Corporate Development & Strategy Manager – M&A

AlphaPet Ventures GmbH

Corporate Development & Strategy Manager overseeing M&A processes and strategic initiatives for Alphapet Ventures GmbH. Collaborating closely with CEO, CFO, and Board members in a dynamic environment.

Posted 6/15/2026full-timeRemote • 🇩🇪 GermanyJuniorMid-LevelWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

You will independently own workstreams in our M&A processes, investor communications and key strategic initiatives for the CEO, CFO and Advisory Board.
M&A sourcing & pipeline management: maintain and further develop our M&A pipeline, perform structured evaluations of new targets, and conduct outreach and banker calls.
Project management for acquisition processes: manage the due-diligence and legal documentation streams — including independently conducting Commercial Due Diligence, from analysis to the final decision paper for management and the Advisory Board.
Responsibility for post-closing integration planning and the PMO — including tracking value levers, synergies and milestones.
Corporate Finance: support the structuring and execution of our acquisition financings (equity and debt) in close collaboration with our CFO.
Investor Relations: professional management of our shareholder group — including monthly investor reporting and communication to our Advisory Board.
Strategy & CEO/CFO support: independently handle strategic special projects for the CEO and CFO — e.g., market-entry and portfolio questions, make-or-buy cases, and preparation of decision papers and presentations for our shareholders.
AI enablement: actively use and further develop our AI workflows in analysis, reporting and presentations.
Mentoring: provide technical leadership and onboarding for our working students and interns in the team.

Requirements

What you’ll need

At least 2–4 years of professional experience in investment banking (M&A), private equity, a startup, strategy consulting, transaction services or a comparable function.
A very good degree in economics, finance, industrial engineering or another quantitative discipline.
You work analytically and strategically, quickly grasp complex issues and translate them into clear storylines — both in writing and in management-ready presentations.
You have strong numerical skills and a good command of Excel — you structure complex calculations cleanly and produce decision-ready materials.
You communicate confidently with external stakeholders (advisors, targets, shareholders), run meetings independently and represent AlphaPet professionally externally.
Ownership & pragmatism come naturally to you: you take responsibility for your workstreams, prioritise by impact (80/20 where sensible, depth where mission-critical) and bring proposed solutions to blockers.
AI-savvy & hands-on: you actively use AI tools (e.g., Claude) to boost efficiency and quality and help drive the further development of our AI workflows.
Business-fluent German and English, both written and spoken.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Responsible, exciting and varied tasks with lots of scope for shaping things in a dynamic company that lives flat hierarchies and an open, informal working atmosphere where everyone is on a first-name basis.
A friendly, open team of approximately 280 employees across Munich, Leipzig and Albourne (UK), with several lovely office dogs at our locations.
Flexible working hours (based on trust-based working time), home-office options including a contribution towards your home-office setup, and the possibility to work from abroad for several months.
28 days of annual leave plus the option to take up to 20 days of unpaid leave as well as special leave.
Various internal & external professional development opportunities that you can choose independently according to your interests.
We care about your mental health: through the OpenUp platform you can anonymously join individual or group therapy sessions or speak 1:1 with qualified therapists.
Various employee discounts — for people and pets!
Regular team, company and Family & Friends events.
Need a break? Relax in our social area with a foosball table or challenge your colleagues on our comfy sofa area to a Mario Kart battle (or another Nintendo Switch game)!
Don’t like reheated food? Ordering takes too long? Our office has a high-quality, fully equipped kitchen where you can cook or bake great cakes.
Coffee, hot chocolate, tea and a range of cold soft drinks such as water and juices, plus fresh fruit, small snacks and a well-stocked candy drawer are available free of charge.
EGYM Wellpass membership: with our subsidised EGYM Wellpass membership you get access to thousands of sports and wellness facilities — including gyms, swimming pools, climbing halls, yoga and pilates studios and many more. This lets you take care of your fitness and well-being flexibly across Germany.
Access to modern AI tools: we provide modern AI tools to help you work more efficiently, generate new ideas and continue to develop your skills in a rapidly changing digital world.
Many more great benefits which we will be happy to present to you during the recruitment process!

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Hard Skills & Tools

M&Adue diligencefinancial analysisacquisition financingnumerical skillsExcelstrategic project managementcommercial due diligencereportingpresentation preparation

Soft Skills

analytical thinkingstrategic thinkingcommunicationownershippragmatismproblem-solvingmentoringstakeholder managementindependencepresentation skills