Director, Corporate Development

Department: Business Operations

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Philadelphia

Reporting To: Richard Caruso

Compensation: $0 - $150,000 / year

Description

Join us for a bright future…Discover where your talent fits best at ALM!
Our network of more than 450+ employees globally is united by a shared understanding that the work we do makes a direct impact on the success of our customers and audiences. Our collaborative environment provides a vast amount of opportunities for career development. Our goal is to hire industry’s top talent, offer growth opportunities and provide a fulfilling working environment.
Here at ALM, we are a customer-focused and market-driven company dedicated to the success of the customers we serve with our information products and marketing services and events.  Across ALM, our teams deliver premium content to professionals in the legal, finance, real estate and insurance industries.
We promote and value innovation and an entrepreneurial spirit.  We believe that integrity must be at the heart of everything we do.  We foster an environment of trust and teamwork and believe that employee empowerment drives our progress and success as a business.  We insist on quality and continuous improvement in all that we do.  We have a winning attitude and seek to celebrate all of our successes … big and small.

ALM / Law Business Research

ALM / Law Business Research is seeking a Director, Corporate Development, to support M&A and strategic investments across a global, tech-enabled legal information and events platform. Reporting to the Chief Strategy Officer, this role will combine rigorous market and financial analysis, structured problem solving, and cross-functional leadership to shape and execute the company’s long-term strategy.

ALM / Law Business Research is a leading, technology-enabled information services and events company serving the global legal industry with news, data, analytics, and performance insights.​

The combined business operates globally with a broad portfolio of subscription information products, proprietary data sets, workflow tools, and premium events serving law firms, in-house counsel, and adjacent professional services segments.     

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and support development of the corporate and inorganic growth roadmap through market research, target mapping, and analysis of trends across legal information, data/analytics, workflow tools, and events.
• Build and maintain detailed profiles and financial summaries for priority markets, strategic opportunities, and potential acquisition or partnership targets, including preliminary valuation and strategic fit assessments.
• Support and, where appropriate, lead workstreams in end-to-end deal execution: financial modeling, valuation scenarios, due diligence coordination, and preparation of transaction documentation in partnership with the CSO and finance team.
• Develop clear, well-structured materials (strategy narratives, investment memos, presentations) for executive leadership and the Board related to corporate strategy, M&A pipeline, and key strategic initiatives.
• Partner closely with product, commercial, finance, technology, and operations leaders to build business cases, size opportunities, estimate synergies, shape integration plans, and track post-close or post-launch performance against strategic theses.
• Conduct competitive and market landscape analyses to inform build–buy–partner recommendations and to refine perspectives on priority customer segments, geographies, and themes.
• Establish and maintain a structured view of the external ecosystem (competitors, disruptors, adjacent markets) and translate insights into actionable recommendations for product, go-to-market, and corporate development.
• Cultivate and maintain relationships with bankers, advisors, and target companies in coordination with senior corporate development and strategy leaders.
• Contribute to and help facilitate the annual and multi-year strategic planning process, including objective setting, KPI definition, and progress tracking.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• 5+ years of experience in strategy consulting, investment banking, transaction advisory, private equity, and/or corporate strategy/development, ideally focused on information services, software, or other B2B recurring-revenue businesses.
• Demonstrated experience contributing to or leading end-to-end M&A or strategic transaction processes, including financial modelling, valuation, due diligence, and preparation of executive or investment committee materials.
• Strong analyt