Sr. Director, Corporate Development - Make a Difference. $45B Industry Leader!
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Summary
This is an opportunity to play an influential role in shaping the future of a global industry leader. As a senior member of Corporate Development, you will help identify, evaluate, and execute strategic transactions that advance Thermo Fisher’s long-term growth agenda. You will work on complex, high-impact opportunities with significant visibility across the organization and direct exposure to senior leadership. You will be involved from the earliest stages of strategy and opportunity identification through valuation, diligence, negotiation, executive decision-making, and transaction execution.
Job description
The Opportunity
This is an opportunity to play an influential role in shaping the future of a global industry leader. As a senior member of Corporate Development, you will help identify, evaluate, and execute strategic transactions that advance Thermo Fisher’s long-term growth agenda. You will work on complex, high-impact opportunities with significant visibility across the organization and direct exposure to senior leadership. You will be involved from the earliest stages of strategy and opportunity identification through valuation, diligence, negotiation, executive decision-making, and transaction execution.
What You’ll Do
- Shape M&A strategy and develop decision-support analyses for Thermo Fisher’s senior leadership team.
- Identify and evaluate strategic opportunities, including acquisitions, investments, joint ventures, and divestitures.
- Lead transactions from strategy through execution, including valuation, diligence, negotiation, and closing.
- Influence critical investment decisions by developing and presenting compelling strategic and financial business cases to senior executives.
- Develop market perspectives by evaluating industry dynamics, competitive landscapes, and emerging opportunities.
- Partner across the enterprise with business leaders and functional experts to advance strategic priorities.
- Lead and develop talent, mentoring Analyst, Associate, and Manager-level Corporate Development professionals.
What You’ll Bring
- Undergraduate degree, preferably in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, Accounting, Science, or a technical discipline; MBA preferred.
- 10+ years of meaningful M&A experience across acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, investment banking, corporate development, or related transaction environments.
- Significant experience evaluating and executing complex transactions, including valuation, financial modeling, analysis, and negotiation.
- Strong strategic thinking with the ability to translate business priorities into actionable inorganic growth opportunities.
- Demonstrated leadership experience and a track record of developing high-performing professionals.
- Strong executive presence and communication skills, with the confidence to engage, influence, and present to senior leaders.
- Outstanding financial and analytical capabilities with a strong understanding of accounting principles and financial statement analysis.
- Ability to manage multiple complex transactions and priorities in a fast-paced, global, matrixed organization.
- Intellectual curiosity, sound judgment, learning agility, and exceptional attention to detail.
- A collaborative mindset and commitment to seeking and supporting diverse perspectives.
- Willingness to travel periodically, domestically and internationally.
Requirements
- Undergraduate degree, preferably in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, Accounting, Science, or a technical discipline; MBA preferred.
- 10+ years of meaningful M&A experience across acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, investment banking, corporate development, or related transaction environments.
- Significant experience evaluating and executing complex transactions, including valuation, financial modeling, analysis, and negotiation.
- Strong strategic thinking with the ability to translate business priorities into actionable inorganic growth opportunities.
- Demonstrated leadership experience and a track record of developing high-performing professionals.
- Strong executive presence and communication skills, with the confidence to engage, influence, and present to senior leaders.
- Outstanding financial and analytical capabilities with a strong understanding of accounting principles and financial statement analysis.
- Ability to manage multiple complex transactions and priorities in a fast-paced, global, matrixed organization.
- Intellectual curiosity, sound judgment, learning agility, and exceptional attention to detail.
- A collaborative mindset and commitment to seeking and supporting diverse perspectives.
- Willingness to travel periodically, domestically and internationally.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental & Vision
- Health incentive programs
- Employee assistance program
- Family support programs
- Commuter benefits
- Tuition reimbursement
- Paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Paid parental leave
- Accident insurance
- Life insurance
- Short-term disability
- Long-term disability
- 401(k) retirement savings plan
- Employees' stock purchase plan
Company overview
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $40 billion. The company's mission is to enable customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. With over 100,000 employees globally, Thermo Fisher provides an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience, and pharmaceutical services through its industry-leading brands including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon, and PPD. The company serves customers across healthcare, life sciences, applied markets, and pharmaceutical sectors, offering solutions that accelerate research, solve complex analytical challenges, improve patient diagnostics, and increase laboratory productivity. Headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, Thermo Fisher operates globally, delivering critical scientific products, services, and workflow solutions that support researchers, organizations, and companies in addressing some of the world's most pressing issues.