About this opportunity
Work Your Magic with us! Start your next chapter and join EMD Serono.
Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more? We know you’ve got big plans – so do we! Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us.
United As One for Patients, our purpose in Healthcare is to help create, improve and prolong lives. We develop medicines, intelligent devices and innovative technologies in therapeutic areas such as Oncology, Neurology and Fertility. Our teams work together across 6 continents with passion and relentless curiosity in order to help patients at every stage of life. Joining our Healthcare team is becoming part of a diverse, inclusive and flexible working culture, presenting great opportunities for personal development and career advancement across the globe.
This role does not offer sponsorship for work authorization. External applicants must be eligible to work in the US.
M Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. Our mandate is to invest in innovative technologies and products with the potential to significantly impact on our company's core business areas. M Ventures is comprised of a Biotechnology Team that covers investments in healthcare and life science, and a Technology Team that focuses on investments in Electronics and Frontier Tech & AI.
Your role:
As a Principal, you will:
Support the growth of the M Ventures portfolio and focus on investments in Electronics and Frontier Tech & AI.
Manage incoming deal flow and respond to potential investee companies to manage expectations.
Generate and evaluate deal flow and provide recommendations to the Technology Team.
Manage timely follow-up with potential investment targets, organize the evaluation process, including due diligence meetings and expert reviews.
Perform technical and financial due diligence and coordinate with internal and external experts that support the diligence process.
Perform the valuation of deals via benchmarks and business cases.
Support the negotiation and execution of equity investments and other transactions executed by senior members of the team.
Establish a prioritized portfolio of key contacts to potential investment targets, to investors and to scientists/academics.
Drive projects to decisions by aligning key internal and external stakeholders via transparent communication.
Who you are:
Minimum Requirements:
BS degree in a scientific discipline or work experience with a significant understanding of semiconductor technologies and value chains.
Minimum of 5 years of working experience in relevant industries with a preference for VC or alternatively investment banking or consulting OR...
Graduate Engineering degree in a scientific discipline or work experience with a significant understanding of semiconductor technologies and value chains.
Minimum of 2 years of working experience in relevant industries with a preference for VC or alternatively investment banking or consulting.
You should also have:
A pre-existing network of VC investors (institutional and corporate) and key contacts that contribute to deal flow.
A notable understanding of VC transactions, capitalization tables, legal documents, and preparing investment memorandums.
Strong analytical skills, ability to drive the generation of business case/plan and provide technical/ scientific inputs.
Experience working with a diverse and international team.
English Fluency (Written, Oral, Negotiations).
Preferred:
Operational experience in a start-up
MBA with a finance focus
Location: Burlington, MA; USA (Hybrid)
Travel:
Pay range for this position: $130,200.00 - $195,400.00
The offer range represents the anticipated low and high end of the base pay compensation for this position. The actual compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, level of experience, education, skills, and other job-related factors. Position may be eligible for sales or performance-based bonuses. Benefits offered by the Company include health insurance, paid time off (PTO), retirement contributions, and other perquisites. For more information click here .
What we offer: We are curious minds that come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe that this variety drives excellence and innovation, strengthening our ability to lead in science and technology. We are committed to creating access and opportunities for all to develop and grow at your own pace. Join us in building a culture of inclusion and belonging that impacts millions and empowers everyone to work their magic and champion human progress!
Apply now and become a part of a team that is dedicated to Sparking Discovery and Elevating Humanity!
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How this role compares
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Salary context
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