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About the role

  • Head of Corporate Development leading Corel's acquisition strategy and M&A execution. Sourcing and closing software deals for the creative, collaborative, and productivity solutions company.

Responsibilities

  • Own Corel's M&A deal engine and acquisition strategy
  • Source consumer, prosumer, and desktop software targets across the US, Canada, and Europe
  • Evaluate, structure, and execute acquisitions
  • Build and manage Corel's M&A pipeline through banker relationships, founder outreach, and thematic research
  • Lead transaction execution from valuation and financial modeling through IOI/LOI drafting, structuring, negotiation, signing, and close
  • Develop investment theses, deal memos, valuation analyses, and market maps with the CEO, executive team, and Vector Capital
  • Direct cross-functional due diligence across finance, legal, tax, product, and technology
  • Manage outside advisors and keep transaction processes on track
  • Cultivate relationships with bankers, founders, and advisors
  • Partner with integration leaders post-close to ensure deals deliver on their thesis
  • Report directly to the CEO and eventually the CFO; work with Vector Capital's investment team

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience across investment banking, private equity, venture/growth investing, and/or corporate development
  • Exposure to consumer software and technology, ideally
  • Direct deal execution experience from sourcing through close
  • Strong financial modeling skills, including LBO models, Merger Models, and comparable company analyses
  • Genuine interest in consumer software roll-ups; experience with consumer, prosumer, or desktop software businesses is highly relevant
  • Sound commercial and operational judgment
  • Strong executive presence and ability to communicate and influence at the C-suite, board, and sponsor level
  • Comfort managing multiple concurrent workstreams in a lean, fast-moving team
  • Experience operating in a PE-backed or sponsor-owned environment and executing buy-and-build strategies is a bonus
  • Established network of technology bankers, founders, and advisors across the US and Canadian markets is a bonus

Benefits

  • Equal employment opportunities
  • Inclusive, barrier-free recruitment, selection process, and work environment
  • Accommodation provided upon request as required by Federal and Provincial regulations and Company Policy
  • Confidential handling of accommodation information

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Lead

Salary

$300,000 - $340,000 per year

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Location requirements

RemoteCanada

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