Senior Corporate Development Manager

Our vision is to give everyone the belief they can make their move. We aim to make moving simpler, by giving everyone the best place to turn to and return to for access to the tools, expertise, trust, and belief to make it happen.

We’re home to the UK’s largest choice of properties and are the go-to destination for millions of people planning their next move, reading the latest industry news, or just browsing what’s on the market.

As the UK’s favourite property platform,we’realways looking ahead - exploring new opportunities, solving complex challenges, and shaping the future of the Proptechmarket.

To help us do that,we’rehiringa Senior Corporate Development Manager to join our team.

In this highly visible role, you will partner with the Director of Strategy and Corporate Development, Chief Strategy Officer, and executive leadership to shape and execute Rightmove’s long-term growth agenda.

You will lead the evaluation ofhigh impact growth opportunities and strategic priorities,identifyingtheoptimalstrategic pathway across organic build,strategic partnerships,minority investments,acquisitionsandportfolio optimisation.

Whatyou’llbe doing

This role offers a unique opportunity to influenceseniorbusiness decisions and contribute directly to our strategic direction:

• Strategic assessment: Frame complex businessopportunitiesandchallenges, evaluate strategic options and appraise solutions across Build, Buy and Partner pathways

• End to end transactionmanagement: Drive senior stakeholder engagement andorchestrateall steps of thetransactionlifecycleacrossstrategicrationale,market screening, due diligence,financial analysis,valuation and deal executionwithexternal advisor sand internal cross functional teams

• Integration and Value Creation Strategy: Own the post-acquisition integration framework to ensure synergies and commercialobjectivesare delivered

• Market intelligence and ecosystem radar: Develop deepexpertisein the Proptech landscape through market research and building relationships with the external community (founders,industry experts,VCsandadvisors)

Whatyou’llhave

• 4-6 years of experience in Corporate Development(preferably within digital marketplaces, software,techor media) or Strategy
  
  Consulting(withCDD or similar experience)

• Proven ability to deliver insightful recommendations and undertake sound strategic analysis using hypothesis-based problem solving

• Excellent analytical capability with the abilitytoundertake qualitative and quantitative analysis (including data analysis and financial modelling)

• Strong communicator with executive presence and ability to craft executive levelpresentationsto credibly engage with a variety ofsenior stakeholders

• Experienceacrossmultiple parts of the transaction lifecycle from sourcing through to integration

• Comfortable in a lean, high-impact team:equally comfortable presenting to senior leaders and executing core analytical and presentation deliverables

Our vision is to give everyone the belief that they can make their move. We aim to make moving simpler by giving everyone the best place to turn to and return to for access to the tools, expertise, trust and belief to make it happen.

We’re home to the UK’s largest choice of properties, and are the go-to destination for millions of people planning their next move, reading the latest industry news, or just browsing what’s on the market.

Despite this growth, we’ve remained a friendly, supportive place to work, with employee #1 still working here! We’ve done this by placing the Rightmove Hows at the heart of everything we do. These are the essential values that reflect our culture, and include:

• Wecreatevalue… by delivering…