Director of Corporate Development

About Blue Origin

At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We’re working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!

Job Summary

This role is part of Blue Origin corporate functions, providing centralized support across Blue Origin business unit teams, functions, and locations. The Corporate Development team is responsible for generating, managing and executing mergers and acquisitions, minority investments, and strategic partnerships, and supporting the execution of corporate growth initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with executive leadership to evaluate and drive internal thinking on organic and inorganic growth opportunities.
• Identify appropriate opportunities which support Blue Origin’s strategic priorities through interaction with senior business leaders, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, investment bankers, and organic pipeline generation.
• Act as a subject matter expert on financial analysis, deal structuring, and valuation.
• Lead financial analysis, synergy forecasting, valuation and due diligence of potential acquisitions.
• Lead cross-functional due diligence teams, including legal, finance & accounting, tax, human resources, operations, IT, sales, and strategy.
• Lead deal flow process from term sheet signature to integration.
• Evaluate opportunities and risks in potential transactions.
• Perform research, reporting and analysis on M&A activity in the industry.
• Present investment thesis memos and recommendations for all stages of the deal process (sourcing to integration planning).
• Build and maintain tools, analytics, and reporting to highlight performance measurements.

Requirements

The selected candidate will be an independent thinker who can make convincing, information-based arguments. The candidate will be able to work across all business units, demonstrating a strong bias for action.