Head of Corporate Development

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

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PlayOn Sports

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201 - 500 employees

⚽ Sports

☁️ SaaS

📱 Media

💰 $21.3M Debt on 2025-06

Sports • SaaS • Media

PlayOn Sports is a platform company that builds and operates digital products and services around high school athletics. It unites brands schools trust (GoFan, NFHS Network, MaxPreps, VNN) to provide digital ticketing, live broadcasting and streaming, schedules, stats & scores, athletic websites, coaching tools and analytics, fundraising, concessions, advertising, and fan engagement. PlayOn serves both schools/organizations and fans, enabling ticket sales, remote viewing, team visibility, and program growth at scale—covering hundreds of thousands of events and teams and millions of annual visitors and student-athletes.

📋 Description

• Lead PlayOn Sports’ inorganic growth strategy and corporate development function • Partner with the CEO, CFO, President of Growth Strategy, and executive leadership team on strategic transactions • Build and maintain an acquisition opportunity pipeline • Develop investment theses and strategic rationales for acquisitions and partnerships • Evaluate market trends, competitive dynamics, and emerging technologies • Advise on capital allocation and M&A’s role in long-term shareholder value • Lead acquisitions end-to-end from evaluation through signing and closing • Develop valuation analyses, financial models, synergy assessments, and investment recommendations • Structure and negotiate letters of intent, term sheets, purchase agreements, and other transaction documents • Lead cross-functional due diligence across finance, legal, product, technology, commercial, HR, tax, accounting, and operations • Manage outside legal counsel, financial advisors, accounting firms, and other transaction partners • Drive transaction timelines and coordinate internal stakeholders through closing • Evaluate target business models, financial performance, growth drivers, unit economics, and risks • Prepare investment recommendations and executive materials for the CEO, Board of Directors, and shareholders • Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership and support communications with boards, investors, lenders, and shareholders

🎯 Requirements

• 8–10+ years of experience in corporate development, mergers and acquisitions, investment banking, private equity, or a combination thereof, with substantial experience leading complex M&A transactions • Corporate development experience in the consumer technology sector with a successful acquisition track record strongly preferred • Demonstrated experience independently leading acquisitions from strategy and valuation through negotiation, diligence, signing, and closing • Deep understanding of transaction structuring, valuation methodologies, deal mechanics, accounting considerations, and corporate finance • Experience managing outside legal counsel, financial advisors, and cross-functional diligence teams • Experience preparing and presenting recommendations to executive leadership, Boards of Directors, investors, and shareholders • Exceptional financial modeling, valuation, and analytical skills • Strong strategic thinking with the ability to connect acquisitions to long-term business objectives • Outstanding negotiation and influencing skills • Excellent executive communication and presentation skills • Ability to lead complex cross-functional initiatives while influencing without direct authority • High degree of ownership, intellectual curiosity, sound judgment, and attention to detail

🏖️ Benefits

• Multiple medical insurance plans to choose from • Dental, vision, life and disability insurance • Employee Emergency Fund • Company equity (stock options) • Open PTO policy • 401K plan with company match • Hybrid/flexible work environment • Full-time employees eligible for the company’s employee health benefit plan

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