Director Corporate Development

M&A and Strategic Investments

• Identify, evaluate, and prioritize acquisition, investment, and inorganic growth opportunities aligned with corporate strategy.
• Develop investment theses and strategic rationales for potential transactions.
• Conduct financial analysis, valuation, transaction modeling, and market benchmarking.
• Lead diligence processes across commercial, financial, operational, technical, and legal workstreams.
• Support transaction structuring, negotiations, and execution through closing.
• Assist with integration planning and value realization following completed transactions.

Strategic Partnerships

• Develop and expand relationships with AI, software, cloud, robotics, data infrastructure, and enterprise technology companies.
• Structure strategic alliances, commercial partnerships, joint ventures, and ecosystem collaborations.
• Partner with business and product leaders to convert strategic relationships into measurable growth opportunities.
• Maintain executive-level relationships with founders, investors, strategic partners, and industry leaders.

U.S. Growth and Market Expansion

• Support the company's expansion strategy across the United States, particularly within the San Francisco Bay Area and broader Silicon Valley ecosystem.
• Identify opportunities to expand technology capabilities, customer access, talent acquisition, and geographic reach.
• Evaluate new markets, products, channels, and growth initiatives.
• Develop market-entry and expansion strategies for priority business segments.

Industry and Ecosystem Development

• Build and maintain a broad network
• Represent the company at industry, investment, and technology events across the U.S.

Financial Analysis and Transaction Execution

• Build detailed acquisition, investment, and strategic initiative models.
• Conduct valuation analyses, comparable company assessments, and return evaluations.
• Analyze growth, profitability, market opportunity, customer concentration, and business-model economics.
• Prepare executive- and board-level recommendations and investment materials.
• Coordinate cross-functional transaction teams and manage external advisors throughout execution.