Corporate Development Graduate 2025

If you have a keen interest in corporate development and want to gain a deep understanding of the process of identifying new product opportunities and the development of these into profitable and sustainable pipelines, then we want to hear from you.

Join us to help improve peoples’ lives and make healthcare better for everyone!

Why pharmanovia

Pharmanovia is a dynamic, fast-growing international pharmaceutical company with a portfolio of over 20 brands across more than 160 markets. Our mission is to improve patient health globally through the revitalisation of niche, tried-and-trusted medicines.

Our core behaviours are

• We act decisively but we never compromise on quality.
• We keep our promises and do as we say.
• We value our heritage and foster an entrepreneurial spirit.
• We reinvest in our future – in our products, our brands and our people.
• We give back to our communities.

Since its inception in 2013, Pharmanovia has grown consistently year on year, focusing on delivering high-quality branded prescription medicines to patients, prescribers and healthcare providers across the world. Our growth has enabled the company to reinvest in its products, brands, people, and to give back to its communities. A people business with a strong, supportive culture that encourages innovation and entrepreneurial spirit, our team comprises over 300 employees and 29 nationalities, operating from offices in the UK, Denmark, Netherlands, Switzerland, U.A.E., India, Singapore, Italy, Spain, and South Korea.

We are an agile and imaginative global specialty pharma business and a preferred partner for innovator pharma companies, instigating a paradigm shift in the life cycle management of iconic medicines. We seek to extensively engage with clinical communities to communicate product improvements and prioritise environmental, social, and governance considerations across the business and workforce.

Pharmanovia’s therapeutic areas include Cardiovascular, Oncology, Endocrinology and Neurology.

Our graduate scheme

We are passionate about providing early pathways into pharma for graduates and have won the Pharma Industry Awards UK’s Graduate Training Programme of the Year in September 2023. This award celebrates those pharmaceutical organisations offering best-in-class graduate training and development programmes.

Our inclusive, high-performance culture provides opportunities to continually learn, develop and try new things. We have designed this programme to help graduates evolve and refine their skills, by working closely with our leadership team on high level projects. We are providing a pathway for bright talent in a unique, dynamic section of the pharmaceutical industry.

During this two-year programme you will have the opportunity to get real hands-on experience and contribute to large-scale real-world pharmaceutical projects. At the end of the successful completion of our scheme, you will have strong employment prospects as we hope to be able to offer you the chance to secure a full-time role with our brightest minds, in a department that will keep developing your career.

The role

You will be an integral member of the Pharmanovia Corporate Development team, providing first-rate representation of the company, and building on our existing credibility, to position Pharmanovia as a global partner of choice for innovative, orphan and value-add medicines.

Reporting to the VP Corporate Development, and working in tandem with the global team, regional commercial affiliates and partners, you will proactively identify and assess new product opportunities that support the development of a profitable and sustainable pipeline, that delivers three to five new product launches globally each year. Opportunities can take the form of licensing, distribution or co-development deals and you will play a key role in the assessment and completion of each transaction. You will help coordinate attendance and meeting schedules at conferences, and ensure all activity is fully tracked and captured in monthly reports. You may also be involved in identifying potential acquisition targets and, from time to time, coordinating their evaluation.

This is an exciting fast-paced role that will have you working with counterparties from San Francisco to Tokyo (and everywhere in between), bringing to patients across the world innovative treatments in our key therapy areas, as well providing you with a unique opportunity to learn from the best and work alongside some of the world’s leading advisory practices, consultants and investment banks.

What you’ll be involved in

• Supporting end-to-end deal lead processes and prospecting activity
• Actively participating in searching and screening for new opportunities for licensing and M&A, as well as tech platforms and digital opportunities which are aligned with Pharmanovia’s global business strategy
• With the support of respective deal leads, preparing materials required to present the opportunity internally, and gain management buy-in
• Collaborating with cross functional teams including medical affairs, regulatory, product development, product innovation, commercial, franchise, market access, IP and regulatory to ensure a complete evaluation of each opportunity
• Coordinating internal and external diligence teams to ensure all due diligence exercises are carried out in an efficient and timely manner
• Supporting diligence activities for assigned projects; assisting with Q&A, managing cross-functional team activity, preparing materials and commercial forecasts
• Coordinating with the investment team and central functions to run business cases using either IQVIA or epidemiology assumptions and ensure turnarounds from respective stakeholders are met within appropriate timelines
• Local salesforce and Monday.com champion – 100% activity captured within CRM, support wider team with this requirement and develop efficiency improvements over time
• Coordinating regional/global B2B conferences ensuring each is efficiently organised with productive meetings scheduled and spend/ROI tracked
• Supporting global team with all corporate development activities, ensuring compliance with global operating procedures, timely actively reporting and payment processing
• Coordinating market research and advisory appointment in support of deal activity and undertake other supporting tasks as assigned by immediate supervisor
• Learning and developing in a fast-moving environment with the opportunity to get real hands-on experience and contribute to large-scale real-world pharmaceutical projects

The department has an ethos of continuous improvement, refining systems and creating efficiencies. This, along with the rapid growth of the business, leads to a varied and dynamic working environment.

About you

• On track to achieve a minimum 2.1 degree in business, finance or life sciences
• Experience in a pharmaceutical/private equity/investment banking environment is a plus, but not essential
• Excellent standard of written and verbal communication in business English
• Strong aptitude for technology and highly proficient in the use of MS Office, including intermediate to advanced level Excel
• Ability to relate to stakeholders at all levels and from different cultural backgrounds
• First class numerical and analytical skills
• Financial modelling experience
• Proactive approach to problem solving and critical thinking
• Strategic thinking and data analysis skills
• Detail-oriented and organised, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines simultaneously
• Ability to maintain resilience, learn quickly and navigate ambiguity
• Collaborative, team-player attitude and a willingness to take on new challenges
• Eagerness to learn and develop new skills

What we offer

We offer a competitive salary and rewards package including holiday, health & well-being program, employee recognition awards, social events, pension scheme and hybrid working.

Graduates are an important part of the team. We’re committed to having a workforce that represents every part of society. So, we’re keen to hear from candidates from all backgrounds and circumstances. We will ensure that you have the support and guidance that comes from a collaborative environment, where fresh perspectives are encouraged, and questions are welcomed.

Interviews will be held from December 2024 until March 2025. Offers should be made in March/April, with the role starting at the beginning of September 2025.

By applying for this role, your details will be sent to Ortolan People, who are engaged to provide recruitment support in processing applications. We will endeavour to respond to all applicants within three working days. Occasionally for roles with a very high volume of applicants, this may not be possible.