Corporate Development Manager

Veeam Software

5h•Remote

About The Position

Veeam, the #1 global market leader in data resilience, believes businesses should control all their data whenever and wherever they need it. Veeam provides data resilience through data backup, data recovery, data portability, data security, and data intelligence. Based in Seattle, Veeam protects over 550,000 customers worldwide who trust Veeam to keep their businesses running. Join us as we move forward together, growing, learning, and making a real impact for some of the world’s biggest brands. The future of data resilience is here - go fearlessly forward with us. About the Role At Veeam, we are accelerating growth through strategic partnerships, ecosystem expansion, and selective inorganic opportunities. To support this agenda, we are seeking a Manager, Corporate Development to focus on front‑end deal strategy, opportunity shaping, and diligence leadership, helping determine where and how we invest time and capital. This role is ideal for a high‑potential, analytically rigorous professional—typically with a background in strategy consulting followed by an MBA—who is stepping into their first substantive industry role. The Manager will operate upstream of execution teams, providing early‑stage insight and strategic framing, and will remain closely attached to deals they help identify and assess, project‑managing the diligence process through deal closure to ensure momentum, structure, and cross‑functional alignment.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in finance, Economics, Business, Engineering, or a related field
2–4 years of experience in top‑tier strategy consulting, corporate strategy, or a similarly rigorous analytical environment
Strong analytical problem‑solving skills, with the ability to structure complex, ambiguous questions
Demonstrated ability to project‑manage complex, cross‑functional initiatives
Sound business judgment and comfort operating in evolving, high‑stakes environments
Clear, structured communication skills with executive‑level stakeholders
Intellectual curiosity across technology, cloud ecosystems, and enterprise software business models

Nice To Haves

MBA strongly preferred

Responsibilities

Support the front‑end evaluation of M&A, partnership, and ecosystem opportunities, including: Total Addressable Market (TAM) sizing and market structure analysis
Revenue, cross‑sell, and synergy hypothesis development (in close partnership with Finance)
High‑level scenario framing to support investment decisions
Translate ambiguous strategic ideas into structured, decision‑ready insights for senior leadership.
Assess and prioritize multiple potential opportunities in parallel, acting as an analytical and strategic filter before deeper diligence begins.
Support opportunity shaping across diverse strategic themes, including: Hyperscaler and cloud ecosystem business development
On‑prem to cloud partnership strategies
Emerging platform, data, and technology adjacencies
Maintain a portfolio‑level view of opportunities, supporting funnel visibility, prioritization, and leadership updates.
Remain attached to deals you help source and assess, supporting them end‑to-end through decision and closure.
Project‑manage the diligence process, coordinating across Corporate Development, Finance, Legal, Product, and external advisors.
Own diligence planning, workplans, timelines, dependency tracking, and issue escalation to keep deals moving efficiently.
Partner closely with Finance and external audit/advisory firms, who will lead detailed financial analysis and provide formal financial opinions, while ensuring inputs are aligned and decisions stay on track.
Act as the central point of orchestration across workstreams, ensuring clarity of roles, decision rights, and next steps.
Clearly distinguish between exploratory assessment and active diligence, while maintaining continuity of ownership across the deal lifecycle.
Enable efficient execution without repeatedly disrupting core operating teams.
Support leadership through final decision‑making and transaction close, with readiness for downstream integration ownership.

Benefits

Unlimited paid time off, 12 paid holidays, plus 4 extra global VeeaMe Days for self-care and 24 paid volunteer hours annually through Veeam Cares
Paid parental leave: 8 weeks for all parents, 16 weeks for birthing parents
Medical, dental, and vision coverage starting on your first day
Mental health support, therapy sessions, and digital wellness tools via our Employee Assistance Program
401(k) retirement plan with company matching contributions
Fertility, adoption, and surrogacy support through Maven, plus paid volunteer time
AirVet: 24/7 virtual veterinary care at no cost
Legal services, identity protection, and supplemental health insurance options
Tax-advantaged spending accounts for healthcare, dependent care, and commuting
Opportunities to learn and grow through on-demand libraries (LinkedIn Learning, O’Reilly), mentoring, workshops, and learning events like our annual Global Day of Learning