Director of Strategy and Corporate Development

Director of Strategy and Corporate Development

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Strategic Management, or a related field (Master’s preferred)
• 8+ years of experience in corporate strategy, partnerships, business management, or executive-level consulting, with significant experience in inorganic growth management
• 5+ years leading M&A processes, including deal sourcing, evaluation, and negotiation
• Proven experience partnering with executive teams through strategic development processes
• Strong leadership, organizational, and project management skills
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement abilities
• Ability to analyze complex market, financial and business data and translate insights into strategic opportunities
• Experience in change management and business transformation

Responsibilities

• Partner with Product, Marketing, and ELT to identify opportunities, deal thesis and potential targets
• Maintain a global pipeline of acquisition and partnership targets; drive outreach, and diligence
• Build and own deal and integration playbook, and Board materials
• Partner with Legal and Finance to execute transactions, including owning the upfront deal, driving the transaction to completion and create an integration roadmap
• Lead cross-functional integration planning and post-close tracking of value capture

Preferred Qualifications

• Strategic thinker, ruthless prioritizer—can cut through noise to the biggest value levers
• Deal athlete—thrives under deadline pressure and multiple workstreams
• Data-driven storyteller—builds a narrative that resonates with both operators and investors with a clear and aligned thesis
• Low-ego collaborator—earns trust across Product, Sales, Finance, and Engineering
• Builder’s mindset—comfortable in ambiguity; implements scalable processes