Manager - Mergers & Acquisitions
Finance, Banking & Legal · Banking & Investments · Corporate Finance
In short
Saab is seeking a Manager - Mergers & Acquisitions to identify, evaluate, and drive strategic growth opportunities, particularly in Anti-Tank Precision Fires. This role involves leading M&A activities from assessment to integration planning, collaborating with business leadership and corporate M&A teams to strengthen Saab's global market position. The position requires strong strategic judgment, financial acumen, and international experience.
Responsibilities
- Lead and coordinate M&A activities from early opportunity assessment through execution and integration planning.
- Identify companies, technologies, and partnerships that complement Ground Combat's capabilities.
- Build a strong understanding of the global Anti-Tank Precision Fires landscape and assess strategic fit.
- Coordinate due diligence, valuation, transaction structuring, and negotiations.
- Develop market, company, and competitive analyses.
- Support negotiations and prepare decision material for senior management.
- Contribute to integration planning and post-acquisition follow-up.
- Build and maintain relationships with external stakeholders.
- Ensure M&A activities adhere to strong governance and responsible business practices.
Requirements
- Demonstrated experience in mergers and acquisitions, corporate development, investment banking, strategy consulting, or a related field.
- Demonstrated experience from a similar role within a Tier-1 defence supplier, defence-related organisation, or comparable international environment.
- Demonstrated project management experience involving complex, multi-stakeholder, and preferably international projects.
- Strong understanding of the defence sector.
- Strong financial modelling, valuation, and analytical skills.
- Excellent written and spoken English.
- Strong communication, coordination, and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to assess strategic and commercial opportunities across international markets.
- A structured, proactive, and collaborative approach with sound judgment and ability to manage competing priorities.
- A relevant university degree in business, finance, engineering, project management, or a related discipline.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience within the defence industry, land systems or Anti-Tank Precision Fires is considered an advantage.
- Familiarity with international industrial partnerships and complex regulatory environments is considered an advantage.
Benefits
- Opportunity to influence the bigger picture and realize amazing innovations.
- Work in an international environment with dedicated colleagues where innovation, collaboration and responsibility go hand in hand.
- Contribute directly to strategic development and strengthen Saab's position in key global markets.
Skills
Financial ModelingValuationDue DiligenceBusiness DevelopmentProject ManagementStrategic PlanningFinancial Analysis
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About Saab
As a leading defence and security company, we offer solutions that range from the depths of the oceans to high in the sky, on land and in cyberspace, to keep people and society safe. Empowered by our 22,000 talented people, we constantly push the boundaries of technology to create a safer, more sustainable and more equitable world. We design, manufacture and maintain advanced systems in aeronautics, weapons, command and control, sensors and underwater systems. We are headquartered in Sweden and have major operations all over the world and are part of the domestic defence capability of several…
Company
SaabJob Posted
4 days ago
Expires
in 2 weeks
Employment Type
Full Time
Work mode
Hybrid
Experience Level
Senior
Locations
Karlskoga, Sweden
Linköping, Sweden
Solna, Sweden
Qualification
Undergraduate, Master
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