Director of Corp Development and Investor Relations, Finance

Scale AI • San Francisco, CA

139d • $252,000 - $315,000

About The Position

The Corporate Development and IR team is responsible for evaluating M&A and investment opportunities, driving new capital investments and managing the company's investor base. You will also work very closely with our key executives (CEO and CFO) to assess, develop strategy, and execute the company's inorganic growth. In addition, this role will support the CFO and Finance team to iterate on our company investor narrative and conduct investor outreach. The ideal candidate will not only have the technical skills to support their recommendations, but also strong interpersonal skills to manage various internal and external key stakeholders. We hope you'll join us!

Requirements

• Minimum of 10 years of financial analysis experience working directly in Corporate Development and investment banking in the technology industry
• Minimum of 2 years of experience working directly in Hedge Funds / Venture Capital / Growth Equity firms
• Deep understanding of B2B businesses
• Demonstrated excellent project management skills and strong executive presence and interpersonal skills; ability to lead discussions with the Executive Team
• Demonstrated ability to build outstanding and effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Experience managing and working with analysts and investors and advisors
• Strong knowledge of Google Suite, MS Office; expert Excel modeling skills

Nice To Haves

• A Bachelor's degree with a major in Computer Science
• 2 years of experience working in a product or engineering role within a technology company

Responsibilities

• Analyze and understand Scale's strategic objectives, as well as industry trends to identify, recommend and pursue companies that can help the company meet those objectives faster
• Identify and educate executives and General Managers on technology trends and markets, and recommend high-potential acquisitions
• Be proficient in M&A and other strategic deals, including sourcing, evaluation, negotiation, execution and integration
• Build relationships with internal cross-functional teams including integration, product, engineering, finance, accounting, security and legal functions
• Demonstrated understanding of technology with an acumen to engage with product and engineering leaders on Scale's product roadmaps
• Perform market research to help identify new investment trends and opportunities and own company's competitive intelligence
• Own monthly and quarterly updates to our existing, external investors and board members
• Lead the creation of all investor materials in partnership with the Strategic Finance team for conferences and investor meetings
• Develop and manage relationships with existing and potential investors
• Responsible for ensuring the company is appropriately and strategically positioned with analysts, investors, and all stakeholders
• Demonstrated experience influencing and communicating effectively across all levels internally (Scale) and externally (investors, founders, etc.)
• Demonstrated analytical skills, fluency in performing rigorous financial, valuation and other quantitative analyses

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage
• Retirement benefits
• Learning and development stipend
• Generous PTO
• Commuter stipend

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees