Director, Corporate Development
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Director of Corporate Development managing M&A transactions for LifeStance Health. Evaluating deals, overseeing execution, and leading a team to drive inorganic growth.
Responsibilities:
- Build and manage a pipeline of acquisition targets across LifeStance's deal categories: Tuck-In Acquisitions, Specialty Services, Tech Enablement, and Scaled Practices.
- Lead pre-LOI financial and operational analysis, including preliminary valuation, market sizing, and strategic fit assessment.
- Maintain active relationships with investment banks, M&A advisors, venture capital and private equity firms, and industry contacts to generate proprietary deal flow.
- Conduct competitive analysis and market research to identify acquisition targets aligned with LifeStance's strategic priorities and LFST2030 goals.
- Manage the full transaction lifecycle from LOI through close, including diligence coordination, legal process management, quality of earnings oversight, and deal structuring.
- Build and own financial models — including DCF, comparable transaction, and returns analyses — to support valuation and deal economics.
- Lead negotiations with sellers, their advisors, and legal counsel.
- Coordinate cross-functional deal teams across Finance, Legal, Operations, HR, and Technology.
- Prepare and present investment recommendations to senior leadership and the Board of Directors.
- Directly manage and develop a team of two: a Corporate Development Manager and a Corporate Development Analyst.
- Evaluate strategic partnership and technology investment opportunities alongside traditional M&A, including pilot agreements, minority investment structures, and warrant arrangements.
- Support integration planning in close coordination with operational counterparts, ensuring clean handoffs and continuity of deal value post-close.
Requirements:
- 7–10 years of experience in M&A transaction execution in investment banking, corporate development, or private equity.
- Demonstrated track record of closing M&A transactions, including direct responsibility for managing diligence, legal process, and deal structuring.
- Advanced financial modeling skills — DCF, comparable transactions, scenario analysis, and returns modeling.
- Experience directly managing or mentoring junior deal team members through live transactions.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to present investment recommendations clearly to senior executives and board members.
- High degree of independence and judgment; able to manage multiple transactions simultaneously with minimal oversight.
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Economics, or a related field.
- Strongly Preferred Healthcare services M&A experience, particularly in physician practice management, behavioral health, or multi-site provider platforms.
- MBA or equivalent advanced degree.
- Experience working with quality of earnings advisors and managing financial due diligence processes.
- Familiarity with strategic partnership structures, minority investments, and non-traditional deal structures.
- Experience at a healthcare-focused investment bank, strategic acquirer, or growth-stage healthcare company.
Benefits:
- medical, dental, vision, AD&D, short and long-term disability, and life insurance.
- Additional benefits include a 401k retirement savings with employer match, paid parental leave, paid time off, holiday pay and an Employee Assistance Program.
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