Corporate Development Manager - M&A Origination

Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Salary: CAD 100,000–110,000 per year, plus performance-based bonus

Company

hirify.global’s Public Safety portfolio operates within the acquisition-focused culture of Constellation Software.

What you will do

• Build, coach, and mentor the M&A origination team across founder outreach, market research, relationship development, and opportunity qualification.
• Map markets, competitors, adjacent verticals, geographies, and acquisition signals to define sourcing priorities.
• Personally originate and qualify acquisition opportunities through cold outreach, email, LinkedIn, conferences, trade shows, and in-person meetings.
• Develop long-term relationships with CEOs, founders, entrepreneurs, advisors, and intermediaries in the public safety market.
• Manage personal and team pipelines, evaluate opportunities against strategic and financial criteria, and maintain Salesforce/CRM reporting and KPIs.
• Coordinate management meetings, site visits, information flow, and the hand-off from origination to diligence with the M&A team.

Requirements

• Progressive experience in M&A origination, business development, corporate development, investing, enterprise software sales, investment banking, transaction advisory, strategy, or an entrepreneurial role.
• Experience coaching or managing others, with the ability to remain personally involved in sourcing opportunities.
• Demonstrated success in cold outreach, opportunity creation, relationship management, and C-suite or founder-level communication.
• Strong financial literacy, including the ability to interpret financial statements and understand recurring-revenue software economics and valuation drivers.
• Excellent writing, presentation, planning, prioritization, judgment, and organizational skills.
• Comfort using CRM systems such as Salesforce, LinkedIn, email sequencing tools, Excel, PowerPoint, and research platforms; willingness to travel domestically and internationally approximately 10–20%.

Culture & Benefits

• Player-coach environment focused on curiosity, persistence, accountability, continuous improvement, and talent development.
• Opportunity to build and lead a growing M&A origination function.
• Exposure to the full deal lifecycle.
• Competitive base salary with performance-based bonus.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits.