Corporate Development Manager Role
This position involves providing services to companies within the Perseus Group.
The successful candidate will build strong strategic business relationships with software company decision makers, M&A advisors, and private equity/venture capital professionals to source current and future M&A opportunities for Perseus.
Success in this role is defined by building and maintaining meaningful relationships that ultimately lead to Perseus' acquisition of software companies.
The process of initiating relationships, maintaining relationships, and making an acquisition typically takes multiple years.
* Develop and manage an M&A pipeline through Salesforce CRM and create market maps to build strong relationships in assigned software industry verticals.
* Meet and exceed monthly M&A targets, such as meaningful contacts and other measurable M&A sourcing KPIs.
* Work both autonomously and with M&A leadership to qualify M&A opportunities with efficiency.
* Ensure the lead database is allocated accurately within portfolio verticals.
* Effectively qualify opportunities at the top-end of the acquisition funnel to maintain focus for the Portfolio Managers of the business units.
Requirements
* A minimum of 3+ years of experience in a Business Development/Sales position at a software company or client-facing M&A/finance role within business development, sales, and/or account management.
* A clear interest in developing a long-term pipeline of meaningful relationships with prospects as a career trajectory within software investing.
* Previous high-performance in Business Development, winning in an autonomous role, or prior success in other walks of life outside professional BD experience, such as entrepreneurship, will be considered.
* Advanced verbal and written communication skills, with the confidence and executive presence to speak with CEOs, M&A advisors, corporate development, private equity and venture capital professionals.
* Organized, detail-oriented, and able to work variable hours.
* Extraordinary work ethic, proactive with a sense of urgency.