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R-080HumanFinanceP0 · CriticalCovered by Vera

Head of Corporate Development

Owns the strategic-acquisition relationship and the diligence response programme.

Acquisition

Due-diligence relevance

A startup approaching strategic-acquisition conversations without a dedicated corp dev resource will run a diligence response from the CEO's calendar. That is operationally exhausting and frequently surfaces gaps the company didn't know it had. Hiring or seconding this resource 6 months before serious acquirer conversations is one of the highest-ROI deal-prep investments.

Responsibilities

  • Strategic-acquirer relationship development
  • M&A diligence response coordination
  • Data-room curation and maintenance
  • Valuation modelling
  • Deal-team coordination across legal, finance, and operations

Inputs

  • · Strategic-acquirer signal
  • · Financial diligence requests
  • · Product diligence requests

Outputs

  • · Data room
  • · Deal-team coordination
  • · Valuation models

Qualifications

  • Corp dev experience at tech companies
  • M&A diligence familiarity

KPIs

Time-to-first-data-room-request fulfillmentDiligence-question SLA

Interfaces

R-034General CounselR-071Chief Financial OfficerR-074Chief Executive OfficerR-082Customer & Commercial Diligence Lead