Drug Development Project Manager Jobs in Connecticut

The Corporate Development Project Manager partners strategically with leadership to drive execution of short- and long-term goals, with a primary focus on advancing deal activity. This role owns the end-to-end deal execution process, requiring strong judgment, urgency, and the ability to lead complex, cross-functional work. The ideal candidate is hands-on, detail-oriented, and proactive in identifying risks, solving problems, and keeping transactions moving forward.

Responsibilities

• Partner strategically with Corporate Development and Operations leadership to execute on deal and business priorities

• Understand and navigate deal execution from initiation through close, integration, and post-close, ensuring timelines and milestones are met

• Lead cross-functional coordination across finance, legal, HR, and business teams to ensure alignment throughout the deal lifecycle

• Understand and navigate the end-to-end deal process, including timelines, deliverables, dependencies, and stakeholder communication

• Oversee diligence and data room management, ensuring accuracy, organization, and timely completion of materials

• Provide clear visibility into deal status, risks, and key decisions to senior leadership

• Proactively identify, assess, and resolve issues; escalate risks early with recommended solutions to avoid surprises

• Lead integration readiness planning and ensure smooth transition to integration teams

• Oversee post-close responsibilities, including the tracking and completion of closing deliverables, post-close obligations, and conditions subsequent

• Own the post-close financial mechanics end-to-end, including purchase price adjustments, working capital true-ups, escrow releases, and earnout milestones, partnering with finance and legal as needed

• Own transition service agreements (TSAs), including scoping, tracking, governance, and wind-down, ensuring obligations are met and services are exited on schedule

• Build and maintain post-close synergy models, quantifying cost and revenue synergies, tracking realization against targets, and reporting progress to leadership

• Monitor integration progress against plan after close, maintaining accountability for milestones, open items, and obligations through the post-close period

• Maintain a system of record for post-close commitments and reporting, ensuring obligations are documented, owned, and resolved on schedule

• Operate independently to identify process improvements and enhance efficiency across deal execution and post-close management

• Create and execute detailed project plans; adapt quickly to changing priorities and requirements

• Provide hands-on support for time-sensitive, high-priority initiatives

• Ensure a high standard of accuracy and attention to detail across all deliverables

• Advocate for effective use of internal systems and tools supporting deal tracking, execution, and post-close monitoring

• Own the post-close financial mechanics end-to-end, including purchase price adjustments, working capital true-ups, escrow releases, and earnout milestones, partnering with finance and legal as needed

• Own transition service agreements (TSAs), including scoping, tracking, governance, and wind-down, ensuring obligations are met and services are exited on schedule

• Build and maintain post-close synergy models, quantifying cost and revenue synergies, tracking realization against targets, and reporting progress to leadership

• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required

• 5-8+ years of experience in corporate development, transaction advisory, or professional services

• Proven experience leading deal execution or major workstreams within transactions

• Strong stakeholder management experience in a matrixed environment

• Demonstrated ability to operate independently and drive outcomes in a fast-paced environment

• Experience managing diligence processes, data rooms, and complex deal workflows

• Experience tracking and managing post-close obligations and deliverables through to resolution

• Strong financial modeling skills, including experience building synergy, purchase price adjustment, or related deal models

• Hands-on experience owning post-close mechanics and/or transition service agreements (TSAs)

• Strong problem-solving skills and sound judgment

• Advanced Microsoft Office skills (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook)

• Strong financial modeling skills, including experience building synergy, purchase price adjustment, or related deal models

• Hands-on experience owning post-close mechanics and/or transition service agreements (TSAs)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in corporate development or deal services within a professional services firm

• Experience supporting post-merger integration planning and execution

• Experience owning post-close synergy realization and reporting

• Project management certification or formal project management training

• Experience owning post-close synergy realization and reporting