Corporate Development Director

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Job Summary

The Corporate Development Director leads end-to-end execution of M&A deals, joint ventures, market monitoring and strategic assessment across EMEA, including financial modelling and data valuation. This role is key to strategic planning, business case development and new business initiatives. The Director builds strong partnerships across major functions and develops internal consulting capabilities to support strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions and real estate investments.

Reporting to the VP of Corporate Development for EMEA, this role leads the regional deal lifecycle from origination through signing, working with senior leaders throughout the region.

Please note this is a 12 month fixed term contract role.

Responsibilities

Mergers & Acquisitions Strategy and Execution

• Establishes and leads M&A strategy and execution for the region, partnering through due diligence and beyond
• Sources and analyzes accretive acquisition and partnership opportunities
• Leads cross-functional teams through sourcing, due diligence and transaction processes
• Drives development of operational models and synergy forecasts for targets, including review and acceptance of potential dyssynergy motions
• Leads negotiations (with Legal support) and closing of M&A transactions, ensuring compliance with relevant regulations
• Represents and drives deal approvals at Senior Executive and Board level
• Supports buyside and sellside M&A processes, identifies deal issues and resolves them with teams
• Develops deal valuation frameworks (comparable companies, precedent transactions, discounted cash flow, investment return models, pro forma accretion/dilution analyses)
• Works with Treasury to support transaction financing
• Supports development of M&A thesis with Business Unit Heads
• Develops transaction timelines and storyboards presentations for Senior Executive discussions
• Communicates with stakeholders to ensure alignment on deal pipeline and resource allocation

Market Monitoring and Strategic Assessment

• Defines and executes processes for evaluating sectors and identifying targets to support growth strategy
• Tracks deal and investment activity, especially for Data Center expansion
• Analyzes structural alternatives (build vs. buy, equity investment vs. partnership vs. acquisition)
• Develops insights based on tracking strategic actions across the regional ecosystem

Performance Measurement & Reporting

• Tracks and analyzes performance metrics for regional strategic initiatives
• Develops and maintains reporting frameworks for deal outcomes, pipeline progress, and ROI
• Delivers timely performance reports to senior stakeholders

Financial Modeling and Data Valuation

• Drives business insight and alignment on assumptions for operational models and synergy forecasts
• Develops deal valuation frameworks for organic deals, M&A, and JV (including comparable companies, precedent transactions, discounted cash flow, organic vs. inorganic options, accretion/dilution and other pro-forma metrics)

Strategic Alignment and Interface Management

• Manages strategic initiatives and dependencies with applicable power strategies
• Determines interplay…