Head of Early Investment

With its beginnings in a family run pharmacy in Correggio, Italy in the 1920s, Recordati is now a global pharmaceutical force, listed on the Italian stock exchange, with over 4,300 employees.

We are a group of like-minded, passionate individuals who go to extraordinary lengths for our partners, customers, investors and the people across the globe who we serve. We develop and commercialise medicines to serve people living with common diseases, as well as those living with some of the rarest, in around 150 countries.

At Recordati, our mantra is simple. We've always believed that health, and the opportunity to live life to the fullest, is a right, not a privilege. Whether that is for common diseases or the rarest - we want to give people the opportunity to be the best version of themselves.

This drive will never stop. Together, we will always be reimagining tomorrow - with new ideas, new technologies and new innovations to fight diseases.

Recordati. Unlocking the full potential of life

**Role purpose**:
This newly created role will be responsible for leading the novel Recordati early investment initiative to create an ecosystem to access innovation and support the long-term growth of the company. The role will involve extensive international travel and can be based from one of Recordati's key hubs i.e. Milan, US (NJ), (London), Paris. **A scientific PhD degree and MBA are required for this role.**

**The objectives of the role will include**:

- Identify and evaluate potential early investment opportunities
- Ensure appropriate diligence, valuation and senior management endorsement of the investment
- Lead investment contract negotiation
- Ensure proper monitoring of the investment portfolio
- Develop, refine and implement ALBA investment strategy by aligning with all the appropriate stakeholders

**Responsibilities of the role**:

- Proactively seek investment opportunities, coordinate evaluation and prioritize with relevant functions
- Lead investment due diligence assessment and request investment endorsement from the Steering Committee
- Manage and monitor investment portfolio and collaborate with relevant functions to timely act on relevant assets
- Stay abreast of innovation initiatives, breakthrough life-science-related technologies, competitive landscape and execute on investment

strategy accordingly
- Organize hackathon initiatives
- Foster Recordati's network with investment firms, VCs, innovation hubs, biotech and academia

**Education, behavioural competencies and skills**:

- Scientific PhD degree and MBA required
- At least 10 years' experience in the pharmaceutical sector, including previous roles in business development and venture capital firms
- Deep understanding of pharmaceutical research and development. Prior experience working in the rare disease space would be preferred
- Strategic thinking skills and strong understanding of pharma dynamics
- Strong analytical skills to understand clinical/scientific information together with financial acumen
- Ability to work globally, across functions and cultures
- Demonstrate the ability to combine highly creative lateral thinking with excellent technical skills and broad industry experience

At Recordati we believe in people Inspired by our purpose - unlocking the full potential of life - we are committed to creating a diverse environment and cultivating a culture of inclusion. We strive to continually lead with our values and beliefs, enabling our employees to bring their whole selves to work and develop their potential.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We recruit, develop and reward without regard to, amongst others, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, physical or mental ability, race, ethnicity, political or religious belief.