Corporate & Business Development Manager (AI)

Location: New York City, NY; hybrid schedule with in-office work Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. NYC-based candidates are preferred, and candidates open to relocation are considered.

Salary: $160K–$220K plus equity.

Company

hirify.global is an applied AI company building software that helps construction companies manage permitting, licensing, inspections, compliance, and project closeouts.

What you will do

• Source, evaluate, and prioritize acquisition, strategic investment, and partnership opportunities across construction technology, permitting, compliance, construction software, and adjacent workflows.
• Map competitors, new entrants, funding, potential partners, and deal activity across construction tech and vertical AI.
• Build business cases, valuation models, deal models, and operating models to support build, buy, or partner decisions.
• Lead acquisitions, strategic investments, and equity or transaction-style partnerships from outreach through diligence, valuation, negotiation, and close.
• Coordinate Finance, Legal, Product, Engineering, and Operations through diligence and execution, then own post-close integration plans and performance tracking.
• Present concise recommendations to the executive team and board, while developing relationships with founders, bankers, investors, and strategic partners.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in investment banking, private equity, growth equity, corporate development, or M&A-focused strategy at a high-growth company.
• Direct experience sourcing opportunities, leading diligence, negotiating, and closing M&A or strategic investments.
• Strong valuation, deal, and operating modeling skills.
• Strong technical judgment for evaluating target technologies, partner platforms, product-market fit, and alignment with engineering roadmaps.
• Ability to quickly understand businesses, identify the factors that matter most, prioritize competing opportunities, and make clear decisions against company goals.
• Commercial negotiation skills with founders, executives, and sophisticated counterparties.
• Ability to turn complex analysis into simple, actionable recommendations.
• Comfort with limited process, ambiguity, and full ownership from idea through integration.
• Must work from the New York City office on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

Nice to have

• Experience in construction, vertical SaaS, or regulated markets.
• Experience building at a hyper-scale startup.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to build the corporate development function at a venture-backed, hypergrowth company.
• Direct collaboration with the leadership team and ownership of deals from first call through integration.
• Work on acquisitions, investments, and partnerships affecting construction, housing, clean energy, and infrastructure development.
• Hybrid work arrangement with three required in-office days per week.
• Equity is included in the compensation package.
• Equal employment opportunity and commitment to a diverse and inclusive workforce.