Director, Corporate Development
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Director of Corporate Development leading M&A execution strategies at Anaqua. Responsible for managing acquisition priorities and post-close integration plans for IP management technology.
Responsibilities:
- Maintain an M&A priority roadmap, including target identification, prioritization, and pipeline management across key Value Creation Plan priorities.
- Develop and continuously refine acquisition theses aligned with product strategy and competitive positioning.
- Establish and nurture relationships with management of key priority targets to surface actionable opportunities.
- Manage all aspects of the end-to-end transaction process: initial outreach and NDA, financial modeling, due diligence, and deal execution.
- Build complex financial models to evaluate deal economics and quantify synergies under different investment scenarios.
- Drive joint business planning with target management to validate models and align on post-deal operational priorities.
- Manage external and internal stakeholders to execute commercial, financial, tax, product, technical, and legal diligence.
- Develop, and manage post-close integration plans in partnership with functional leaders.
- Track key deal metrics, integration milestones, and synergy realization post-acquisition, reporting progress to Executive Leadership Team and the Board.
Requirements:
- 10+ years of experience in investment banking, private equity, corporate development, or management consulting
- Direct M&A deal experience required
- Demonstrated track record of leading software and services transactions
- Strategic thinker, with exceptional financial modeling skills and strong business acumen
- Strong executive presence with the ability to present confidently to Executive- and Board-level audiences
- Excellent written and verbal communication; capable of distilling complex analysis into clear, compelling narratives
- Highly organized self-starter with the ability to manage multiple workstreams under time pressure
- Domain knowledge of intellectual property management, legal technology, and enterprise SaaS, preferred
- Experience working with a PE-backed or high-growth technology company, preferred
- MBA or JD from a top-tier institution, preferred
- Ability to travel up to 50% (as deal activity requires).
Benefits:
- Comprehensive benefits package

















