Sezzle is seeking a Corporate Development Manager to shape deal strategy and drive execution for M&A, partnerships, and ecosystem expansion. In this pivotal role, you will translate strategic ideas into structured insights, manage a portfolio of opportunities, and lead the diligence process from assessment through close.
What You'll Do
- Support front-end evaluation of M&A, partnership, and ecosystem opportunities including TAM sizing, market structure analysis, and synergy hypothesis development.
- Translate ambiguous strategic ideas into structured, decision-ready insights for senior leadership.
- Assess and prioritize multiple potential opportunities in parallel, acting as an analytical and strategic filter.
- Support opportunity shaping across themes like hyperscaler and cloud ecosystem business development, on-prem to cloud partnership strategies, and emerging technology adjacencies.
- Maintain a portfolio-level view of opportunities, supporting funnel visibility, prioritization, and leadership updates.
- Project-manage the diligence process, coordinating across Corporate Development, Finance, Legal, Product, and external advisors.
- Own diligence planning, workplans, timelines, dependency tracking, and issue escalation.
- Act as the central point of orchestration across workstreams, ensuring clarity of roles, decision rights, and next steps.
- Enable efficient execution without repeatedly disrupting core operating teams.
- Support leadership through final decision-making and transaction close, with readiness for downstream integration ownership.
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, Economics, Business, Engineering, or a related field.
- 2–4 years of experience in top-tier strategy consulting, corporate strategy, or a similarly rigorous analytical environment.
- Strong analytical problem-solving skills, with the ability to structure complex, ambiguous questions.
- Demonstrated ability to project-manage complex, cross-functional initiatives.
- Sound business judgment and comfort operating in evolving, high-stakes environments.
- Clear, structured communication skills with executive-level stakeholders.
- Intellectual curiosity across technology, cloud ecosystems, and enterprise software business models.
Nice to Have
- MBA strongly preferred.
Benefits & Compensation
- Compensation varies by geographic zone: Zone 1: $162,900 - $302,400 USD; Zone 2: $149,400 - $277,300 USD; Zone 3: $135,800 - $252,100 USD; Zone 4: $118,100 - $219,400 USD.
- Unlimited paid time off.
- 12 paid holidays.
- 4 extra global VeeaMe Days for self-care.
- 24 paid volunteer hours annually through Veeam Cares.
- Paid parental leave: 8 weeks for all parents, 16 weeks for birthing parents.
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage starting on your first day.
- Mental health support, therapy sessions, and digital wellness tools via Employee Assistance Program.
- 401(k) retirement plan with company matching contributions.
- Fertility, adoption, and surrogacy support through Maven, plus paid volunteer time.
- AirVet: 24/7 virtual veterinary care at no cost.
- Legal services, identity protection, and supplemental health insurance options.
- Tax-advantaged spending accounts for healthcare, dependent care, and commuting.
- Opportunities to learn and grow through on-demand libraries (LinkedIn Learning, O’Reilly), mentoring, workshops, and learning events.
Work Mode
This role is fully remote and open to candidates located anywhere in the United States.
Veeam Software is an equal opportunity employer and does not tolerate discrimination in any form on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by federal, state or local law.
