Director, Corporate Development

Role Overview

• Maintain an M&A priority roadmap, including target identification, prioritization, and pipeline management across key Value Creation Plan priorities.
• Develop and continuously refine acquisition theses aligned with product strategy and competitive positioning.
• Establish and nurture relationships with management of key priority targets to surface actionable opportunities.
• Manage all aspects of the end-to-end transaction process: initial outreach and NDA, financial modeling, due diligence, and deal execution.
• Build complex financial models to evaluate deal economics and quantify synergies under different investment scenarios.
• Drive joint business planning with target management to validate models and align on post-deal operational priorities.
• Manage external and internal stakeholders to execute commercial, financial, tax, product, technical, and legal diligence.
• Develop, and manage post-close integration plans in partnership with functional leaders.
• Track key deal metrics, integration milestones, and synergy realization post-acquisition, reporting progress to Executive Leadership Team and the Board.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in investment banking, private equity, corporate development, or management consulting
• Direct M&A deal experience required
• Demonstrated track record of leading software and services transactions
• Strategic thinker, with exceptional financial modeling skills and strong business acumen
• Strong executive presence with the ability to present confidently to Executive
• and Board-level audiences
• Excellent written and verbal communication; capable of distilling complex analysis into clear, compelling narratives
• Highly organized self-starter with the ability to manage multiple workstreams under time pressure
• Domain knowledge of intellectual property management, legal technology, and enterprise SaaS, preferred
• Experience working with a PE-backed or high-growth technology company, preferred
• MBA or JD from a top-tier institution, preferred
• Ability to travel up to 50% (as deal activity requires).

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package