Vice President, Corporate Development

Everfox•Herndon, VA

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Vice President, Corporate Development will lead Everfox’s inorganic growth agenda — sourcing, evaluating, executing, and integrating acquisitions, investments, and strategic partnerships that position Everfox for leadership in the Defense Tech market. This role is expected to begin as a senior individual-contributor and enterprise leader, supported by cross-functional teams and external advisors. As acquisition volume and organizational needs increase, the VP may build a dedicated corporate development team responsible for transaction analysis, diligence, integration management, and portfolio performance.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, business, engineering, or a related field; MBA or comparable advanced degree preferred.
12+ years of experience in corporate development, investment banking, or private equity.
Proven track record leading and completing multiple acquisitions.
Expertise in financial modeling, valuation, and synergy analysis.
Skilled at presenting to executive leadership and Boards.

Nice To Haves

Experience within Defense Tech, cybersecurity, national security, government contracting, or enterprise software.
Understanding of federal customers, classified environments, export controls, regulatory requirements, and security considerations.
Experience working in a private equity-backed or acquisitive organization.
Experience leading post-merger integration and tracking transaction value realization.
Established relationships across relevant technology, investment, banking, and advisory communities.
Familiarity with recurring-revenue, software, technology, and government-contracting valuation models.

Responsibilities

Translate the enterprise strategy and three-year plan into a prioritized acquisition roadmap.
Build and manage a qualified pipeline of acquisition targets and strategic partners.
Develop investment theses aligned with Everfox’s strategic priorities.
Analyze emerging technology markets and competitors to inform acquisition theses.
Cultivate relationships with founders, investors, bankers, advisors, and industry leaders.
Lead the end-to-end transaction process, from initial opportunity assessment through negotiation and close.
Develop business cases, valuation models, synergy assessments, value creation plans, and executive recommendations.
Coordinate financial, commercial, legal, technical, operational, human capital, cybersecurity, and regulatory due diligence.
Partner with Finance, Legal, Product, Technology, Sales, People, Security, and external advisors to evaluate opportunities.
Support the negotiation of letters of intent, purchase agreements, partnership structures, and other transaction terms.
Prepare decision-ready transaction materials for the CSCDO, CEO, executive leadership team, and Board.
Drive deal execution with clear governance and decision criteria.
Evaluate JVs, minority investments, and strategic partnerships where they accelerate the inorganic growth thesis.
Develop value creation plans pre-close and own delivery against them post-close, in partnership with business and functional leaders.
Establish integration principles, governance, workstreams, milestones, and success measures before transaction close.
Ensure integration decisions protect customer commitments, critical talent, intellectual property, security requirements, and business continuity.
Track synergy realization, integration risks, strategic outcomes, and transaction performance.
Conduct post-transaction reviews and incorporate lessons learned into future corporate development activity.
Operate as a trusted advisor to the CSCDO and executive leadership team.
Lead cross-functional teams through high-stakes, confidential, and time-sensitive initiatives.
Build scalable corporate development processes, governance, tools, and decision frameworks.
Balance strategic ambition with financial discipline, operational feasibility, and execution risk.
Demonstrate sound judgment when working with sensitive company, employee, customer, and transaction information.
Model Everfox’s values: Customer & Mission First, Team Over Self, Speed with Purpose, and Commitment to Excellence.