Corporate Development Director

Snyk Snyk · Enterprise · Boston, MA

The Corporate Development Director at Snyk will lead M&A, investments, and strategic partnerships to accelerate the company's mission in secure AI software development. This role involves identifying targets, conducting due diligence, and managing post-merger integration, requiring a deep understanding of the security, DevOps, and cloud industries, with a focus on how AI impacts software development.

What you'd actually do

  1. Responsible for all aspects of Snyk’s corporate development strategy and operations to help accelerate the company’s mission through M&A, investments, strategic product partnerships, and strategic growth initiatives.
  2. Partner with internal stakeholders to determine how M&A might allow Snyk to deliver on its product roadmap faster and more effectively.
  3. Develop a deep understanding of these potential new markets for Snyk and how best to assess companies within them.
  4. Identify compelling targets that support Snyk’s strategic priorities through direct research as well as engagement both internally (with Snyk’s executives, product, and engineering teams) and externally (with entrepreneurs, investment bankers, and investors).
  5. Lead pre-LOI diligence efforts by assessing value creation opportunities/risks in potential acquisitions and aligning valuation/deal structure accordingly.

Skills

Required

  • Corporate development strategy and operations
  • M&A
  • Investments
  • Strategic product partnerships
  • Strategic growth initiatives
  • Product roadmap development
  • Market assessment
  • Target identification
  • Due diligence
  • Valuation and deal structuring
  • Post-merger integration
  • Security industry knowledge
  • DevOps industry knowledge
  • Virtualization industry knowledge
  • Cloud industry knowledge
  • Business development

Nice to have

  • AI software development understanding

What the JD emphasized

  • Master's degree In Business Administration, Engineering, or a directly related field plus five (5) years of engineering experience
  • five (5) years of experience with the following: Knowledge of Security, DevOps, Virtualization and Cloud Industry.
  • Business development experience