Business Development Advisor

Business Development Advisor

Requirements

• Degree: Bachelors required; MBA preferred
• 7+ years of relevant experience
• Experience with M&A and commercial contract development strongly preferred
• Strong communication and collaboration skills required
• Self-starter, naturally curious, and comfortable challenging the status quo
• Continuous improvement mindset

Responsibilities

• Leads all phases of the deal life cycle
• Coordinates the development and execution of legal agreements with Law
• Organizes and leads meetings with internal subject matter experts (SME’s) to support opportunity analysis and due diligence processes
• Engages and coordinates activities with third-party advisors/banks to support M&A transactions
• Leads proactive screening efforts to identify top acquisition targets to advance MPC/MPLX strategies
• Develops and maintains a repository of top M&A opportunities
• Establishes and monitors leading indicators to inform decision timing of M&A opportunities
• Conducts post-deal lessons learned reviews to identify work process improvement opportunities
• Engages with external subject matter experts to benchmark MPC M&A work processes and capabilities against industry best practices
• Maintains and continuously improves an M&A toolkit for all phases of the deal life cycle

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA preferred
• Business, Engineering, or Law preferred