Senior Manager – Mergers & Acquisitions

Interested in a career that matters?

Join Novonesis’ M&A team and play a key role in shaping our inorganic growth strategy. The team is responsible for co-developing and executing transactions that support Novonesis’ long-term purpose and business ambitions.

You will be part of a highly collaborative team working closely with stakeholders across the organization. Our work is project-driven, fast-paced, and often unpredictable - requiring strong ownership, adaptability, and sound judgment. Together, we drive transactions from origination through closing and handover to integration.

The Role & Your Impact

In this role you will play a key role in driving our high-impact inorganic growth initiatives across acquisitions, remediation situations and selective partnerships. You will own the end-to-end deal lifecycle – from origination and valuation through diligence, negotiation, signing, and close – in close collaboration with executive leadership and cross-functional teams.
This opportunity is a great fit if you enjoy combining boardroom-level strategy with hands-on transaction execution, and if you are energized by learning fast, spotting patterns early, and turning complex science- and technology-enabled opportunities into clear, actionable investment decisions. A genuine passion for biotechnology, innovation, and technology-enabled business models will help you thrive in this position.
Key responsibilities include:

• Translating Novonesis’ strategic priorities into clear investment theses and a proactive M&A pipeline, continuously monitoring market dynamics, competitive moves, and valuation trends.
• Driving end-to-end assessments of potential targets, including strategic fit, commercial attractiveness, competitive positioning, technology and capability relevance, and integration feasibility – and turning this into clear recommendations for senior leadership.
• Owning the valuation workstream, including operating and synergy models, valuation analyses, sensitivity and scenario testing, accretion/dilution analysis, and returns assessment, while maintaining high valuation discipline and transparent assumptions.
• Coordinating and leading multifunctional due diligence across commercial, financial, tax, legal, regulatory, compliance, technology, operations, HR, IT, and cybersecurity, and synthesizing findings into practical risk frameworks, mitigation plans, and negotiation priorities.
• Supporting TSA planning and execution where relevant, including defining scope and service schedules, transition timelines and service levels, coordination of functional owners, and management of separation and dependency risks to secure Day 1 continuity.
• Contributing to post-signing and pre-close planning, including Day 1 readiness, key talent retention, governance setup, integration sequencing, and value-capture tracking, working closely with integration leaders to preserve business continuity while realizing strategic and operational benefits.
• Continuously improving the Corporate Development operating model, helping strengthen templates, playbooks, governance materials, and reporting standards to improve quality, speed, and repeatability across transactions.

What You’ll Need to Be Successful
 

Education & experience

• Bachelor’s degree or above in finance, economics, engineering, business, or a related field (MBA or equivalent professional qualification is an advantage)
• 6–8 years (or more) of relevant experience in management consulting, corporate development, investment banking, private equity, or transaction advisory
• Proven track record participating in or leading cross-border M&A transactions, ideally at Senior Manager level or equivalent, with ownership of deal workstreams and senior stakeholder management

Professional skills

• Advanced financial modelling and valuation capabilities (DCF, comparable company analysis, precedent transactions, synergy modelling, and scenario-based decision frameworks)
• Strong experience across deal execution phases, including diligence and documentation, with solid commercial judgement
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, including experience presenting to senior executives and steering committees
• Experience with international and multi-jurisdictional transactions, including familiarity with antitrust and regulatory considerations

Essential capabilities

• Ability to translate complex analyses into clear, actionable executive recommendations
• Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional leadership skills
• Ability to assess strategic fit, identify risks early, and maintain valuation discipline in competitive situations
• High level of ownership and accountability in driving deal processes
• Independent thinking, strong accountability, and sound judgment in uncertain and fast-changing environments
• High emotional intelligence, with the ability to sense and navigate stakeholder interests, adapt communication styles, and build strong, lasting relationships
• Combines analytical depth with maturity, resilience, and a genuine curiosity to learn

Additional Skills & Interests We Value

• Strong interest in biotechnology innovation
• Curiosity and motivation for continuous learning, with a drive to build deals that connect advanced technology with real-world impact

Ways of Working / Working Conditions

• Primarily office‑based in Lyngby.
• Minimum of 3 days per week in the office, with flexibility to work from home as needed to balance personal commitments, higher-than-average workloads, and collaboration across multiple time zones during active deal phases.
• Moderate travel required (up to 10-15%)

Relevant Information

• Location: Lyngby, Denmark
• Application deadline: June 14th of June 2026
• Contact: If you have any questions about the role or the team, please reach out to Talent Acquisition Partner, Martin Buus Schlager, at [email protected]

Our purpose guides the way

In Novonesis, we know that solutions rooted in biology can help solve humanity’s biggest challenges. Since we began more than a century ago, this has been our guide. It’s how we've gotten so far. And it’s how we'll impact the future. Now, more than ever, the world needs change. And with biosolutions, the possibilities for transformation are endless. If our purpose resonates with you, we encourage you to apply.

Opportunities for everyone

We are committed to an inclusive recruitment process and equal opportunity for all applicants. Therefore we ask you to apply without a cover letter or photo and instead include a few sentences in your CV explaining your motivation for applying.

We make all employment decisions based on business needs and welcome candidates with a wide range of backgrounds, including ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, or veteran status.

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