Head of Corporate Development

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

📋 Description

• Take charge of Corel's M&A deal engine and acquisition strategy.

• Identify consumer, prosumer, and desktop software acquisition targets in the US, Canada, and Europe.

• Assess, structure, and carry out acquisitions.

• Develop and oversee Corel's M&A pipeline through relationships with bankers, outreach to founders, and thematic research.

• Lead the execution of transactions from valuation and financial modeling to drafting IOIs/LOIs, structuring, negotiating, signing, and closing deals.

• Collaborate with the CEO, executive team, and Vector Capital to create investment theses, deal memos, valuation analyses, and market maps.

• Oversee cross-functional due diligence involving finance, legal, tax, product, and technology teams.

• Manage external advisors and ensure transaction processes remain on schedule.

• Foster relationships with bankers, founders, and advisors.

• Work alongside integration leaders post-closing to guarantee that deals fulfill their intended objectives.

• Report directly to the CEO and eventually to the CFO; collaborate with Vector Capital's investment team.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 8 years of experience in investment banking, private equity, venture/growth investing, and/or corporate development.

• Ideally, familiarity with consumer software and technology.

• Proven experience in executing deals from sourcing to closure.

• Proficient in financial modeling, including LBO models, merger models, and comparable company analyses.

• A genuine interest in consumer software roll-ups; experience with consumer, prosumer, or desktop software businesses is highly relevant.

• Strong commercial and operational judgment.

• Excellent executive presence with the ability to effectively communicate and influence at the C-suite, board, and sponsor level.

• Ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams in a lean, fast-paced team environment.

• Experience in a PE-backed or sponsor-owned setting and executing buy-and-build strategies is a plus.

• An established network of technology bankers, founders, and advisors in the US and Canadian markets is a plus.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equal employment opportunities.

• An inclusive, barrier-free recruitment, selection process, and work environment.

• Accommodation provided upon request as required by Federal and Provincial regulations and Company Policy.

• Confidential handling of accommodation information.