Strategic M&A & Investments Manager

Blue Origin; United States; On-site; USD 121,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Stock options

Paid time off

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking a Corporate Development professional to originate, execute, and support acquisitions and other strategic transactions. You’ll work with business units like New Glenn and TeraWave, evaluating opportunities, performing due diligence, and building investment theses to advance our spaceflight mission.

You will report to the Senior Director of Corporate Development, partnering with the operations team and external capital partners while leveraging your financial modeling and

Qualifications

• Advanced financial modeling in Excel and the ability to build executive-quality presentations
• Experience preparing investor-facing materials and translating financial and strategic analysis into clear narratives for external capital partners and senior stakeholders
• Experience crafting and analyzing M&A processes for a wide variety of transactions
• Proficiency with AI tools including leading LLMs and harnesses; ability to use AI to make new tools

Responsibilities

• Help identify opportunities which support Blue Origin’s strategic priorities through interaction with senior business leaders, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, investment bankers, and organic pipeline generation
• Support investor and capital-formation activities by preparing materials and analyses that inform Blue Origin's relationships with private capital partners
• Act as a subject matter expert on financial analysis, deal structuring, synergy forecasting, valuation, and due diligence of potential acquisitions
• Support cross-functional due diligence teams, including legal, finance & accounting, tax, human resources, operations, IT, EHS, sales, and strategy
• Support deal flow process from term sheet signature to integration
• Help evaluate opportunities and risks in potential transactions
• Perform research, reporting and analysis on investment activity in the industry
• Present investment thesis memos and recommendations for all stages of the deal process (sourcing to integration planning)
• Build and maintain tools, analytics, and reporting to highlight performance measurements

Skills

Financial modeling

Valuation

Negotiation

Investor relations

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business/finance/economics

Tools

AI tools (LLMs)

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking a Corporate Development professional to originate, execute, and support acquisitions and other strategic transactions. You’ll work with business units like New Glenn and TeraWave, evaluating opportunities, performing due diligence, and building investment theses to advance our spaceflight mission.

You will report to the Senior Director of Corporate Development, partnering with the operations team and external capital partners while leveraging your financial modeling and