Associate Director-Venture Fund

• Follow market, technology and regulatory trends that shape healthcare industry (pharma, med-tech, healthcare service, etc.) development, perform industry analysis to screen and identify investment opportunities
• Participate in sourcing new investments including meeting with founders, entrepreneurs, potential co-investors, attending conferences, networking events

• Perform preliminary analysis of potential investment opportunities through industry and company research, industry expert interviews and meeting with prospective partners.
• Assist in due diligence - support the team across the various due diligence work streams (commercial, financial, legal, technology, etc.) on live transactions, support assess key investment merits and risks
• Perform valuation analysis via business planning and financial modelling
• Help prepare investment memorandums and presentation documents

• Contribute to post-investment monitoring activities and interact with portfolio companies’ management teams

• Minimum Master’s degree from top university; Medical, life science or related discipline PHD is highly preferred (for R&D fund mgr)
• Minimum 5 years of working experience in related areas: 1) for R&D fund manager, research or R&D BD experience in pharm industry is required; 2) for commercial fund manager, investment banking, management consulting strategy or business development experience in pharmaceutical or medical device companies is required; private equity or venture capital investment experience highly preferred

• Capability of performing in-depth industry analysis, company performance analysis and value creation drivers analysis
• In-depth understanding of financial statements, corporate finance, accounting principles, and valuation; able to design, develop and integrate detailed financial models
• Think logically and critically, and creative problem-solving ability

• Excellent communication skills, with ability to articulate and present facts, ideas, recommendations effectively (both verbally and in writing) with key stakeholders
• Demonstrate strong interpersonal skills to coordinate with vendors, industry experts, financial sponsors and company management team

• Self-motivating, entrepreneurial
• Comfortable with multi-tasking in a fast-paced environment
• High result-orientation and drive for impact
• Strong curiosity for learning
• Strong integrity, highly trust-worthy
• Team player with low ego

• Fluent in English and Mandarin, both written and verbal

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