Director - Corporate Development

About the job

Indegene is on a mission to empower every healthcare enterprise in its transformation journey. We are uniquely positioned to solve the challenges of the healthcare industry through our combination of deep medical knowledge and verticalized technology and help make healthcare affordable and accessible to every person on the planet.

We are innovators at heart and real innovation for us means constantly obsessing over what will drive success for our customers in the future. No wonder 18 of the top 20 global biopharma organizations lean on us for an agile and enduring partnership. With more than 4500 brilliant employees spread across North America, Europe, China, Japan, and India, we have delivered over 100 strategic engagements and fully commercialized over a $2 billion portfolio.

We have brought together a group of incredibly passionate and brilliant people and entrusted them to solve some of healthcare's most challenging problems, which has led to our culture being centered on passion, innovation, and collaboration. We're passionate about healthcare; we believe that technology and innovation will carve an indomitable path in transforming healthcare for the better, and to achieve this, we collaborate with the best minds in the medical and technological domains.

Corporate Development and M&A

This role will lead and drive Indegene's global inorganic growth agenda. Reporting to Senior Vice President, and Global Head of Corporate Development, the Senior Director will shape and execute the company's M&A strategy, oversee end-to-end transaction execution, and ensure successful integration to unlock strategic and financial value.

This is a high-impact, enterprise-facing role requiring deep strategic thinking, financial rigor, and strong cross-functional leadership.

Key Responsibilities

Deal Origination & Pipeline Management

• Build and maintain a robust global target pipeline across priority sectors
• Lead proactive sourcing efforts, including founder outreach and strategic relationship building
• Manage banker ecosystem and private equity relationships to generate high-quality proprietary and intermediated opportunities
• Drive sector scans and competitive landscape assessments

Transaction Execution

• Lead end-to-end deal processes including:
• Target evaluation and financial modeling
• Valuation, deal structuring, and negotiation
• Board materials including business case, and investment committee presentations
• Transaction documentation and closing coordination
• Provide thought leadership on transaction structures (earnouts, carve-outs, minority investments, strategic partnerships, etc.)
• Ensure disciplined capital allocation and risk assessment

Integration & Value Realization

• Support and provide key inputs into integration strategy in partnership with business leaders
• Track and report post-deal performance against investment thesis

Governance & Intelligence

• Establish and maintain centralized M&A governance processes
• Develop structured market intelligence capability
• Build dashboards and executive reporting on pipeline, market trends, and competitor activity

Strategic Leadership

• Work with the leadership including Business Unit leaders, and CFO, to lead and execute M&A transactions
• Identify white spaces, platform adjacencies, and capability gaps across the pharma value chain
• Develop forward-looking investment theses and acquisition roadmaps

Your Impact

• Shape Indegene's global growth trajectory through disciplined inorganic expansion
• Strengthen competitive positioning in pharma services and healthcare technology
• Enhance long-term shareholder value through high-quality deal execution
• Build a scalable and institutionalized corporate development function

Education

• MBA from a top-tier business school (Indian or international)

Experience

• 10+ years of experience in Investment Banking, Corporate Development, Strategy Consulting, or M&A leadership within a large corporate
• Demonstrated track record of leading end-to-end M&A transactions
• Experience presenting to executive leadership and boards
• Exposure to healthcare, pharma services, life sciences, or technology sectors preferred

Skills & Capabilities

• Ability to generate market insights and intelligence
• Strong relationship building ability and ability to network with global ecosystem including potential targets, investment banks, PE/VC, consultants, etc
• Deep understanding of transaction structures and deal mechanics
• Strategic thinker with ability to translate corporate ambition into actionable deal pipeline
• Strong negotiation and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to operate in a global, cross-functional environment
• High ownership mindset with execution rigor
• Strong financial modeling and valuation expertise