Senior Manager Corporate Development

About Sagility

Sagility is a trusted partner for healthcare operations transformation, helping organizations unlock value across complex healthcare workflows. With more than 25 years of healthcare domain expertise, Sagility combines deep operational knowledge with AI-enabled technology and intelligent automation to improve efficiency, strengthen decision-making, and elevate experiences for members, patients, providers, and stakeholders across the healthcare ecosystem.

Sagilitys capabilities span end-to-end healthcare operations, including claims administration, payment integrity, clinical and care management support, member and provider engagement, revenue cycle services, and advanced analytics. Today, nearly 50,000 specialists, clinicians, technologists, and operations professionals support healthcare organizations globally through trusted collaboration and technology-led transformation.

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly strategic and commercially driven leader with deep exposure to the startup ecosystem, emerging technologies, and Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) to help Sagility identify, evaluate, and engage with innovative companies that can accelerate long-term growth, capability expansion, and competitive differentiation.This role will play a critical part in Sagilitys inorganic growth and innovation strategy by proactively scouting startups, technology firms, digital platforms, and potential acquisition targets across healthcare services, AI/ML, automation, BPaaS, and technology-enabled operations. The individual will assess strategic fit, commercial viability, scalability, and integration potential while partnering closely with executive leadership, strategy, technology, and business teams.The ideal candidate combines strong business acumen, technology understanding, partnership-building capability, and experience in evaluating acquisition opportunities, strategic investments, partnerships, and ecosystem collaborations.

Key Responsibilities

1. M&A Strategy, Startup Scouting & Market Intelligence

• Proactively identify and evaluate startups, emerging technology companies, digital platforms, and potential acquisition targets aligned with Sagilitys long-term growth strategy.
• Continuously monitor global and regional startup ecosystems, venture-backed companies, and innovation trends across:
• Healthcare services and operations
• BPaaS and technology-enabled services
• AI/ML, automation, analytics, GenAI, and digital platforms
• Revenue cycle management and payer-provider technologies
• Build market intelligence on disruptive business models, competitive landscapes, investment activity, and consolidation opportunities.
• Develop strategic perspectives on build vs. buy vs. partner opportunities for leadership consideration.
• Maintain strong relationships with venture capital firms, accelerators, founders, innovation networks, and ecosystem partners to access early-stage and high-potential opportunities.

2. Acquisition Evaluation & Strategic Due Diligence

• Lead preliminary evaluation and strategic assessment of acquisition opportunities, startup partnerships, and investment prospects.
• Conduct strategic and commercial due diligence across:
• Product and technology maturity
• Market positioning and scalability
• Revenue models and growth potential
• Synergy realization opportunities
• Client relevance and operational integration feasibility
• Competitive differentiation and future readiness
• Assess targets for strategic alignment with Sagilitys transformation roadmap, digital capabilities, and long-term enterprise objectives.
• Partner with finance, legal, technology, operations, and leadership teams during M&A evaluations and transaction discussions.
• Develop executive-ready investment theses, business cases, and recommendation frameworks for leadership decision-making.

3. Strategic Partnerships, Investments & Integration Enablement

• Drive strategic partnerships, co-innovation programs, pilot engagements, and alliance initiatives with selected startups and technology firms.
• Support evaluation of minority investments, strategic alliances, joint ventures, and acquisition-led capability expansion opportunities.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to define pilot objectives, value realization frameworks, and commercialization strategies.
• Assist leadership in post-partnership and post-acquisition integration planning, including operationalization and capability alignment.
• Help scale successful partnerships into enterprise-wide offerings and differentiated client solutions.

4. Executive Stakeholder Collaboration & Ecosystem Engagement

• Act as a strategic bridge between external innovation ecosystems and internal business stakeholders.
• Work closely with:
• Corporate Strategy and M&A teams
• Practice and solution leaders
• Technology and digital transformation teams
• Client engagement and consulting teams
• Product and innovation leadership
• Translate startup capabilities and emerging technologies into enterprise-ready business use cases and scalable transformation initiatives.
• Represent Sagility in startup, VC, innovation, healthcare technology, and industry forums to strengthen market positioning and ecosystem visibility.

5. Long-Term Capability Building & Innovation Leadership

• Contribute to Sagilitys long-term inorganic growth and capability expansion strategy through proactive identification of emerging opportunities.
• Help leadership anticipate shifts in healthcare delivery, technology adoption, operating models, and client expectations.
• Develop strategic insights on future market trends, investment areas, and innovation priorities.
• Ensure Sagility remains positioned as a forward-looking, innovation-led, and digitally enabled enterprise partner.

Required Skills & Competencies

• Strong understanding of startup ecosystems, emerging technologies, SaaS platforms, digital products, and enterprise technology operating models.
• Strong exposure to Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), corporate development, strategic partnerships, investment evaluation, or inorganic growth initiatives.
• Ability to assess companies from strategic, commercial, operational, and technology perspectives.
• Experience evaluating acquisition targets, strategic alliances, venture partnerships, or innovation investments.
• Strong business and financial acumen, including market analysis, business case development, and synergy assessment.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to engage founders, investors, senior executives, and enterprise teams.
• Strong analytical, synthesis, communication, and executive presentation capabilities.
• Ability to convert market intelligence into actionable strategic recommendations.

Preferred Background

• Experience in:
• Corporate Development
• M&A Strategy
• Venture Partnerships
• Startup Ecosystem Engagement
• Innovation & Digital Transformation
• Strategic Alliances
• Exposure to healthcare, healthcare technology, payer-provider ecosystem, BPM/BPaaS, SaaS, AI/ML, automation, or platform-led services preferred.
• Experience working with venture-backed companies, accelerators, innovation hubs, consulting firms, or corporate innovation teams is highly desirable.

Education & Experience

• Bachelors degree in Business Administration, Technology, Economics, Engineering, or related field.
• MBA or relevant post-graduate degree preferred.
• 10+ years of experience across corporate strategy, M&A, startup partnerships, innovation, venture ecosystem, technology evaluation, or strategic growth initiatives.
• Prior exposure to acquisition evaluation, strategic due diligence, partnership structuring, or inorganic capability expansion strongly preferred.