Head of Corporate Development

🕒 August 22

🇨🇦 Canada – Remote

💵 $300k - $340k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

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Corel Corporation

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 1985

⚡ Productivity

📱 Media

Productivity • Media

Corel Corporation is a software company that develops and sells creative and productivity applications for professionals and consumers. Its product lineup (as shown on its site) includes CorelDRAW Graphics Suite for vector illustration, layout and photo editing; Painter for digital painting; PaintShop Pro for photo editing; VideoStudio for video editing; and WordPerfect as an office suite. Corel distributes desktop software for Windows and Mac, offers free trials and promotional sales, and operates partner programs to reach business and individual customers.

📋 Description

• Own Corel's M&A deal engine and acquisition strategy • Source consumer, prosumer, and desktop software targets across the US, Canada, and Europe • Evaluate, structure, and execute acquisitions • Build and manage Corel's M&A pipeline through banker relationships, founder outreach, and thematic research • Lead transaction execution from valuation and financial modeling through IOI/LOI drafting, structuring, negotiation, signing, and close • Develop investment theses, deal memos, valuation analyses, and market maps with the CEO, executive team, and Vector Capital • Direct cross-functional due diligence across finance, legal, tax, product, and technology • Manage outside advisors and keep transaction processes on track • Cultivate relationships with bankers, founders, and advisors • Partner with integration leaders post-close to ensure deals deliver on their thesis • Report directly to the CEO and eventually the CFO; work with Vector Capital's investment team

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years of experience across investment banking, private equity, venture/growth investing, and/or corporate development • Exposure to consumer software and technology, ideally • Direct deal execution experience from sourcing through close • Strong financial modeling skills, including LBO models, Merger Models, and comparable company analyses • Genuine interest in consumer software roll-ups; experience with consumer, prosumer, or desktop software businesses is highly relevant • Sound commercial and operational judgment • Strong executive presence and ability to communicate and influence at the C-suite, board, and sponsor level • Comfort managing multiple concurrent workstreams in a lean, fast-moving team • Experience operating in a PE-backed or sponsor-owned environment and executing buy-and-build strategies is a bonus • Established network of technology bankers, founders, and advisors across the US and Canadian markets is a bonus

🏖️ Benefits

• Equal employment opportunities • Inclusive, barrier-free recruitment, selection process, and work environment • Accommodation provided upon request as required by Federal and Provincial regulations and Company Policy • Confidential handling of accommodation information