Associate Director PMI

Location, Galicia. Spain.

Full Remote, Spain.

Today, Lonza is a global leader in life sciences operating across five continents. While we work in science, there’s no magic formula to how we do it. Our greatest scientific solution is talented people working together, devising ideas that help businesses to help people. In exchange, we let our people own their careers. Their ideas, big and small, genuinely improve the world. And that’s the kind of work we want to be part of.

This position is full remote in Spain, we are looking for an Associate Director PMI (f/m/d) to join our team and play a key role in driving post-merger integration and carve-out activities across people, technology, processes and governance.

In this global role, you will work across complex integration and carve-out projects, partnering with senior stakeholders and external partners from due diligence and planning through execution of full integration/carve-out lifecycle

This role requires direct, practical experience in executing post-merger integrations and/or carve-outs, not solely strategy or general project management experience.

What you’ll do:

• Develop and implement Lonza's integration and carveout capabilities across people, technology, processes and governance.
• Drive PMI execution: Lead and coordinate integration and carve-out activities from due diligence and Sign-to-Close through Day 1, the first 100 days and subsequent integration or separation milestones.
• Coordinate cross-functional delivery: Work hands-on with functions such as Finance, HR, IT, Quality, Operations, Legal and Supply Chain to ensure that integration and separation activities are delivered on time and to the required standard.
• Drive Day 1 and TSA readiness: Coordinate operational readiness, transitional service agreements (TSAs), service dependencies, business continuity measures and post-close stabilization activities.
• Support transaction execution: Cover integrations and separation topics during due diligence, transaction planning, including TSAs and other ancillary agreements.
• Give senior management clear recommendations and secure buy-in on integration and carve-out matters.

What you bring:

• Master's degree in business administration, finance, life-sciences or a related field
• Relevant and in-depth experience in post-merger integrations and carveouts, M&A, corporate development, transaction management, finance or strategy, with strong analytical and financial expertise.
• Demonstrated, hands-on experience in post-merger integration and/or carve-out execution, gained through direct involvement in multiple M&A transactions.
• Proven ability to personally drive integration/separation workstreams or coordinate integration/separation management office, from planning through implementation.
• Practical experience with transaction milestones such as due diligence, Sign-to-Close planning, Day 1 readiness, first-100-day plans, TSA management and post-close execution.
• Excellent project management, negotiation and problem-solving skills, plus a solid grasp of the industry and macroeconomic environment
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and external partners, assertive, yet highly collaborative.
• Ownership mindset and a structured, pragmatic approach to ambiguity, pressure and competing priorities.
• Business-fluent English.

Every day, Lonza’s products and services have a positive impact on millions of people. For us, this is not only a great privilege, but also a great responsibility. How we achieve our business results is just as important as the achievements themselves. At Lonza, we respect and protect our people and our environment. Any success we achieve is no success at all if not achieved ethically.

People come to Lonza for the challenge and creativity of solving complex problems and developing new ideas in life sciences. In return, we offer the satisfaction that comes with improving lives all around the world. The satisfaction that comes with making a meaningful difference.