Corporate Development Deal Lead

Meta; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta is hiring a Corporate Development Manager to evaluate and execute strategic transactions, including M&A and minority investments. You will work with deal leads and cross-functional partners to assess opportunities, build financial models, and coordinate diligence efforts.

The role requires translating complex information into structured recommendations, managing multiple workstreams, and taking ownership of analyses with minimal direction.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in investment banking, consulting, venture capital, corporate strategy, private equity, or corporate development in the technology industry.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business, Accounting, or Math.
• Experience driving workstreams within transaction processes (e.g., owning diligence workstreams, leading valuation analysis, coordinating cross-functional inputs) for M&A, investments, or strategic partnerships.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and work effectively across teams, including with stakeholders, to gather inputs and drive alignment on analyses and deliverables.
• Demonstrated analytical skills, including building and interpreting financial/valuation and other quantitative analyses.
• Demonstrated understanding of technology, with the ability to engage product and engineering partners on product/technical roadmaps and translate into business implications.
• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and execute strategic transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, minority investments, and other transactions.
• Collaborate with deal leads, integration, and cross-functional partners to assess opportunities and support end-to-end deal execution.
• Develop deal rationale, build and refine financial models, and coordinate diligence workstreams.
• Prepare executive-ready materials and translate complex strategic and technical information into structured recommendations.

Skills

Financial modeling

Deal execution

Cross-functional workstreams

Communication

Analytical skills

AI tools usage

Tech industry knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Economics/Business

Job description

The Meta Corporate Development team supports Meta’s long-term strategy by evaluating and executing strategic transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, minority investments, and other transactions. We are hiring a Corporate Development Manager to work closely with deal leads, integration, and cross-functional partners to assess opportunities, run key analyses, and support end-to-end deal execution.

In this role, you will contribute across the transaction lifecycle - helping develop deal rationale, build and refine financial models, coordinate diligence workstreams, and prepare executive-ready materials. You will join a small, collaborative, fast-paced team; a successful candidate will have experience translating complex information into structured recommendations, managing multiple workstreams, and taking initiative on analyses with minimal direction - able to translate complex strategic and technical information into structured recommendations, learn quickly, and operate with high ownership under guidance from the Corporate Development team. 5+ years of experience in a mix of investment banking, consulting, venture capital, corporate strategy, private equity, or corporate development, in the technology industryBachelor’s degree in a relevant field (e.g. Finance, Economics, Business, Accounting, Math)Experience driving workstreams within transaction processes (e.g., owning diligence workstreams, leading valuation analysis, coordinating cross-functional inputs) for M&A, investments, or strategic partnershipsDemonstrated ability to communicate clearly and work effectively across teams, including with stakeholders, to gather inputs and drive alignment on analyses and deliverablesDemonstrated analytical skills, including building and interpreting financial/valuation and other quantitative analyses (e.g., operating models, comps/precedents, valuation analysis)Demonstrated understanding of technology, with the ability to engage product and engineering partners on product/technical roadmaps and translate into business implications Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)Experience executing M&A transactions or strategic investments in a technology company, including due diligence and deal structuringExperience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologiesFamiliarity with the competitive landscape across AI, enterprise software, mixed reality,, or consumer internet markets