Corporate Development @ Notion in San Francisco, CA

VC Stack; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

VC Stack is looking for a Corporate Development professional to support M&A processes, including strategy, sourcing, diligence, negotiation, and integration. The role involves collaboration with various teams to ensure alignment and operational success after acquisitions.

Strong experience in strategic environments is essential, along with excellent communication skills. The position is based in San Francisco, offering a competitive salary range of $190,000 – $220,000 per year.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Investment Banking, Corporate Development or similar roles.
• Support all aspects of deal execution including integration planning.
• Excellent attention to detail and communication.

Responsibilities

• Support the entirety of the M&A process from strategy to execution.
• Partner with stakeholders across product and engineering to prioritize acquisitions.
• Deliver weekly summaries of competitive news.

Skills

6+ years of strategic or analytical experience

Financial modeling and due diligence

Strong verbal and written communication skills

Collaboration mindset

Ability to navigate complex environments

Job description

About The Role:

The Corporate Development team at Notion drives M&A, integration and competitive strategy. Leading M&A, we bring on teams and technology through acquisitions that will accelerate Notion’s product roadmap. We partner with the executive team and our engineering and product leaders to prioritize the areas of our roadmap that would most benefit from acquisitions.

With integration, we ensure the acquired teams can hit the ground running and that tech & processes are seamlessly aligned, working extremely cross-functionally with just about every team at the company.

With competitive strategy, we provide a unique external perspective to leadership and all teams through our knowledge of and relationships with relevant startups and a direct pulse of competitive dynamics in our ecosystem.

As one of the first members of the Corporate Development team, you will be instrumental in not only executing the above, but you’ll contribute to team foundations for years to come.

What You’ll Achieve:

• Support the entirety of the M&A process including strategy, sourcing, diligence, negotiation, execution, and integration
  • Strategy: Partner with key stakeholders across product and engineering to drive alignment and prioritize areas for Corp Dev to explore. Monitor startup landscape and key announcements to develop views on industry activities and overall market trends
  • Sourcing: Identify all relevant startups in our space and build relationships with the founders
  • Diligence: Support business case development for potential acquisitions, including building financial models and conducting valuation analysis
  • Negotiation: Develop empathy with founders of potential targets as you negotiate Term Sheets and Merger Agreements
  • Execution: Coordinate the due diligence process in partnership with cross-functional stakeholders
  • Integration: After we close a deal, you will be responsible to operationalize its success internally in partnership with the deal owner, including periodic evaluations of performance
• Competitive strategy includes but isn’t limited to:
  • Weekly summary of all relevant competitive news sent out to the company
  • Quarterly write-ups of relevant public companies
  • Continuous tracking of relevant private companies
  • Regular alignment with Engineering, Product, and Design leadership
  • Lead a tiger team of internal leads to disseminate information to all teams in a digestible way

Skills You’ll Need to Bring:

• 6+ years of experience in highly strategic, operational, or analytical environments including experience in Investment Banking, Investing, Corp Dev, or related functions
• Support all aspects of deal execution including financial modeling, due diligence, integration planning, and coordination of cross-functional teams
• A collaboration mindset, the ability to partner and influence effectively across various departments, and willingness to roll up sleeves to do what needs to be done to make a deal successful
• Ability to frame problems concisely and thoughtfully, create narratives and tee up the key questions and decisions needed to drive a process forward
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with utmost attention to detail
• Strong track record of driving projects forward with ambiguous ownership, including the ability to navigate complex stakeholder environments and align cross-functional teams around shared objectives

Nice to Haves:

• Experience at a SaaS company

Notion is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Notion considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Notion is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please let your recruiter know.

Notion is committed to providing highly competitive cash compensation, equity, and benefits. The compensation offered for this role will be based on multiple factors such as location, the role’s scope and complexity, and the candidate’s experience and expertise, and may vary from the range provided below. For roles based in San Francisco, the estimated base salary range for this role is $190,000 – $220,000 per year.