Corporate Development – Partnerships
Big Viking Games
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Toronto • 🇨🇦 Canada
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- - Source and evaluate acquisition opportunities, with a focus on strategic fit, capability expansion, and long-term value creation.
- - Build and maintain a structured pipeline of potential M&A opportunities.
- - Coordinate and support due diligence processes across internal stakeholders (product, technology, finance, legal, operations), managing timelines, inputs, and synthesis.
- - Prepare investment theses, opportunity assessments, and concise executive-level materials to support go / no-go decisions.
- - Identify and evaluate strategic partnership opportunities for BVG and its portfolio companies, including technology, platform, ecosystem, and commercial partners.
- - Support structuring and evaluation of partnership economics, strategic value, and long-term optionality.
- - Maintain and grow relationships with founders, operators, investors, and peers across the gaming, AI, and broader technology ecosystem.
- - Act as a coordination and relationship owner for selected partnerships, ensuring alignment with BVG’s strategic priorities.
- - Serve as a strategic thought partner to the CEO, VP Strategy & Biz Ops, and senior leaders on build vs. buy vs. partner decisions.
- - Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Finance, and Legal to assess feasibility, integration considerations, and strategic trade-offs.
- - Track market and competitive trends across gaming, AI, and adjacent technologies to proactively inform deal and partnership theses.
Requirements
- - Demonstrated experience in corporate development, strategy, partnerships, venture investing, investment banking, or related roles.
- - Proven ability to source and evaluate acquisition or partnership opportunities.
- - Strong strategic judgment and comfort operating with ambiguity and incomplete information.
- - Experience coordinating complex, cross-functional initiatives or diligence-style processes.
- - Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including executive-ready materials.
- - Strong attention to detail—so you’ll notice we’d like you to mention "Kattegat" in your application.
- - Ability to travel occasionally for gaming conferences, industry events, and investor or partner meetings.
Benefits
- - Competitive salary
- - Group Retirement Savings Plan matching & participation
- - Comprehensive benefits package (health, dental, and vision), including Health + Wellness spending account
- - Generous time off policies
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
corporate developmentstrategypartnershipsventure investinginvestment bankingdue diligenceinvestment thesesopportunity assessmentsmarket analysiscompetitive analysis
Soft skills
strategic judgmentcommunication skillsattention to detailrelationship managementcross-functional collaborationproblem-solvingadaptabilityexecutive-level presentationnegotiationteam coordination