Senior Director, Corporate Development

Prudential’s purpose is to be partners for every life and protectors for every future. Our purpose encourages everything we do by creating a culture in which diversity is celebrated and inclusion assured, for our people, customers, and partners. We provide a platform for our people to do their best work and make an impact to the business, and we support our people’s career ambitions. We pledge to make Prudential a place where you can Connect, Grow, and Succeed.

Job Requirements:

• Lead and manage inorganic projects - target screening, due diligence, valuation, and communications with stakeholders for buy-in and approval

• Optimising our shareholding arrangements. Support senior management to resolve issues on a shareholder level for our JVs and business units

• Lead and support engagement with key Exco members and local business unit leaders to develop and articulate our strategic growth agenda
• Build and maintain relationships with key external advisers and networks. Obtain intelligence about market trends, ideas and competitive moves
• Conduct/lead high quality analytical assessment of opportunities to advise/support GEC decision making.
• Access to good market intelligence, be “plugged” into the insurance and asset management deal networks including the potential pipeline, motivations of our counterparties and what has worked and what has not.

Job Qualifications:

• Deep experience and track record in managing M&As and major partnership agreements
• Strong commercial acumen and understanding of our business/financial drivers
• Sound knowledge of our key insurance and asset management markets Strong experience in managing and working with various advisers including investment bankers, accounting/tax firms, actuarial firms and legal firms
• Wide set of knowledge of the deal issues, and experience of leading/covering strategic/financial assessment, legal, regulatory, tax, operations/tech, political areas leverage other expert help/advisers as needed
• Experience in building and leading a high performing team will be an advantage.

Prudential is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equality of opportunity of benefits for all who apply and who perform work for our organisation irrespective of sex, race, age, ethnic origin, educational, social and cultural background, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, disability or part-time / fixed-term work, or any other status protected by applicable law. We encourage the same standards from our recruitment and third-party suppliers taking into account the context of grade, job and location. We also allow for reasonable adjustments to support people with individual physical or mental health requirements.