AI Native, Director, Corporate Development

Uncover; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

ConsumerAffairs is seeking a Director of Corporate Development to lead AI‑driven growth through acquisitions, investments, and partnerships. The role reports to the COO and partners with Legal, Product, Engineering and Operations to assess opportunities, manage transactions, and execute post‑acquisition integration.

The ideal candidate brings strong business judgment, financial acumen, and exceptional project management; they will leverage AI tools to source targets, analyze markets, and

Qualifications

• Strong business judgment and financial acumen.
• Proven project management and cross-functional delivery skills.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and drive execution across teams.

Responsibilities

• Spearhead opportunity sourcing using AI to identify acquisitions, partnerships and investments.
• Evaluate acquisitions with financial, operational, technological and strategic lenses; develop investment theses.
• Lead comprehensive due diligence across commercial, financial, legal, product, technology and operations; synthesize insights with AI.
• Manage transactions from outreach to closing and coordinate with internal/external stakeholders.
• Partner with business leaders to design post‑acquisition integration plans and measure value realization.

Skills

Business judgment

Financial acumen

Project management

Stakeholder influence

Cross-functional collaboration

AI tooling

Tools

AI tools

Job description

We are looking for a Director of Corporate Development who can help deploy our meaningful cash flow into high ROI opportunities. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, the Director of Corporate Development is responsible for leading ConsumerAffairs' corporate development function. This role identifies, evaluates, diligences, negotiates, and supports the execution and integration of acquisitions, strategic investments, and other growth opportunities that align with the company's long-term strategy. ConsumerAffairs is an AI-forward company and this individual is expected to leverage AI throughout the corporate development lifecycle. AI should be foundational to how work is performed—from sourcing acquisition targets and analyzing markets to accelerating due diligence, synthesizing complex information, and improving investment decision‑making. The Director will continuously evaluate and implement emerging AI tools and workflows to build a scalable, data‑driven corporate development function. This role partners closely with the COO and collaborates across Legal, Product, Engineering, and Operations to assess strategic opportunities, manage transactions, and support successful post‑acquisition integration. The ideal candidate combines strong business judgment, financial acumen, and project management skills with the ability to influence stakeholders and drive cross‑functional execution.

Opportunity Sourcing

• Build systems to continuously identify acquisition, partnership, and investment opportunities, utilizing AI tools.
• Monitor emerging startups, competitors, funding activity, hiring trends, and market signals
• Build relationships with founders, investment firms, investment bankers, and brokers.

Strategic Evaluation

• Evaluate acquisition opportunities through financial, operational, technological, and strategic lenses.
• Develop investment theses supported by internal operations and market intelligence.
• Build financial models, valuation analyses, and scenario planning.
• Present recommendations to executive leadership.

Due Diligence

• Lead comprehensive commercial, financial, legal, product, technology, and operational diligence.
• Use AI agents and automation to synthesize large volumes of information into actionable insights.
• Identify customer, revenue, technical, cybersecurity, and organizational risks.
• Coordinate cross‑functional diligence across Product, Engineering, Finance, Legal, Security, HR, and Operations.

Transaction Execution

• Manage transactions from initial outreach through closing.
• Coordinate internal and external stakeholders including legal, accounting, tax, and consulting partners.
• Support negotiations, LOIs, purchase agreements, and transaction structures.
• Drive project management across multiple stakeholders and workstreams.

Integration & Value Creation

• Partner with business leaders to develop post‑acquisition integration plans.
• Identify operational synergies and AI automation opportunities.
• Measure acquisition performance against strategic objectives.
• Ensure successful Day One execution and long‑term value realization