Senior Manager, Mergers & Acquisitions; Healthcare & lifesciences

Position: Senior Manager, Mergers & Acquisitions (Healthcare & 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.

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:

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

Assess functional and technology capability maturity as part of diligence/assessment projects and compare respective operating models, KPIs, and organizational structures 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 on transformational initiatives for portfolio companies

Manage project economics including: tracking project budgets, creating and delivering invoices, and managing A/R collection processes

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 a cohesive deliverable

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

Coach and manage other consultants and actively participate in the performance review process Understand client strategy and investment priorities and turn those goals into concrete engagements and detailed proposals Coordinate and participate with leadership on business development initiatives and meetings with prospective clients

Lead pricing estimates, proposals and engagement letter creation as part of business development and project initiation 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, andelevate the quality of client outcomes.

Qualifications:

Bachelor…