GE HealthCare Associate Strategy & Business Development 

United States, Illinois, Chicago 

537572788

The Associate, Strategy and Business Development plays a critical role in supporting inorganic growth activity across GE HealthCare, including in identifying and executing mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, equity investments, partnerships / alliances, and licensing transactions. Associates support or lead various phases of the transaction process, including market analyses, development and evaluation of inorganic strategies, drafting investment theses, target identification and screening, valuation modelling, due diligence, negotiation, and closing.

The Associate, Strategy and Business Development plays a critical role in supporting inorganic growth activity across GE HealthCare, including in identifying and executing mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, equity investments, partnerships / alliances, and licensing transactions. Associates support or lead various phases of the transaction process, including market analyses, development and evaluation of inorganic strategies, drafting investment theses, target identification and screening, valuation modelling, due diligence, negotiation, and closing.

Essential Duties

• Collaborates with business segment and regional deal teams in identifying and executing on all Business Development transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, equity investments, partnerships / alliances, and licensing;

• Supports and/or leads various phases of the transaction process, including market analyses, development and evaluation of inorganic strategies, drafting investment theses, target identification and screening, valuation modelling, due diligence, negotiation, and closing;

• Collaborates with assigned segment, function, and regional teams, performs gap analysis to business unit portfolio, and helps define strategic and tactical steps to best position segment for accelerated growth;

• Partners with Strategy and Business Development leadership to manage communication and alignment with key internal stakeholders to support effective decision making and transaction approval processes;

• Facilitates smooth transition of responsibilities and knowledge to business and functional leadership responsible for ongoing operations post- close;

• Analyze customer needs, marketplace dynamics, industry trends, and the competitive landscape and understand the impact of business activities and decisions on the external environment;

• Partners with investment bankers, consultants, lawyers, and other third parties in transaction processes; and

• Owns key tools, process, and standard work for the Strategy and Business Development team and leads initiatives to constantly improve the use and functionality of these tools and templates.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, Accounting, or a technical field;

• Minimum two years of relevant experience in finance, strategic marketing, strategy consulting, investment banking, corporate development, or related field;

• Demonstrated quantitative analytical skills and experience with financial modeling and M&A

• Ability to understand business unit goals and identify inorganic opportunities to achieve those goals;

• Experience and demonstrated aptitude both managing and prioritizing multiple projects; and

• Accepting and adhering to high ethical, moral, and personal values in decisions, communications, actions, and when dealing with others.

Preferred Qualifications

• Healthcare industry experience;

• Ability to work within a matrix organizational environment and to interact with executives at the most senior levels;

• Demonstrated experience analyzing and negotiating business transactions including acquisition evaluation, modeling, and financial analysis;

• Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated teamwork skills; and

• Adaptable/Flexible: Being open to change in response to new information, different or unexpected circumstances, and/or to work in ambiguous situations.

Our salary and benefits are everything you’d expect from an organization with global strength ideas into world-changing realities. Our total rewards are designed to unlock your ambition by giving you the boost and flexibility you need to turn your and scale, and you’ll be surrounded by career opportunities in a culture that fosters care, collaboration and support.