Sr. Manager -Growth Strategy, M&A and AI Transformation

Felix Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd.; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Felix Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd. in Gurugram seeks a Senior Manager for Growth Strategy, M&A and AI Transformation to shape the next growth phase.

You will work with the SVP and CGO to define new business and lead cross-functional initiatives, including potential acquisitions across international markets. The role blends strategic planning with hands-on execution, including deal diligence, integration planning, and guiding enterprise-wide AI adoption.

Qualifications

• MBA or PGDBM from a reputable institution.
• Experience in strategy, management consulting, corporate development, M&A, business transformation, or new business building.
• Experience with a leading strategy consulting firm, including an MBB firm, would be valuable but is not essential.
• Exposure to valuation, financial modelling, due diligence, transaction execution, or post-merger integration is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• New Business and Growth Strategy: define strategy, ambition, value proposition, and business model for a new vertical.
• Strategy Execution and Programmed Management: programme-manage strategic workstreams and governance.
• Mergers and Acquisitions: support target identification, diligence, integration planning, and negotiations.
• AI and Digital Transformation: program-managed phased AI adoption with defined pilots and ROI tracking.

Skills

First-principles thinking

Structured problem solving

Financial modeling

Stakeholder management

M&A experience

Executive communication

AI transformation

Growth strategy

Education

MBA or PGDBM

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Valuation modelling

Job description

Growth Strategy, M&A and AI Transformation

About the Role:

We are looking for a high-caliber Senior Manager, Growth Strategy, M&A and AI Transformation to work closely with the Senior Vice President and Chief Growth Officer in shaping and executing the organization's next phase of growth. The role sits at the intersection of growth strategy, new business creation, mergers and acquisitions, and enterprise-wide AI transformation. The successful candidate will combine structured strategic thinking with strong execution capabilities and will receive significant exposure to senior leadership, founders, investors, external advisers, acquisition targets, and international markets.

Key Responsibilities

1. New Business and Growth Strategy

• Work closely with the Chief Growth Officer to define the Strategy, ambition, value proposition, and business model for a new business vertical.
• Conduct market assessments, competitive analysis, customer segmentation, opportunity sizing, and business-case development.
• Translate strategic priorities into initiatives, implementation plans, milestones, resource requirements, and performance measures.
• Identify organic and inorganic opportunities that can accelerate growth and strengthen the organization's market position.
• Support go-to-market plans, operating models, commercial frameworks, and financial projections for the new vertical.

2. Strategy Execution and Programmed Management

• Programme-manage strategic workstreams arising from the organization's growth agenda.
• Establish clear governance, ownership, timelines, decision points, dependencies, and performance metrics.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams, resolve bottlenecks, and maintain execution momentum.
• Prepare structured, decision-oriented updates for the CEO, CGO and senior leadership.
• Ensure strategic plans translate into measurable business outcomes.

3. Mergers and Acquisitions

• Support the inorganic growth agenda across target identification, evaluation, diligence, transaction execution, and integration planning.
• Engage with investment bankers, advisers, intermediaries, industry participants, and potential acquisition targets.
• Develop investment theses covering strategic rationale, market attractiveness, value-creation opportunities, risks, and synergies.
• Build and review valuations, transaction return, scenario, sensitivity, and synergy models.
• Coordinate commercial, financial, operational, strategic, legal, tax, and other diligence workstreams.
• Contribute to term sheets, letters of intent, binding agreements, and related transaction documentation with internal and external advisers.
• Prepare investment committee and Board-level materials and support Day 1, integration, and synergy-tracking plans.

4. AI and Digital Transformation

• Programmed-manage the phased adoption of AI across the organization.
• Identify and priorities high-value use cases based on business impact, feasibility, data availability, risk, and scalability.
• Convert selected opportunities into pilots with clear objectives, owners, timelines, and success metrics.
• Coordinate internal technology teams and external partners and track adoption, productivity benefits, and return on investment.
• Help establish governance for the responsible and effective use of AI and support integration into day-to-day workflows.
• Develop concise and analytically rigorous presentations for senior management, the Board, investors, and external stakeholders.
• Present complex strategic and financial analyses in a simple, decision-oriented manner.

Key Performance Expectations

• Timely and high-quality execution of strategic initiatives and agreed milestones.
• Progress in establishing and scaling the new business vertical.
• Quality of strategic recommendations, business cases, investment theses, and transaction analyses.
• Effectiveness of cross-functional programme management and stakeholder alignment.
• Successful implementation and adoption of prioritized AI use cases with measurable value creation.
• Ability to anticipate risks, solve problems, and maintain execution momentum.

Candidate Profile

Qualifications and Experience

• MBA or PGDBM from a reputable institution.
• Relevant experience in strategy, management consulting, corporate development, M&A, business transformation, or new business building.
• Experience with a leading strategy consulting firm, including an MBB firm, would be valuable but is not essential.
• Exposure to valuation, financial modelling, due diligence, transaction execution, or post-merger integration is strongly preferred.
• Experience programme-managing complex, cross-functional initiatives and working with senior leaders is important.
• Exposure to AI, automation, analytics, or enterprise technology transformation is advantageous.

Knowledge, Skills and Competencies

• Strong first-principles thinking and structured problem solving.
• Ability to move from an ambiguous problem to a clear analytical and execution framework.
• Commercial orientation, sound business judgement, and strong financial modelling capabilities.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint and the ability to use AI tools to improve team productivity.
• Strong programme and stakeholder management, with confidence engaging C-suite leaders, investors, advisers, and targets.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, coupled with ownership, accuracy, discretion, and integrity.
• Demonstrate an owner's mindset and take end-to-end responsibility for outcomes.
• Influence without relying solely on formal authority and combine intellectual rigour with a bias for action.
• Operate effectively amid ambiguity, challenge assumptions constructively, and build trust across functions.
• Maintain confidentiality and develop scalable organizational capabilities, not just complete individual projects.

Why Join Us

• Work in a high-growth organization led by a pedigreed founder group and backed by blue-chip private equity investors.
• Gain direct exposure to the CEO, CGO, Senior leadership, Investors, and international markets.
• Help build a new business vertical from the ground up.
• Work on live acquisition opportunities and gain end-to-end M&A experience.
• Drive practical AI adoption across multiple business functions.
• Build a distinctive career across strategy, corporate development, business building, and technology-led transformation.