Director, Corporate Development

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Oversee the daily implementation of M&A transactions from the initial meeting to the closing stage, including the creation of workplans, issue tracking, and advisor collaboration.

• Develop and sustain financial models for valuation, synergy evaluation, and returns, transforming due diligence insights into pricing and terms recommendations.

• Manage the target acquisition pipeline, uphold the market landscape, evaluate targets against acquisition criteria, and initiate outreach to owners, bankers, lenders, and other stakeholders.

• Facilitate cross-functional due diligence involving finance, legal, tax, operations, IT, and commercial teams, while also managing external advisors.

• Prepare memos and presentations for the CEO, executive leadership, and board members.

• Transfer each deal to the integration team with a comprehensive pre-close package, and monitor post-close performance against the deal rationale.

• Enhance Corporate Development processes and playbooks, while mentoring analysts or contractors as the team expands.

• Assist in the strategic assessment of partnerships, adjacent markets, and decisions between building or acquiring.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 8 years in M&A, investment banking, private equity, or corporate development, with relevant experience aligned with the role.

• Proven track record of successfully closed buy-side transactions, with direct responsibility for due diligence and execution.

• Proficient financial modeling and valuation abilities, along with sound judgment regarding earnings quality.

• Familiarity with deal structures, purchase agreements, working capital, earnouts, and tax structuring.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with confidence in presenting to senior executives.

• Strong project management capabilities, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously.

• A bachelor's degree in finance, economics, business, or a related discipline.

• Preferred background in logistics, supply chain, e-commerce, fulfillment, or commerce software industries.

• Preferred experience with carve-outs, distressed transactions, or roll-ups of smaller private companies.

• Preferred involvement in sourcing and origination programs.

• Preferred familiarity with international or cross-border transactions.

🏝️ Benefits

• Direct access to the CEO, president, CFO, and board of directors.

• Genuine ownership and influence within a function that is still evolving.

• Opportunity to be part of a company with significant scale and a clear strategic focus on AI and automation.