Vice President, Mergers & Acquisitions
Illumina
- # At Illumina, we are expanding access to genomic technology to realize health equity for billions of people around the world. Our efforts enable life-changing discoveries that are transforming human health through the early detection and diagnosis of diseases and new treatment options for patients.## Working at Illumina means being part of something bigger than yourself. Every person, in every role, has the opportunity to make a difference. Surrounded by extraordinary people, inspiring leaders, and world changing projects, you will do more and become more than you ever thought possible.## **Reports To:** Senior VP, Head of Corporate Development & Strategic Planning**Position Summary**The Vice President, Mergers & Acquisitions serves as a senior enterprise leader responsible for shaping and executing Illumina’s global inorganic growth strategy in alignment with long-term corporate objectives. This role operates at the intersection of strategy, finance, and business leadership, driving disciplined capital allocation and portfolio evolution through acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and strategic investments.This leader will define and operate a strategic and anticipatory M&A and corporate development strategy, grounded in deep industry insight, competitive intelligence, and enterprise priorities. The role requires not only excellence in transaction execution, but also the ability to influence enterprise strategy, advise executive leadership and the Board, and ensure that inorganic investments deliver measurable long-term value.Operating in a highly matrixed, global environment, the VP will partner across business units, R&D, commercial, legal, finance, and regional leadership to identify opportunities, assess strategic fit, and drive execution across the full transaction lifecycle, including integration and value realization.This role leads a global, matrixed M&A team, with accountability for both direct and indirect contributors. Success will be defined by both transaction outcomes and the ability to build, align, and develop a high-performing global team.**Essential Duties and Responsibilities****Strategic Leadership & Portfolio Management*** Develop and continuously refine Illumina’s enterprise-wide inorganic growth strategy, aligned to long-range planning, capital allocation priorities, and emerging market opportunities.* Partner with the Senior VP, Head of Corporate Development & Strategic Planning, executive leadership team, and Board to shape portfolio strategy, including acquisition priorities, divestitures, and strategic partnerships.* Establish a proactive target identification framework, leveraging market intelligence, competitive analysis, and internal strategic priorities to build and maintain a robust pipeline.* Evaluate strategic trade-offs across investment opportunities, ensuring disciplined prioritization and alignment with enterprise value creation goals.**Deal Origination & Execution Excellence*** Lead the end-to-end M&A lifecycle, including sourcing, screening, valuation, due diligence, structuring, negotiation, and closing of transactions.* Drive complex, cross-border transactions, ensuring alignment with regulatory, tax, and compliance considerations across jurisdictions.* Oversee development of advanced financial models, scenario analyses, and valuation frameworks to inform executive decision-making.* Ensure transactions are structured to balance financial returns, strategic positioning, and risk mitigation, including accretion/dilution and long-term value creation.**Enterprise Integration & Value Realization*** Establish and govern a best-in-class integration framework, ensuring alignment with the Strategic rationale and accountability for value capture.* Partner with business leaders to define and track post-deal value realization metrics, including revenue synergies, cost efficiencies, and strategic milestones.* Lead integration governance, ensuring timely decision-making, risk management, and escalation of key issues to executive leadership.**Cross-Functional & Global Leadership*** Operate as a trusted advisor to senior executives, influencing decision-making across business units, regions, and functions.* Partner closely with R&D, commercial, finance, legal, HR, and regional leaders to ensure alignment on strategic priorities and execution.* Navigate a highly matrixed global organization, balancing competing priorities and driving alignment across diverse stakeholders.**Market Intelligence & External Engagement*** Maintain deep expertise in life sciences, genomics, diagnostics, and adjacent markets, including emerging technologies and competitive dynamics.* Build and manage relationships with investment banks, private equity firms, venture capital, and industry partners to enhance deal flow and market visibility.* Represent Illumina externally in strategic discussions, partnerships, and industry forums.**Governance & Executive Communication*** Prepare and present investment theses, deal recommendations, and portfolio updates to executive leadership and the Board of Directors.* Ensure adherence to governance standards, compliance requirements, and risk management protocols across all transactions.**Leadership & Team Accountability*** Lead and develop a global, matrixed team (direct and indirect), driving alignment, accountability, and performance.* Provide coaching and feedback to elevate team capability, including across indirect reporting lines.* Establish clear roles, priorities, and operating discipline to ensure consistent, high-quality execution across regions* Partner with functional and regional leaders to align on talent, resources, and delivery.**Key Competencies*** **Enterprise Strategic Thinking:** Ability to connect M&A activity to long-term corporate strategy and portfolio evolution.* **Financial Acumen & Capital Allocation:** Deep expertise in valuation, financial modeling, and disciplined investment decision-making.* **Executive Influence & Presence:** Proven ability to advise and influence C-suite and Board-level stakeholders.* **Global & Matrix Leadership:** Effectively leads across complex, global, and highly matrixed environments without direct authority.* **Deal Judgment & Risk Assessment:** Strong ability to assess risk, structure complex deals, and make sound, timely decisions.* **Integration & Value Realization Focus:** Drives accountability for delivering deal value beyond transaction close.* **Market Insight & External Orientation:** Maintains strong awareness of industry trends, competitors, and emerging opportunities.* **Team Leadership & Talent Development:** Builds and develops high-performing, diverse teams with strong succession pipelines.* **Change Leadership:** Leads organizations through ambiguity, transformation, and complex integration efforts.* **Global / Matrix Leadership:** Effectively leads across direct and indirect reporting lines; drives results through influence.* **People Leadership:** Builds, develops, and retains high-performing teams; actively coaches and manages performance.* **Alignment & Accountability:** Creates clarity in complex environments and ensures consistent delivery across teams.**Supervisory Responsibilities**This role includes direct supervision of a team of corporate development professionals, including Directors, Senior Managers, and Analysts, with responsibility for performance management, coaching and development, workload prioritization, and day-to-day oversight.The position is also responsible for hiring, onboarding, and navigating people related matters in alignment with company policies, values, and evolving workplace expectations.Additionally, the role provides indirect leadership across cross-functional integration teams, influencing senior stakeholders globally.**Minimum Qualifications*** Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 20
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