Senior Director, Strategic M&A & Growth

Jobtailor; Colorado; On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in the United States (Colorado) seeks a senior corporate development leader to drive inorganic growth through mergers, acquisitions, and strategic investments. You will shape the opportunity pipeline, assess market dynamics, and cultivate relationships with advisory firms, reinsurers, and industry participants.

You will evaluate opportunities for strategic fit, financial impact, regulatory considerations, and risks while guiding complex transactions from evaluation to execution and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in finance, business, economics, or related field.
• 12+ years of experience in transaction execution, corporate development, M&A, strategic finance, or related leadership roles.
• Experience leading complex transactions from evaluation through execution and transition planning.
• Strong financial analysis, valuation, accounting, analytical, and business judgment skills.
• Experience influencing executives, governance committees, and senior cross-functional stakeholders.
• Strong project management and execution discipline.
• High integrity, discretion, professionalism, and relationship management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise inorganic growth strategy across mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, reinsurance transactions, strategic investments, and partnerships.
• Develop and manage the opportunity pipeline by establishing investment theses, assessing market dynamics, and cultivating strategic relationships.
• Evaluate opportunities for strategic fit, financial impact, capital implications, regulatory considerations, and key risks.
• Lead complex transactions through evaluation, approval, negotiation, execution, and transition planning.
• Oversee valuation, financial analysis, and return frameworks for capital allocation and transaction recommendations.
• Advise senior leadership, governance committees, and Boards with executive-ready recommendations.
• Align cross-functional leaders on strategic rationale, due diligence findings, transaction decisions, and execution priorities.
• Represent the company externally with advisors, counterparties, reinsurers, and industry participants.
• Guide integration, separation, and value-capture planning.
• Build Corporate Development team capabilities, standards, industry insight, and execution discipline.

Skills

Mergers and Acquisitions

Financial Analysis

Transaction Execution

Project Management

Corporate Development

Relationship Management

Professionalism

Integrity

Discretion

Capital Allocation

Accounting

Analytical Skills

Business Judgment

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance, business, economics, or a related field

Master’s degree in business administration or related advanced degree

Certified Public Accountant (CPA)

Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)

Job description

Jobtailor in the United States (Colorado) seeks a senior corporate development leader to drive inorganic growth through mergers, acquisitions, and strategic investments. You will shape the opportunity pipeline, assess market dynamics, and cultivate relationships with advisory firms, reinsurers, and industry participants.

You will evaluate opportunities for strategic fit, financial impact, regulatory considerations, and risks while guiding complex transactions from evaluation to execution and