Corporate Development, Notion

• 6+ years of experience in highly strategic, operational, or analytical environments including experience in Investment Banking, Investing, Corp Dev, or related functions
• Support all aspects of deal execution including financial modeling, due diligence, integration planning, and coordination of cross-functional teams
• A collaboration mindset, the ability to partner and influence effectively across various departments, and willingness to roll up sleeves to do what needs to be done to make a deal successful
• Ability to frame problems concisely and thoughtfully, create narratives and tee up the key questions and decisions needed to drive a process forward
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with utmost attention to detail
• Strong track record of driving projects forward with ambiguous ownership, including the ability to navigate complex stakeholder environments and align cross-functional teams around shared objectives

Desirable

• The Corporate Development team at Notion drives M&A, integration and competitive strategy
• As one of the first members of the Corporate Development team, you will be instrumental in not only executing the above, but you’ll contribute to team foundations for years to come
• Support the entirety of the M&A process including strategy, sourcing, diligence, negotiation, execution, and integration
• Strategy: Partner with key stakeholders across product and engineering to drive alignment and prioritize areas for Corp Dev to explore. Monitor startup landscape and key announcements to develop views on industry activities and overall market trends
• Sourcing: Identify all relevant startups in our space and build relationships with the founders
• Diligence: Support business case development for potential acquisitions, including building financial models and conducting valuation analysis
• Negotiation: Develop empathy with founders of potential targets as you negotiate Term Sheets and Merger Agreements
• Execution: Coordinate the due diligence process in partnership with cross-functional stakeholders
• Integration: After we close a deal, you will be responsible to operationalize its success internally in partnership with the deal owner, including periodic evaluations of performance
• Weekly summary of all relevant competitive news sent out to the company
• Quarterly write-ups of relevant public companies
• Continuous tracking of relevant private companies
• Regular alignment with Engineering, Product, and Design leadership
• Lead a tiger team of internal leads to disseminate information to all teams in a digestible way