Manager, Corporate Development

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 What will I be doing?

We are seeking a strong strategic thinker who can help define and accelerate Circana’s growth trajectory through mergers and acquisitions (M&A). You will play a critical role in the Corporate Development team by driving the end-to-end aspects of acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and partnerships required to drive growth from both our existing business and new business opportunities. Reporting to the Vice President of Corporate Development, you will be a key member of Circana’s Corporate Development team and lead critical global cross-functional M&A initiatives.

As a leader within Circana, you will work closely with key stakeholders to identify targets, craft deal rationale business cases, and execute M&A transactions. The successful candidate will interact with the CEO, strategy, commercial, product, and technology leaders and other executive team members to ensure alignment with the overall corporate strategy.

This is a critical position within Circana. The ideal candidate will operate at a high level of intellectual curiosity, exhibit superior analytical skills, demonstrate a strong work ethic, and bring a proven ability to work with and lead cross-functional teams. They will have the maturity, confidence, intellectual strengths, and real-world experience to lead and inspire cross-functional teams of smart and driven professionals. This candidate must be passionate about understanding, driving value, and delivering growth for Circana’s business and the customers we serve.

Job Responsibilities

• Deal Execution: Drive transaction execution, managing projects, due diligence, and valuation. Collaborate with business teams, internal experts (legal, accounting, tax), and external advisors to ensure seamless execution.
• Pipeline and Relationship Management: Develop and maintain a robust deal pipeline by proactively sourcing targets through industry research, networking, and engagement with individual sellers, investment banks, venture capital firms, and other intermediaries.
• Financial Analysis: Develop financial projections for M&A opportunities through detailed analysis, pro-forma modeling, valuation assessments, and synergy evaluations to support potential transactions.
• M&A Strategy Design: Support the design and iteration of corporate M&A strategy; drive the strategic planning process, acting as a trusted advisor to Circana’s Executive Leadership Team (ELT) and relevant stakeholders during strategy formulation, development, and execution
• Strategic Alignment: Partner with business leaders and functional experts to develop business propositions aligned with strategic priorities
• Board-Level Content Preparation: Responsible for working closely with senior management, coordinating, and developing Board presentations in support of acquisition targets

Requirements

• 2-3 years of relevant M&A experience; with at least 2+ years of experience with a top-tier investment bank, private equity firm, venture capital firm, strategy consulting firm, or corporate development group
• Bachelor’s degree required (preferably in the areas of Business or Operations concentration, i.e., Finance, Engineering, Economics, etc.)
• Industry experience in the consumer products, consumer services, retail sectors, software, analytics, or business intelligence sectors is desired
• Strong valuation experience, specifically with building complex discounted cash flow (DCF) valuation models and conducting comparable transaction/company analyses
• Experienced in project management, leading multiple cross-functional deals simultaneously
• Experience in building trusted advisor relationships and influencing others (including C-level executives). Ability to work effectively with people at all levels in an organization