Integration & Alliance Manager

Overview

Director Integration & Alliances (m/f/d)

Country: Germany

Department: Corporate Functions

Job ID: 44634

Professional | Permanent | Full-time | Hybrid

Our Corporate Functions teams make sure everything at Grünenthal runs smoothly by bringing together people with a wide range of skills – from experts in finance, IT, HR, law and compliance through to business strategists and creative media minds. If you’re a great collaborator and a strong communicator, you’ll feel right at home here. Join our team and join forces with colleagues across our business to maximise our company’s positive impact on patients and their families.

What the Job Looks like

Each day you\’ll enjoy a variety of challenges, such as:

• Lead Post-Merger Integration (PMI) projects with full end-to-end responsibility, as such, be part of strategic search as informed / consulted party to comment on feasibility for integration from the very beginning
• Develop best suitable integration approach / TOM (target operating models during new deal evaluations (Due Dilligence phase) adapted to envisaged deal type and respective seller needs
• Manage cross-functional integration teams (independent of team members functional hierarchy) and engage with international pharma partners as key point of contact for all integration relevant topics
• Prepare Project Steering Committee’s and manage internal and external stakeholders, across all functions with strong focus on Operations / Value Chain
• Facilitate strategic alliances post-M&A or licensing deals
• Drive and grow alliances through regular steering meetings and action trackingActively contribute to strategic negotiations and identify future business opportunities
• Ensure smooth operational transitions, in line with our KPIs while safeguarding business continuity and EBITDA targets
• Join forces with Integration & Alliance direct team members to continuously challenge & improve capabilities and ways of working

What You\’ll Bring to the Table

To make the most of this role and truly thrive, you should have:

• University degree in economics or life sciences
• A proven track record in leading Post-Merger Integration and or Business development (PMI) initiatives within the pharmaceutical industry
• Solid understanding of pharma operations, supply chain, and regulatory frameworks
• Fluent English skills; German and Spanish are a plus
• Excellent stakeholder management and intercultural communication skills, including ability to adapt to country/culture specific ways of working
• Strategic thinker with a collaborative mindset and a proactive, hands-on approach
• Strong team-player with resilient and problem-solving attitude to lead and culminate longer-term projects

About Grünenthal

Grünenthal is a global leader in pain management and related diseases. As a science-based, privately-owned pharmaceutical company, we have a long track record of bringing innovative treatments and state-of-the-art technologies to patients worldwide. Our purpose is to change lives for the better – and innovation is our passion. We are focussing all of our activities and efforts on working towards our vision of a world free of pain.

Grünenthal is headquartered in Aachen, Germany, and has affiliates in 28 countries across Europe, Latin America and the US. Our products are available in more than 100 countries. In 2024, Grünenthal employed around 4,300 people and achieved sales of € 1.8 billion.