Corporate Development Manager, M&A
Itsme
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Brussels • 🇧🇪 Belgium
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Drive growth through acquisitions and investments to support product and international expansion
- Proactively monitor M&A landscape to identify and source acquisition and investment opportunities
- Build and sustain relationships with investment banks, private equity/venture capital houses, advisors and other deal sourcing partners
- Represent itsme® at industry events and forums and act as internal M&A radar
- Build and maintain a dynamic pipeline of potential acquisition targets across prioritised product areas and geographies
- Collaborate with senior leadership to initiate and nurture relationships with potential targets, investors and advisors
- Lead assessments of opportunities evaluating strategic fit, synergy potential, competitive position and financial viability
- Coordinate input from cross-functional teams (innovation, product, revenue, finance) to screen and prioritise opportunities
- Develop business cases and investment theses for potential transactions
- Manage deals from due diligence to deal closing, support negotiation and execution of transaction documents
- Contribute to integration planning and support refinement of the company’s M&A strategy
Requirements
- Master's degree in business, finance, economics or a related field
- MBA or equivalent advanced degree is a plus
- Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in investment banking, private equity/venture capital, corporate development or strategy consulting
- Must have experience with buy side
- Proven experience in sourcing, developing and evaluating M&A or strategic investment opportunities
- Passion for technology; exposure to the tech sector is a plus
- Strategic thinker with quick understanding of market trends, competitive intelligence and synergies
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships with targets and deal sourcing partners
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment with evolving priorities
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, able to distil complex ideas into C-level insights
- Fluent in English and native in Dutch or French
Benefits
- Offices within walking distance from Brussels Central Station
- Possibility to work remotely 3 days a week
- A contract of indefinite duration
- Attractive compensation package
- Being welcomed by an informal, enthusiastic, and ambitious team
- Company values: Integrity, Inclusiveness, Innovation
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
M&Ainvestment analysisdue diligencefinancial viability assessmentbusiness case developmentstrategic investment evaluationcompetitive analysismarket trend analysisnegotiationtransaction execution
Soft skills
interpersonal skillsrelationship buildingstrategic thinkingcommunication skillspresentation skillsadaptabilitycollaborationproblem-solvingleadershipcritical thinking
Certifications
Master's degreeMBA