Senior Director, Strategy and Corporate Development
Reporting to the VP Strategy and Corporate Development, this position plays a lead role in developing and evolving the CSL’s enterprise strategy, leading Enterprise-wide, often global initiatives, coordinating and leading cross functional teams, identifying opportunities, evaluating options and making recommendations back to the executive management team and to the Board. The position is also focused on identifying as well as executing end-to-end corporate development / M&A transactions.
The Senior Director, Strategy and Corporate Development is a senior leader responsible for shaping the company’s long-term strategic agenda, driving inorganic growth opportunities, and ensuring disciplined execution of high-impact initiatives. This role partners closely with the Executive Leadership Team (ELT), Business Units, R&D, and enabling functions to translate corporate ambition into actionable strategies and transactions. The Senior Director will lead strategic projects, evaluate and execute M&A opportunities, and play a key role in advancing enterprise value creation.
This is a highly visible role internally, with responsibilities that contribute directly to scaling the company to the next phase of growth. This person will also be required to represent the company externally at conferences and events.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES
Strategic Project
- Responsible for leading key enterprise-wide strategic projects and support decision making by executive management team and develop plans to achieve the identified outcome.
- Analyse market trends, competitor activity, and industry developments to inform strategy and corporate development decisions.
- Develop and apply advanced analytics and scenario modelling to support strategic recommendations.
- Prepare and present insights, reports, and recommendations to the Head of Strategy and Corporate Development and executive leadership.
Corporate Development
- Manage and execute corporate development initiatives, including M&A, partnerships and JV evaluations, and strategic investments, under the direction of the Head of Strategy and Corporate Development
- Provide structured problem-solving and analytical rigor to support executive decision-making.
- Supports M&A activities bringing strategic context to consideration of large M&A or transformational targets
- Manage Corporate Development projects and external resources in the design, development, and delivery of projects of varying complexity
- Conduct due diligence, financial modelling, and integration planning for transactions.
- Build business cases and financial models, clearly articulating risks, value drivers, and strategic fit.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders and external advisors to ensure successful deal execution and post-merger integration.
- Develop and maintain relationships with bankers, investors, advisors, and potential targets.
- Prepare and deliver board-level and executive management-level materials articulating insights, scenarios, and recommendations.
Stakeholder Engagement
- Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, representing the company at industry events and forums as required.
- Influence and indirectly lead senior teams, promoting a culture of accountability, collaboration, and innovation.
- Act as a trusted thought partner to senior executives, shaping decisions on corporate priorities and growth investments.
- Manage, coach, and develop high-performing team members.
- Foster collaboration across geographies, functions, and external stakeholders.
- Champion a culture of fact-based decision-making, intellectual curiosity, and execution excellence.
Education and Experience
Education
MSC / PhD and MBA level
Experience
- 12+ years of relevant experience in corporate strategy, M&A, investment banking, private equity, or top-tier management consulting (healthcare/biopharma experience strongly preferred).
- Demonstrated track record of leading complex strategic initiatives and executing M&A transactions (buy-side, sell-side, JVs, partnerships).
Competencies
- Strong financial acumen with expertise in valuation, deal structuring, and investment cases.
- Exceptional problem-solving, analytical, and strategic thinking skills.
- Excellent executive communication and presentation capabilities.
- Proven leadership experience in managing teams and influencing at senior levels.
- Influencing skills, strong focus on value creation and reliability
- Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment while maintaining the ability to juggle multiple competing priorities and stakeholders.
- Strategic thinker with the ability to simplify complexity.
- High integrity and sound judgment.
- Results-oriented with strong execution discipline.
- Collaborative and people-focused leader.
- Global mindset with cross-cultural experience.
Travel
- Approximately 20% for Domestic and International Travel
About CSL Behring
CSL Behring is a global biotherapeutics leader driven by our promise to save lives. Focused on serving patients’ needs by using the latest technologies, we discover, develop and deliver innovative therapies for people living with conditions in the immunology, hematology, cardiovascular and metabolic, respiratory, and transplant therapeutic areas. We use three strategic scientific platforms of plasma fractionation, recombinant protein technology, and cell and gene therapy to support continued innovation and continually refine ways in which products can address unmet medical needs and help patients lead full lives.
CSL Behring operates one of the world’s largest plasma collection networks, CSL Plasma. Our parent company, CSL, headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, employs 32,000 people, and delivers its lifesaving therapies to people in more than 100 countries.
To learn more about CSL, CSL Behring, CSL Seqirus and CSL Vifor visit https://www.csl.com/ and CSL Plasma at https://www.cslplasma.com/.
Our Benefits
For more information on CSL benefits visit How CSL Supports Your Well-being | CSL.
You Belong at CSL
At CSL, Inclusion and Belonging is at the core of our mission and who we are. It fuels our innovation day in and day out. By celebrating our differences and creating a culture of curiosity and empathy, we are able to better understand and connect with our patients and donors, foster strong relationships with our stakeholders, and sustain a diverse workforce that will move our company and industry into the future.
To learn more about inclusion and belonging visit https://www.csl.com/careers/inclusion-and-belonging
Equal Opportunity Employer
CSL is an Equal Opportunity Employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, please visit https://www.csl.com/accessibility-statement.
