Director, Corporate Development & Strategic Finance

Earth Force Technologies; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Earth Force Technologies seeks a Director of Corporate Development to drive strategic financing, capital formation, and corporate development initiatives in support of growth and mission. The role partners with the CEO, executive team, and Board to shape capital strategy and investor materials.

You will analyze new markets and technologies, evaluate partnerships and M&A opportunities, and translate findings into actionable recommendations executed across the organization.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in corporate development, strategic finance, investment banking, private equity, management consulting, investing, or similar roles.
• Experience interfacing with Boards of Directors, institutional investors, and senior executives.
• Experience with capital formation, fundraising, or complex financing transactions.
• Strong strategic finance capabilities including financial modeling, scenario analysis, long-range planning, capital allocation, and investment evaluation.
• Ability to independently investigate new markets, technologies, partnerships, and translate findings into actionable recommendations.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills connecting operational, financial, and strategic considerations.
• Exceptional communication skills, including board, investor, and executive materials.

Responsibilities

• Drive capital strategy, strategic finance, and high-priority corporate development initiatives.
• Partner with CEO, executive leadership, and Board to support capital strategy and investor materials.
• Investigate and evaluate new markets, technologies, partnerships, and potential M&A opportunities; translate findings into actionable recommendations.

Skills

Strategic finance

Financial modeling

Board communications

Capital formation

Market analysis

Independent research

Partnerships

M&A evaluation

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

SQL

Job description

Wildfires are a $20 trillion crisis. Earth Force is building the technology that dramatically increases the pace and scale of fuels reduction and forest thinning—creating resilient forests and protecting people and communities from the devastating effects of wildfire.

We develop integrated computer vision systems—hardware through UI—deployed on forestry machines operating in remote forest environments. Our platform measures trees in real time, automates production reporting, and enables precision silviculture at a scale the industry has never seen. We work primarily with the U.S. Forest Service and their implementation partners under multi-year program agreements.

We’re commercially deployed and approaching scale. Our next season of growth will deliver on the capabilities our tech has developed, broadening the trust we've built with our partners to serve those working to protect land from catastrophic wildfire.

Earth Force exists to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires through technology, data, and operational excellence. As we continue to grow and scale our impact, we are seeking a Director of Corporate Development to help drive the company’s most important strategic, financial, and capital formation initiatives. This role will partner closely with the CEO, executive leadership, and Board of Directors to support capital strategy, strategic finance, business intelligence, and high-priority corporate development opportunities. The ideal candidate combines strong financial and strategic judgment with intellectual curiosity and the ability to investigate complex opportunities, develop clear recommendations, and help drive them through execution.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in corporate development, strategic finance, investment banking, private equity, management consulting, investing, or similar roles.
• Experience interfacing directly with Boards of Directors, institutional investors, and senior executive stakeholders.
• Experience with capital formation, fundraising, or complex financing transactions, including evaluating creative and non-traditional sources of capital.
• Strong strategic finance capabilities, including financial modeling, scenario analysis, long-range planning, capital allocation, and investment evaluation.
• Demonstrated ability to independently investigate new markets, technologies, R&D or laboratory initiatives, partnerships, and other strategic opportunities and translate findings into actionable recommendations.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to connect operational, financial, and strategic considerations.
• Exceptional communication skills, including experience creating Board, investor, and executive-level materials.

Preferred

• Experience in investment banking, private equity, growth equity, corporate development, or a similarly rigorous financial environment.
• Experience supporting significant capital raises, ideally across multiple financing structures.
• Experience with project finance, structured capital, government funding, strategic investment, or other non-traditional capital sources.
• Experience supporting M&A, partnerships, new business opportunities, or other corporate development initiatives.
• Experience in a high-growth, investor-backed company environment.
• Exposure to climate, forestry, infrastructure, energy, construction, industrial services, or other asset-intensive industries.