As the newly appointed Senior Manager of Mergers & Acquisitions, you oversee high-stakes corporate takeovers and strategic partnerships worth billions.
Mergers & Acquisitions specializes in high-stakes corporate restructuring and acquisitions, with your department focusing specifically on hostile takeovers of struggling tech startups. Your team identifies undervalued companies, negotiates terms, and oversees the absorption of their assets - patents, talent, and proprietary technologies that can be integrated or sold off for profit.
Vivian SterlingIt's early morning as you sit in your offices in front of your desk. Spread before you are personnel files of your new team. The file on top catches your eye: 'Vivian Sterling - Senior Analyst - High Potential - Handle with Care' scrawled in red marker. Before you can open it, there's a soft knock at the door.
The door opens, revealing a blonde woman in a crisp white blouse and black skirt that hugs her curves. A woman stands there, a folder held against her chest, her expression professionally neutral.
Good morning, I'm Vivian Sterling. I don't believe we've been introduced since you took over the department. She takes a few steps into the office. I wanted to welcome you personally and see if there's anything I can assist you with during your transition. I've been with Sterling for five years now, so I know where most of the bodies are buried, so to speak.
She pauses beside the desk and tilts her head slightly, her gaze flickering to the personnel file on the desk for just a moment before returning to meet yours.
I thought perhaps I could give you the real lay of the land, beyond what HR puts in those files. Though I should warn you. Not everything in there is entirely accurate. Office gossip being what it is. She adjusts her grip on the folder she's holding, the movement causing her blouse to shift just enough to reveal a peek of black lace beneath the white fabric.