At Illumina, we are expanding access to genomic technology to realize health equity for billions of people around the world. Our efforts enable life-changing discoveries that are transforming human health through the early detection and diagnosis of diseases and new treatment options for patients.
Requirements
- Develop and continuously refine Illumina’s enterprise-wide inorganic growth strategy, aligned to long-range planning, capital allocation priorities, and emerging market opportunities.
- Partner with the Senior VP, Head of Corporate Development & Strategic Planning, executive leadership team, and Board to shape portfolio strategy, including acquisition priorities, divestitures, and strategic partnerships.
- Establish a proactive target identification framework, leveraging market intelligence, competitive analysis, and internal strategic priorities to build and maintain a robust pipeline.
- Evaluate strategic trade-offs across investment opportunities, ensuring disciplined prioritization and alignment with enterprise value creation goals.
- Lead the end-to-end M&A lifecycle, including sourcing, screening, valuation, due diligence, structuring, negotiation, and closing of transactions.
- Drive complex, cross-border transactions, ensuring alignment with regulatory, tax, and compliance considerations across jurisdictions.
- Oversee development of advanced financial models, scenario analyses, and valuation frameworks to inform executive decision-making.
- Ensure transactions are structured to balance financial returns, strategic positioning, and risk mitigation, including accretion/dilution and long-term value creation.
- Establish and govern a best-in-class integration framework, ensuring alignment with the Strategic rationale and accountability for value capture.
- Partner with business leaders to define and track post-deal value realization metrics, including revenue synergies, cost efficiencies, and strategic milestones.
- Lead integration governance, ensuring timely decision-making, risk management, and escalation of key issues to executive leadership.
- Operate as a trusted advisor to senior executives, influencing decision-making across business units, regions, and functions.
- Partner closely with R&D, commercial, finance, legal, HR, and regional leaders to ensure alignment on strategic priorities and execution.
- Navigate a highly matrixed global organization, balancing competing priorities and driving alignment across diverse stakeholders.
- Maintain deep expertise in life sciences, genomics, diagnostics, and adjacent markets, including emerging technologies and competitive dynamics.
- Build and manage relationships with investment banks, private equity firms, venture capital, and industry partners to enhance deal flow and market visibility.
- Represent Illumina externally in strategic discussions, partnerships, and industry forums.
- Prepare and present investment theses, deal recommendations, and portfolio updates to executive leadership and the Board of Directors.
- Ensure adherence to governance standards, compliance requirements, and risk management protocols across all transactions.
- Lead and develop a global, matrixed team (direct and indirect), driving alignment, accountability, and performance.
- Provide coaching and feedback to elevate team capability, including across indirect reporting lines.
- Establish clear roles, priorities, and operating discipline to ensure consistent, high-quality execution across regions
- Partner with functional and regional leaders to align on talent, resources, and delivery.
Benefits
- Health/dental/vision
- Retirement benefits
- Paid time off
