Associate Director, M&A Projects

• Field: Business Services
• Contract type: Full Time - Permanent
• Location: Qatar - Doha

We're an award-winning global communications company operating in nine countries across the Middle East, North Africa, and Southeast Asia. Our strategy is to become the region's leading digital infrastructure provider. Ooredoo Group's strategic vision is guided by five key pillars:

Value-Focused Portfolio: Boosting asset returns by focusing on telco operations, towers, data centres, the sea cable business and fintech.

Strengthen the Core: Optimally using deployed capital and maintain an appropriate cost structure.

Evolve the Core: Monetising opportunities to generate new revenue streams via programmes focusing on analytics, digitalisation of operations, and partnerships with digital service providers.

People: Building an engaged and empowered workforce through integrated learning programs and coaching and mentoring.

Excellence in Customer

Experience:

Creating superior customer experiences.

From day one, every employee who joins our team becomes an integral part of our success journey. We offer you the chance to enhance your skills, advance your career, and maintain a healthy work-life balance. Empowering you to catapult your personal and professional growth. If you're looking to challenge your growth potential, Ooredoo is the employer for you.

Main purpose of this role is to lead M&A projects or work streams, develop and prepare business models , valuation analysis, and recommendations for the purpose of M&A transactions

Supports the full lifecycle of mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures

This role involves financial analysis, valuation, due diligence, deal structuring, and integration planning.

The role holder acts as an extension of the project owner, ensuring content leadership, rigorous execution, and end ‑ to ‑ end delivery across multiple work streams.

Supports the full lifecycle of mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures,

This role involves financial analysis, valuation, due diligence, deal structuring, and integration planning.

Works closely with Strategy, Finance, and Legal teams to assess opportunities, execute transactions, and ensure alignment with the organization's strategic objectives.

The deal size and hence decision impact for Ooredoo can vary from below 50 Million USD to multiple billion USD transactions.

Transaction types can vary from JV, Carve outs buy side and sell side

Deal Sourcing & Evaluation

Identify and evaluate potential acquisition or divestment opportunities aligned with strategic priorities.

Conduct market, competitor, and sector research to support deal origination.

Maintain relationships with investment banks, advisors, and industry contacts.

Financial Analysis & Valuation

Develop detailed financial models to assess valuation, synergies, and returns (DCF, precedent transactions, comparable companies, , etc.).

Build and Support scenario analyses, sensitivities, and value creation modeling.

Prepare and review investment cases and presentations for senior management and board approval.

Coordinate internal and external due diligence (financial, legal, tax, commercial, operational).

Collaborate with advisors, consultants, and internal experts to identify and mitigate risks.

Assist in drafting term sheets, letters of intent, and transaction documentation.

Provide commercial input for SPA

Support negotiation of key deal terms and closing conditions.

Integration & Post-Deal Support

Work with cross-functional teams to ensure smooth post-merger integration.

Track performance of acquired entities against the business case and synergy targets.

Support divestment or restructuring

Manage specific M&A transactions or work streams in M&A transactions

Executive Communication & Stakeholder Engagement

Prepare executive-level presentations, Board papers, and investor communications related to strategic projects .

Communicate complex strategic topics succinctly to senior executives, shareholders, and external partners.

Represent the department in cross-organizational discussions with senior management…