Manager, Corporate Development

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Join us to transform the way the world works.

At LinkedIn, we trust each other to do our best work where it works best for us and our teams. This role offers a hybrid work option, meaning you can both work from home and commute to a LinkedIn office, depending on what’s best for you and when it is important for your team to be together.

This role is based in Sunnyvale or San Francisco.

LinkedIn’s Corporate Development team partners closely with cross-functional leaders to drive corporate and strategic initiatives), analyze market activity and competitive dynamics, and source, evaluate, execute and integrate M&A and strategic partnership opportunities. We seek exceptional candidates who are highly motivated, have a track record of academic and professional success, are driven to succeed and have enthusiasm and passion for LinkedIn’s professional suite of products.

The responsibilities of the Manager include delivering strategic projects, landscape insights, strategic finance projects, M&A analysis, and scenario evaluations to inform LinkedIn’s most-important business decisions. The right candidate has proven skills in financial modeling and strategic assessment/diligence, along with the curiosity and critical thinking needed to identify important factors that may never fit on a spreadsheet. In addition, the Manager must possess an ability to work directly with senior executives on company-critical projects.

This role is an excellent opportunity to join a small team that influences long-term company-wide investment initiatives that impact hundreds of millions of professionals worldwide.

Responsibilities:

Develop strong knowledge of our competitive ecosystem and deliver insightful analyses of market opportunities to inform our M&A strategy

Support acquisitions by playing a quarterback role across all elements of the deal including defining acquisition rationale, valuation modeling, due diligence, deal negotiations, etc. This includes coordinating a multitude of internal teams across various stages of the process

Manage post-acquisition integration by ensuring that cross-functional teams are all executing on their respective M&A integration plans

Drive strategy projects end to end working closely with cross-functional partners

Assist in building relationships with key players in the industry (e.g., VCs, founders, investment bankers, etc.)

Assist the team in building world-class best practices and infrastructure to keep us running smoothly

Build effective relationships with colleagues from across the organization

Commitment to a minimum of two in-office days per week, depending on opportunities for team collaboration

Basic Qualifications:

5 years of work experience in management consulting, investment banking, private equity, corporate development at a technology company, or related experience

Demonstrated ability and experience with building financial models (e.g., DCFs, M&A valuation, etc.)

Prior experience in M&A deal execution and integration

Preferred Qualifications:

MBA

Exposure to Consumer Internet and/or Software as a Service (SaaS) sectors

Ability to formulate exec-level insights around complex business problems and create structured quantitative and qualitative analyses

Ability to take ambiguous problems and provide structure and clarity

Exceptional oral and written communication skills & executive presence: able to articulately present and debate recommendations with senior leadership

Strong personal initiative, excellent judgment and sense of humor

Experience working with large data sets and using statistical analyses

Desire to succeed in a demanding, innovative, and entrepreneurial environment: a highly proactive self-starter

High aptitude to learn quickly, assimilate to new teams and projects, manage multiple projects simultaneously, and work well under pressure with appropriate attention to detail

Suggested Skills:

Strategic Thinking

Executive-Level Communication

Financial Analysis

Data Analysis

LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.

The pay range for this role is $138,000 to $225,000. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.

The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans. For more information, visit https://careers.linkedin.com/benefits.

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