Corporate & Business Development Manager

The role

You will work with the leadership team to find acquisition and investment targets and drive them from first call through close and integration. You will also set partnership priorities and build business cases and financial models for these opportunities.

What you will do

• Evaluate target technologies and partner platforms
• Track competitors, new entrants, potential partners, funding, and deal activity
• Source, evaluate, and rank acquisition, strategic investment, and partnership opportunities
• Evaluate partnership opportunities against company goals
• Build business cases and financial models
• Lead acquisitions, strategic investments, and partnerships from outreach through close
• Coordinate Finance, Legal, Product, Engineering, and Operations through diligence
• Own post-close integration plans
• Measure live partnerships against their original thesis
• Build relationships with founders, bankers, investors, and strategic partners

Required qualifications

• 5+ years in investment banking, private equity, growth equity, corporate development, or M&A-focused strategy work at a high-growth company
• Experience sourcing, leading diligence, negotiating, and closing M&A or strategic investments
• Proficiency in valuation, deal, and operating models
• Ability to learn a business fast and identify key factors
• Ability to weigh competing opportunities against company goals
• Comfortable negotiating with founders, executives, and sophisticated counterparties
• Ability to distill complexity into simple, actionable recommendations
• Comfortable with limited process, ambiguity, and full ownership

Nice to have

• experience in construction, vertical SaaS, or regulated markets

About the company

PermitFlow is an applied AI company serving the nation's builders. It helps construction companies navigate permitting, licensing, inspections, and project closeouts.