Corporate Development Director (12 Month FTC)
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Description
- The Corporate Development Director leads end-to-end execution of M&A deals, joint ventures, market monitoring and strategic assessment across EMEA, including financial modelling and data valuation
- This role is key to strategic planning, business case development and new business initiatives
- The Director builds strong partnerships across major functions and develops internal consulting capabilities to support strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions and real estate investments
- Reporting to the VP of Corporate Development for EMEA, this role leads the regional deal lifecycle from origination through signing, working with senior leaders throughout the region
- Please note this is a 12 month fixed term contract role
- Establishes and leads M&A strategy and execution for the region, partnering through due diligence and beyond
- Sources and analyzes accretive acquisition and partnership opportunities
- Leads cross-functional teams through sourcing, due diligence and transaction processes
- Drives development of operational models and synergy forecasts for targets, including review and acceptance of potential dyssynergy motions
- Leads negotiations (with Legal support) and closing of M&A transactions, ensuring compliance with relevant regulations
- Represents and drives deal approvals at Senior Executive and Board level
- Supports buyside and sellside M&A processes, identifies deal issues and resolves them with teams
- Develops deal valuation frameworks (comparable companies, precedent transactions, discounted cash flow, investment return models, pro forma accretion/dilution analyses)
- Works with Treasury to support transaction financing
- Supports development of M&A thesis with Business Unit Heads
- Develops transaction timelines and storyboards presentations for Senior Executive discussions
- Communicates with stakeholders to ensure alignment on deal pipeline and resource allocation
- Defines and executes processes for evaluating sectors and identifying targets to support growth strategy
- Tracks deal and investment activity, especially for Data Center expansion
- Analyzes structural alternatives (build vs. buy, equity investment vs. partnership vs. acquisition)
- Develops insights based on tracking strategic actions across the regional ecosystem
- Tracks and analyzes performance metrics for regional strategic initiatives
- Develops and maintains reporting frameworks for deal outcomes, pipeline progress, and ROI
- Delivers timely performance reports to senior stakeholders
- Drives business insight and alignment on assumptions for operational models and synergy forecasts
- Develops deal valuation frameworks for organic deals, M&A, and JV (including comparable companies, precedent transactions, discounted cash flow, organic vs. inorganic options, accretion/dilution and other pro-forma metrics)
- Manages strategic initiatives and dependencies with applicable power strategies
- Determines interplay with global Corporate Strategy, Power, and Product organizations
- Collaborates with GDC, Global Real Estate, and Data Center Operations for capex planning and approvals
- Identifies business issues requiring project management
- Develops Executive staff and Board presentation materials
- Manages and reports on complex strategic initiatives
- Leads internal consulting projects focused on new markets/products, growth, and profitability improvements
- Provides short-term consulting and performance improvement support to Executive team
- Runs interdepartmental working group meetings and interviews HODs and Country Managers to troubleshoot issues
- Hosts and facilitates cross-departmental meetings
- Documents and recommends actions to senior team members
- Provides summary notes and follow-up communications to working teams
- Previous experience in data centers, digital infrastructure, or TMT preferred
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills; collaborative team orientation
- Extensive experience, preferably at a leading investment bank, consulting firm, private equity, or corporate finance/development at a technology firm
- Strong commercial judgment, work ethic, professionalism and intellectual curiosity
- Excellent analytical and financial analysis skills
- Undergraduate degree with strong academic background; MBA, CFA or CPA preferred but not required