Senior Strategic & Corporate Development Manager

About the position

At NAVEX, we're making the world a better place. A safer place. A more ethical place. A place where anyone, anywhere can have a voice. As part of the Corporate Development Team, you will be responsible for assessing, prioritizing, and driving strategic business and for all aspects of strategic acquisitions. Your expertise will be imperative to corporate deal making, strategy development, potential target identification, deal sourcing and deal execution. Your contributions are high impact as you lead initiatives to build global alliances, partnerships and programs to drive growth in a dynamic environment.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with executive management to develop segment and/or market strategies
• Define the role of investments, acquisitions and partnerships
• Source and analyze acquisition and divestiture opportunities that align with NAVEX's strategies
• Model extensive financial structures and returns, business plans and commercial arrangements
• Prepare and present opportunities for review by executive management
• Lead due diligence, structuring and negotiations
• Establish top corporate development initiatives alongside key stakeholders: sales, marketing, product management and engineering
• Create and implement business development/growth plans designed to maintain and increase existing business and capture new opportunities
• Grow new business opportunities through market intelligence and identifying prospects
• Develop and cultivate new relationships while maintaining business current relations
• Execute business development growth plans to achieve companies' profitability goals

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in business or related degree, MBA preferred
• 8+ years of demonstrated experience in strategy consulting, investment banking, venture capital, private equity or corporate development
• Experience in enterprise software or SaaS industry
• Deep understanding of software and technology markets
• Creativity to identify unique opportunities and concepts
• Substantial track record of M&A closing experience and partnership experience
• Strong analytical and financial skills to manage complex financial transactions, research and strategy
• Ability to drive results through NAVEX core competencies of accountability, customer focus, drives results and instills trust

Benefits

• Career growth with market-leading training
• Competitive and transparent pay practices
• Top-of-the-range wellbeing programs
• Brilliant opt-in benefits
• Life flexibility to care for yourself and loved ones
• An inspiring culture with invested teammates
• Industry leadership in a fast-growing organization