Corporate Development Deal Lead - Singapore

Product area

The Corporate Development team drives Google's worldwide growth by identifying exciting acquisition and strategic investment opportunities across existing and future markets - and then working to make them happen. Consisting of experienced merger-and-acquisition leaders, investment professionals, scouting and strategy specialists, and integration experts, we're dedicated to identifying the business opportunities of tomorrow. We drive team decisions, lead negotiations, and help run post-acquisition integration and performance evaluation.

Job description

As a member of the Corporate Development team, you work collaboratively across functions (including Product, Legal, Finance and People Operations) to identify, evaluate, and negotiate both acquisition and strategic investment opportunities. You understand the industry landscape and regional nuances, and provide the management team with the needed insight to drive intelligent, sound decision-making. With an air of humility, you bring strong quantitative skills, strategic thinking and sound business judgment, along with the ability to think about what is -- and what could be.

Additional job description

The Corporate Development team holds the reins to much of our worldwide growth.

As a member of the Corporate Development team, you work collaboratively across functions (including Product, Legal, Finance and People Operations) to identify, evaluate, and help negotiate both acquisition and strategic investment opportunities specifically in APAC (North Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and South East Asia). You provide the management team with the needed insight to drive intelligent, sound decision-making. You understand the industry landscape and regional nuances, and harness them to manage the agreements and integration. With an air of humility, you bring strong quantitative skills, strategic thinking and sound business judgment, along with the ability to think about what is - and what could be.

Qualifications

Job responsibilities

• Build connections with regional investor and start-up ecosystems, while interfacing with Google product and engineering teams.
• Identify, evaluate, and value acquisition and strategic investment opportunities in APAC (North Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and Southeast Asia).
• Drive management team decisions, help lead agreement negotiations and execution, plus manage post-acquisition integration.
• Serve as a board member or observer on regional investments.
• Collaborate with the Deal team in Mountain View, CA and globally.
  

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in corporate development, venture capital, private equity or investment banking within the technology industry.
• 5 years of experience working on deals.
• Experience leading and negotiating Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) transactions, or investments.
• Experience building financial models and valuing companies.

Preferred qualifications

• MBA or other equivalent advanced degree preferred.
• 10 years of experience within technology.
• Experience in working on cross-border transactions, and working in one or more APAC regions.
• AI, internet/mobile, communications or e-commerce experience.
• Excellent quantitative and qualitative analytical skills.
• Business fluency in additional Asian languages greatly valued.