Corporate Development Lead (AI)

Location: On-site in the New York City or San Francisco office, United States

Base salary: $225,000–$280,000 per year, plus equity and benefits.

Company

hirify.global is an AI marketing platform that combines real-user prompt data with customer context and AI agents for research, content, campaigns, reporting, audits, and competitive analysis.

What you will do

• Identify high-impact M&A opportunities across engineering, product, and go-to-market functions.
• Develop acquisition themes and evaluate build-versus-buy decisions with leadership and functional teams.
• Source opportunities through founders, investors, bankers, and the AI ecosystem.
• Lead transactions from initial conversations through diligence, valuation, structuring, negotiation, signing, and close.
• Structure and negotiate price, equity, retention, and deal-protection terms with counsel and advisors.
• Plan and execute integration from signing through Day 1 and beyond with Operations.

Requirements

• 8+ years in corporate development, technology investment banking, venture, or private equity, including several M&A or strategic transactions personally led from sourcing through close and integration.
• Ability to diagnose business gaps and translate them into concrete acquisition theses.
• Strong negotiation and deal-structuring skills, including valuation, financial modeling, and transaction legal mechanics.
• Established network of founders, investors, and bankers in the AI and software ecosystem.
• Executive-level communication skills and the ability to influence founders, the board, and leadership.
• High ownership, low ego, comfort with ambiguity, bias toward action, and willingness to build models and run negotiations.
• Experience in corporate development at a high-growth technology or AI company is strongly preferred.

Nice to have

• Integration experience.
• Background in marketing technology, analytics, or enterprise SaaS.

Culture & Benefits

• On-site work in the NYC or SF office with a focus on speed, iteration, and meaningful impact.
• Competitive total compensation including base salary, equity, and a full range of benefits and perks.
• Final compensation depends on skills, experience, qualifications, and location.

Hiring process

• Further compensation and benefits details will be shared during the hiring process.
• Official communication comes only from a @tryhirify.global.com email address; messages from other domains should be disregarded and reported as spam.