Director, Strategy & Corporate Development

About the role

The Strategy, Corporate Development & Ventures team supports a broad mandate of M&A, strategic investments, commercial partnerships and business development across the data and AI software stack, AI infrastructure supply chain, hyperscalers, neoclouds, and the enterprise - across cloud, hybrid, and on-prem environments. The team works directly alongside the engineers and technologists who built the Everpure platform, enabling deep, direct technical evaluation of markets and companies as the agent infrastructure of tomorrow evolves.

What You'll Do

• Build and maintain a proactive pipeline of acquisition and investment opportunities across the data and AI landscape, developing relationships with founders, investors, and advisors to source opportunities ahead of formal processes
• Lead deal execution: valuation and financial modeling, cross-functional diligence coordination with product, engineering, legal, and finance, negotiation support, and structuring across M&A and venture instruments
• Direct and develop deal team members across transaction workstreams, reviewing analytical output and building the team's execution standards
• Develop rigorous, well-researched perspectives on adjacent markets and competitors to inform build, buy, and partner decisions
• Define integration milestones and success metrics prior to close, and evaluate post-close performance against the original investment thesis
• Prepare executive- and board-level materials covering pipeline, transaction evaluation, and portfolio performance
• Contribute to building the team's AI-enabled deal processes and market intelligence capabilities, leveraging Everpure's own platform

What You Bring

• 8–12 years of experience in investment banking, private equity, corporate development, or venture capital, with substantial buy-side transaction experience and demonstrated end-to-end deal ownership
• Strong financial modeling and valuation capabilities, with working command of transaction mechanics including deal structures and diligence
• Proficiency applying AI tools to research, analysis, and transaction evaluation
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for executive audiences
• An established network across founders, investors, and advisors that supports proprietary deal sourcing
• Experience directing junior deal team members and reviewing analytical work product