Corporate Development Director

• At Fandom, the Corporate Development Director will be part of a visible and active function that drives the corporate development lifecycle, in partnership with our executive leadership, important operational team members and our private equity investor, TPG
• You will report to the CFO/COO and work with senior leaders to manage all stages of the evaluation, diligence, and workflow processes that lead to acquisition, partnership and/or divestiture
• The Corporate Development function spearheads and works towards our M&A strategy by managing inbound deal flows and outbound deal sourcing
• You will be responsible for ideating, researching, negotiating, structuring, executing impactful acquisitions
• You will be informing and supporting our overall strategy by identifying industry trends and maintaining strong relationships with startups, entrepreneurs, VCs, PE funds, bankers and strategics
• By joining Fandom, you can help accelerate our efforts to grow, diversify and reinvent our at-scale platform that is situated at the intersection of communities for gaming and entertainment fans

Benefits

• Robust health plans
• Flexible time off
• Retirement programs including 401k match
• Paid parental leave
• Learning resources
• Paid volunteer time

• Develop industry landscapes and competitive analyses for board/executive level review
• Analyze industry trends to identify potential acquisition targets
• Assist and provide support during M&A integration periods
• Expertise in building financial and valuation models
• Independently build financial models and forecasts for potential acquisition targets to inform valuation and budgetary needs
• Work with the CFO/COO on deal sourcing, qualification, initial rationale/pitch, financial modeling, due diligence and deal closing activities
• Experiment with different types of business models and translate them into a detailed operating model
• Analyze diligence data and create board/executive level presentations
• 2+ years of investment banking, 3+ years of corporate development and/or private equity experience
• Manage data room and distribution of materials to appropriate parties, act as primary contact for diligence requests
• Experience working on M&A transactions of different sizes, from acqui-hires and asset-only purchases to full company purchase and integration
• Direct diligence efforts between internal and external parties
• Sound judgment, sharp analytical skills, excellent written communication skills, strong verbal and presentation capabilities
• Be comfortable working with limited information to create low/base/high scenario analyses
• Must-Have skills: Excel (can build and maintain complex spreadsheets) and Google Sheets, PowerPoint and Google Slides, comfortable working with AI (Claude) to build automated workflows, memos and financial models
• Experience working in or with gaming, entertainment, digital media or internet services industries
• Experience navigating organizations with a matrix company structure
• Have strong affinity towards gaming and/or entertainment