Senior Associate - Corporate Development (M&A)

Digantara; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,200,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Digantara is seeking an Associate / Senior Associate to support inorganic growth through M&A, strategic investments, partnerships, and capital initiatives to strengthen technology and market position. The candidate should have 3–7 years of experience in M&A-related fields and a track record of completed deals.

Responsibilities include target identification, valuation, due diligence, modeling, market research, preparing investment memorandums, and coordinating across multiple workstreams.

Qualifications

• 3–7 years of experience in M&A, investment banking, private equity, strategy consulting, or corporate development.
• Prior involvement in at least one completed M&A transaction.
• Strong financial modeling, valuation, and analytical skills.
• Ability to synthesize complex information into clear recommendations.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Support the full transaction lifecycle, including target identification, valuation, due diligence, structuring, negotiation, and integration.
• Develop financial models covering valuation, comparable companies, precedent transactions, and scenario analyses.
• Conduct market, industry, and competitive research to evaluate acquisition and partnership opportunities.
• Prepare investment memorandums, board materials, and strategic recommendations.
• Coordinate diligence activities across legal, commercial, technical, and financial workstreams.
• Support capital-raising initiatives, investor communications, and strategic partnership assessments.
• Maintain visibility into the M&A pipeline and broader strategic opportunity landscape.

Skills

M&A experience

Financial modeling

Valuation

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

Education

MBA or CFA/CA

Tools

Excel

Job description

Digantara is a leading Space Surveillance and Intelligence company focused on ensuring orbital safety and sustainability. With expertise in space-based detection, tracking, identification, and monitoring, Digantara provides comprehensive domain awareness across all regimes, enabling end-users to gain actionable intelligence on a single platform. At the core of its infrastructure lies a sophisticated integration of hardware and software capabilities aligned with the key principles of situational awareness: perception(data collection), comprehension (data processing), and prediction(analytics). This holistic approach empowers Digantara to monitor all Resident Space Objects(RSOs) in orbit, fostering comprehensive domain awareness.

The Associate / Senior Associate - Corporate Development will support Digantara’s inorganic growth strategy through mergers & acquisitions, strategic investments, partnerships, and capital initiatives that strengthen the company’s technology and market position.

Ideal Candidate

• 3-7 years of experience in investment banking, private equity, corporate development, M&A advisory, or strategy consulting.

• Demonstrated experience executing in end-to-end M&A transactions, including at least one completed deal (Mandatory)

• Strong financial modeling, valuation, and analytical capabilities with a strategic mindset.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Support the full transaction lifecycle, including target identification, valuation, due diligence, structuring, negotiation, and integration.

• Develop financial models covering valuation, comparable companies, precedent transactions, and scenario analyses.

• Conduct market, industry, and competitive research to evaluate acquisition and partnership opportunities.

• Prepare investment memorandums, board materials, and strategic recommendations.

• Coordinate diligence activities across legal, commercial, technical, and financial workstreams.

• Support capital-raising initiatives, investor communications, and strategic partnership assessments.

• Maintain visibility into the M&A pipeline and broader strategic opportunity landscape.

Qualifications

• 3-7 years of experience in M&A, investment banking, private equity, strategy consulting, or corporate development.

• Prior involvement in at least one completed M&A transaction.

• Strong financial modeling, valuation, and analytical skills.

• Ability to synthesize complex information into clear recommendations.

• Strong communication and stakeholder management capabilities.

Preferred Qualities

• Exposure to cross-border transactions.

• Experience within aerospace, defense, deep-tech, hardware, semiconductor, or technology sectors.

• CFA, CA, MBA, or equivalent qualification.

General Requirements

• High attention to detail and strong commercial judgment.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

• Strong problem-solving and decision-making capabilities.

• Comfortable working directly with senior leadership and external stakeholders.

Job Location: Hebbal, Bengaluru