JPMorgan Asset Management - Life Sciences Portfolio Manager Vice President 

United States, New York, New York 

375805642

Job Summary

As a Vice President in the early stage venture Biotech Fund within J.P. Morgan’s platform, you will be responsible for conducting due diligence, aiding in transaction structuring, assisting with the internal investment approval process, and actively monitoring investments. You will leverage your strong scientific and/or clinical background to understand, interpret, and integrate information from diverse therapeutic areas to reach investment conclusions. Your understanding of business principles and market dynamics in the drug and medical device sectors will be crucial in this role.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain relationships with target companies, entrepreneurs, industry executives, and investment professionals
• Conduct comprehensive due diligence on prospective investments
• Develop investment theses
• Attend company management meetings and investment/medical conferences
• Run due diligence calls with physicians and other consultants independently
• Conduct company screens in various therapeutic areas using proprietary databases
• Build and maintain company financial models and detailed market models for products/diseases
• Gather information using various data sources, including the Web, scientific literature and consultants to the firm.
• Monitoring and support of portfolio companies
• Evaluate and analyze, with the purpose of forming independent investment judgments
• Assist in board-level management of portfolio companies; attend board meetings as an observer in select cases, and work on projects to build portfolio company value
• Participate in and support the investment process from opportunity identification through due diligence and deal closing
• Assist in the preparation of investor presentations

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Undergraduate degree from a top-tier university
• MD or PhD in biological or chemical sciences from a top-tier university
• 5+ years of professional experience with a top-tier healthcare focused team at a leading investment bank or consulting firm or a biotechnology or medical device company.
• Excellent writing, communication, presentation, and analytical skills
• Organized, detail-oriented personality with ability to multi-task in an entrepreneurial environment
• Strong financial modeling skills
• Demonstrable ability to review and articulate investments
• Demonstrable passion for investing, and medical related innovation
• Significant experience with PowerPoint
• Highly entrepreneurial and self-motivated; candidates should be team players who enjoy working in a non-hierarchical, collaborative firm culture.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Ideally degree is in medical related fields
• Preferably in areas of business development or M&A