Head of Corporate Development

The role

The Head of Corporate Development drives inorganic growth by evaluating and executing M&A and investment opportunities. This person reports to the CFO and serves as the primary architect for build-vs-buy decisions to shape strategic direction.

What you will do

• Build and own a proactive pipeline of acquisition and investment opportunities.
• Maintain a view of the competitive and startup landscape to identify targets.
• Build and nurture a network of founders, executives, and investors to source deal flow.
• Develop points of view on adjacent categories and key competitors.
• Lead end-to-end deal execution including valuation, modeling, diligence, negotiation, and structuring.
• Partner with Finance, Legal, People and business leaders to integrate closed acquisitions.
• Set integration plans with milestones and performance metrics.
• Engage Product, Engineering, and GTM to qualify opportunities.
• Prepare board- and executive-ready materials on market landscape, deal pipeline, and performance.

Required qualifications

• 12+ years of experience across Investment Banking, Private Equity, Corporate Development or Management Consulting (with a focus on PE due diligence work).
• Deep, hands-on experience evaluating and executing deals end-to-end.
• Track record of managing multiple complex deals simultaneously.
• Strong analytical rigor and sound business judgment.
• Comfort building frameworks and processes.
• Executive presence and excellent written, verbal, and visual communication skills.
• Prior experience in Technology is a must-have.

Nice to have

• Experience partnering with Product and Engineering leaders
• fintech or financial services experience

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• 401(k)

About the company

Plaid builds tools and experiences that thousands of developers use to create products. The company's network covers 12,000 financial institutions across the US, Canada, UK and Europe.