Corporate Development Associate
Menlo•San Francisco, CA
•Onsite
About The Position
Menlo is at an inflection point. We are shipping hardware, scaling our platform, and building commercial relationships with forward-looking organizations who want to deploy a robot labor force. As our first Corporate Development hire, you will work directly with the founding team to shape how Menlo grows -- through capital, partnerships, and strategic deals. This is a generalist corp dev role: you will touch fundraising, BD, and M&A simultaneously and figure out what matters most as we scale.
Requirements
- 3 to 6 years of experience across investment banking, venture capital, management consulting, or in-house corp dev
- Strong financial modeling and deal structuring skills
- Demonstrated ability to manage complex, multi-stakeholder processes end to end
- Excellent written and verbal communication -- you can make a compelling case in a deck, a memo, or a room
- Comfort operating with ambiguity and switching between strategic and executional work on the same day
- Based in Singapore or willing to relocate
Nice To Haves
- Prior exposure to deep tech, robotics, or hardware companies
- Existing network in the Southeast Asia venture or corporate ecosystem
- Experience closing commercial pilots or enterprise contracts
- Mandarin or Vietnamese language skills
Responsibilities
- Support and drive the end-to-end fundraising process, including materials, investor outreach, data room management, and follow-through
- Build and maintain relationships with VCs, family offices, and strategic investors across Singapore, Southeast Asia, and globally
- Track the funding landscape for robotics and embodied AI and keep the team briefed on relevant activity
- Identify, qualify, and develop commercial relationships with organizations looking to pilot or deploy Asimov
- Negotiate and close partnership agreements, MOUs, and commercial pilots
- Work with the Menlo Platform and Asimov teams to shape what we offer partners and how
- Represent Menlo at industry events, conferences, and in external meetings
- Source and evaluate acquisition targets, strategic investments, and talent deals
- Run financial modeling, due diligence, and deal structuring for any inorganic opportunities
- Synthesize market intelligence to inform where Menlo should invest or expand
Benefits
- Meaningful ownership over how Menlo grows
- Be in the room for consequential decisions and responsible for outcomes
- See the direct impact of your work on the company's trajectory
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
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