Head of Corporate Development

Overview

This role owns the M&A deal engine at a leading consumer and prosumer software platform. The employer is pursuing an ambitious acquisition strategy and expects this hire to drive sourcing, evaluation, structuring, and execution of acquisitions that shape the organization’s portfolio and next phase of growth. Reporting to the CEO (and eventually the CFO), the role works closely with the investment team.

Responsibilities

• Build and own the organization’s M&A pipeline by sourcing consumer, prosumer, and desktop software targets across US, Canada, and Europe through banker relationships, direct founder outreach, and thematic research.
• Lead transaction execution end-to-end, including:
  • valuation and financial modeling
  • drafting IOI/LOI
  • deal structuring
  • negotiation
  • coordination through signing and close
• Develop investment theses and board-ready materials in partnership with the CEO, executive team, and the investment team, including deal memos, valuation analyses, and market maps.
• Direct cross-functional due diligence across finance, legal, tax, product, and technology, manage outside advisors, and keep fast-moving processes on track.
• Cultivate a durable network of bankers, founders, and advisors to identify opportunities early.
• Partner with integration leaders post-close to ensure each deal delivers on its thesis.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience across some combination of investment banking, private equity, venture/growth investing, and/or corporate development; ideally with exposure to consumer software and technology.
• Direct deal execution experience, driving transactions from sourcing through close while owning the model, diligence, and negotiation.
• Strong financial modeling skills, including building LBO models, merger models, and comparable company analyses from scratch and defending assumptions.
• Genuine interest in consumer software roll-ups, with highly relevant experience in consumer, prosumer, or desktop software businesses.
• Sound commercial and operational judgment, including forming a view on what a business is worth, why it wins, and how it fits with the broader portfolio.
• Strong executive presence with the ability to communicate and influence at the C-suite, board, and sponsor level.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams (pipeline, active diligence, and live negotiations) in a lean, fast-moving team.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience operating in a PE-backed or sponsor-owned environment and executing buy-and-build strategies.
• An established network of technology bankers, founders, and advisors across US and Canadian markets.

Compensation & Benefits

• Not specified.

Location

• US, Canada, and Europe (targets).