Corporate Development Deal Lead

Meta•Menlo Park, CA

8d•$130,000 - $187,000

About The Position

Meta’s Corporate Development team supports the company’s long-term strategy by evaluating and executing strategic transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, minority investments, and other transactions. The Corporate Development Manager will work closely with deal leads, integration, and cross-functional partners to assess opportunities, conduct analyses, and support end-to-end deal execution. The role contributes throughout the transaction lifecycle, including developing deal rationale, building and refining financial models, coordinating diligence workstreams, and preparing executive-ready materials. The successful candidate will translate complex strategic and technical information into structured recommendations, manage multiple workstreams, learn quickly, and take initiative on analyses with minimal direction while operating with high ownership under guidance from the Corporate Development team.

Requirements

At least 5 years of experience in a mix of investment banking, consulting, venture capital, corporate strategy, private equity, or corporate development in the technology industry.
Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, such as Finance, Economics, Business, Accounting, or Math.
Experience driving workstreams within transaction processes, such as owning diligence workstreams, leading valuation analysis, or coordinating cross-functional inputs, for M&A, investments, or strategic partnerships.
Ability to communicate clearly and work effectively across teams and with stakeholders to gather inputs and drive alignment on analyses and deliverables.
Analytical skills, including building and interpreting financial, valuation, and other quantitative analyses such as operating models, comparable-company and precedent-transaction analyses, and valuation analyses.
Understanding of technology and ability to engage Product and Engineering partners on product and technical roadmaps and translate them into business implications.

Nice To Haves

Ability to integrate AI tools to optimize or redesign workflows and drive measurable impact, such as efficiency gains or quality improvements.
Experience executing M&A transactions or strategic investments in a technology company, including due diligence and deal structuring.
Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices, such as risk assessment, bias mitigation, and quality and accuracy reviews.
Ongoing AI skill development, such as prompt/context engineering or agent orchestration, and staying current with emerging AI technologies.
Familiarity with competitive landscapes across AI, enterprise software, mixed reality, or consumer internet markets.

Responsibilities

Analyze Meta’s strategic objectives and industry trends to identify, recommend, and pursue companies and technologies that can meet those objectives.
Drive execution of M&A transactions, minority investments, and strategic partnerships by owning diligence workstreams, tracking workplans, and preparing materials.
Build and own operating, valuation, and synergy analyses to inform deal decisions.
Prepare executive-ready briefing documents, internal memos, and presentations synthesizing strategic rationale, risks, and key diligence findings.
Develop strategic and market perspectives through industry landscapes, competitive maps, and investment theses aligned to Meta’s strategic priorities.
Engage and align cross-functional partners in Product, Engineering, Finance, Legal, and Integration.
Monitor trends in relevant technology markets and summarize emerging themes, companies, and potential opportunities for the broader team.