Senior Manager, Corporate Development

Zillow

7d • $145,900 - $245,400 • Remote

About The Position

The Corporate Development team at Zillow is a high-impact, entrepreneurial function advancing Zillow's Housing Super App vision through acquisitions, strategic investments, and financial analysis. We have been active on the M&A front, including acquisitions such as Virtual Staging AI, Follow Up Boss, Spruce, Aryeo, and VRX Media in recent years, and partner closely with senior leadership on the company's most consequential strategic and financial decisions. As a Senior Manager on the Corporate Development team, you will apply your strategic and analytical skills to the identification, evaluation, and advancement of growth opportunities, both organic and inorganic, across Zillow Group’s lines of business, including our Agent Software business, a high-growth vertical SaaS platform for real estate industry professionals.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience
• 5+ years of experience, including at least 2 years in investment banking or private equity, plus corporate development or strategic finance experience at a technology company
• Strong three-statement financial modeling skills
• Deep financial analysis skills, including the ability to apply financial concepts and frameworks to novel business situations
• Broad financial acumen, including a foundation in corporate finance principles, facility with financial statement analysis, and understanding of valuation methodologies
• Experience performing M&A transactions through the full process
• Strategic thinker who can form original insights and shape business strategy
• Excellent communication skills and ability to formulate and deliver insights around business problems in a thoughtful and persuasive manner to executives
• Strong project management skills with the ability to lead several priorities simultaneously
• Ownership mentality, questioning assumptions and taking responsibility for conclusions
• Strong initiative and judgment; performing in a fast-paced, dynamic, entrepreneurial environment, leading internal and external stakeholders and working efficiently with cross-functional teams in a remote environment
• Comfortable leveraging AI tools in day-to-day M&A and analytical work to drive efficiency and sharpen decision making

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with SaaS or software business models is a plus
• Passion for technology and/or real estate required

Responsibilities

• Research and recommend acquisition opportunities
• Provide financial and strategic analysis of acquisition targets
• Collaborate with business leaders, finance, and legal to enable an integrated perspective on M&A transactions
• Support all transaction phases, including sourcing, financial analysis, due diligence, structuring, negotiation, closing, and integration
• Build detailed, flexible long-term financial models for Zillow Group’s overall business in connection with key opportunities and initiatives, including partnerships
• Develop analysis, synthesize and analyze data, and apply strategic frameworks to help drive business decisions
• Serve as partner to the Strategy & Partnerships team, in connection with the evaluation and execution of new strategies and partnership opportunities
• Collaborate with business leaders to develop strategies, evaluate business opportunities, and provide recommendations based on detailed analysis

Benefits

• equity awards

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree