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Head of Corporate Development

USA - CA - San Jose (Ridder)💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-24 → 2026-09-26

Core

Strategic leader driving M&A, investments, and partnerships to support long-term growth and value creation.

Role type

Head of Corporate Development (strategic IC)

Builds

Strategic initiatives, transaction pipelines, and post-transaction integrations

Domain

Optical communications, photonics, semiconductor, and electronics industries

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

M&A and transaction execution, financial modeling, valuation, due diligence, negotiation, post-transaction integration, strategic analysis, cross-functional collaboration

Preferred skills

Public company corporate development experience, industry-specific knowledge (optical/photonics/semiconductor), MBA

Technologies

N/A

Responsibilities

Identify and analyze M&A, divestiture, investment, and partnership opportunities; develop comprehensive financial analyses and scenario modeling; lead transaction processes from assessment through integration; negotiate term sheets and definitive agreements; build synergy plans; manage internal stakeholder alignment and consensus.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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