliver West Monroe’s core value creation and due diligence offerings, including platform acquisitions, mergers/integrations, corporate divestiture/carve-outs, sell-side readiness, and post-close value creation and execution. Our M&A team includes a variety of seasoned, expert, and award-winning professionals.

You will be an integral part of our team, helping shape our culture and participate in the entrepreneurial process of growing a team with triple digit growth (strategy formulation, recruiting, team building, practice development, healthcare industry thought leadership, etc.).

Senior Managers in our Mergers & Acquisitions practice have these primary responsibilities:

Client Delivery:

• Lead teams serving clients and investors across the healthcare and life sciences industries, with specific capabilities in mergers & acquisitions and technology consulting, while demonstrating executive presence with C-level client counterparts
• Support Private Equity funds in buy side diligence, sell side diligence, mergers, carve-outs, and value creation & planning projects
• Lead engagements across Life Sciences organizations including CDMOs, pharmaceutical manufacturers, pharma services organizations, oncology platforms, radiology/imaging providers, diagnostics, and laboratory services businesses
• Assess functional and technology capability maturity as part of diligence/assessment projects and compare respective operating models, KPIs, organizational structures, and scalability against leading practices and industry benchmarks
• Lead engagement teams on transaction advisory, guiding the team to prepare focused request lists and agendas, facilitating client reviews, and providing leadership oversight for deliverable creation
• Lead post-close value creation projects for healthcare PE clients and/or funds, and lead program management offices (PMOs) that deliver transformational initiatives for portfolio companies
• Identify core findings and trends in data for project teams to quantifiably support recommendations across technology and operations
• Support and drive storyline development for project teams – drawing together data analysis, visualizations, recommendations, and financial impacts into cohesive deliverables
• Manage project economics including tracking project budgets, creating and delivering invoices, and managing A/R collection processes
• Leverage AI tools to accelerate analysis, synthesize complex information, and support data-driven recommendations for clients, exercising sound judgment in evaluating outputs
• Apply AI technologies (e.g., generative AI, automation tools, data models) to enhance insights, improve delivery efficiency, and elevate the quality of client outcomes

Practice Development:

• Support the ongoing evolution and continuous improvement of WMP’s M&A methodologies (diligence, planning, carve-out, etc.) and approaches to client delivery within the Healthcare and Life Sciences value creation M&A team
• Support development of industry perspective pieces and client-facing thought leadership covering Healthcare and Life Sciences, including emerging trends across Life Sciences operations, manufacturing, and technology enablement
• Help shape the culture and growth of the practice through participation in strategy formulation, team building, recruiting, mentorship, and practice development initiatives
• Coach and manage other consultants and actively participate in the performance review process

Business Development:

• Understand client strategy and investment priorities and turn those goals into concrete…