Corporate Development Deal and Integration Lead (AI)

Location: Hybrid in New York or San Francisco, United States

Salary: $200,000–$350,000 annually, plus equity; compensation depends on level, skills, experience, qualifications, and location.

Company

hirify.global is OpenAI’s deployment arm, focused on delivering enterprise AI transformation and building scalable AI deployment capabilities.

What you will do

• Own end-to-end acquisition execution, from thesis development and sourcing through diligence, valuation, negotiation, signing, and close.
• Lead pre-sign integration planning and run post-close integration, including organization design, talent retention, communications, systems, processes, and value capture.
• Partner with OpenAI and DeployCo executives to identify inorganic priorities across talent, delivery capacity, geographic expansion, and deployment capabilities.
• Coordinate cross-functional diligence and transaction execution with Finance, Legal, People, IT, Security, Recruiting, and delivery leadership.
• Build board- and executive-ready materials, decision frameworks, recommendations, and integration governance.
• Maintain the tuck-in acquisition pipeline and refine the corporate development strategy as the business scales.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in corporate development, M&A, private equity, investment banking, or strategic finance.
• Experience owning transactions from initial outreach through close and integration.
• Experience leading complex integrations and translating signed deals into organizational clarity, talent retention, delivery continuity, and measurable value capture.
• Strong financial and commercial judgment, with practical operational experience across services delivery, technical talent, organizational design, and change management.
• Ability to operate as a player-coach in a newly formed company and communicate tradeoffs involving valuation, risk, scope, speed, and people impact.
• Ability to work in a hybrid arrangement from New York or San Francisco.

Culture & Benefits

• Work at the intersection of enterprise transformation, AI, and scaled services delivery.
• Collaborate with OpenAI and DeployCo leaders across corporate development and business functions.
• Fast-paced environment emphasizing intellectual honesty, empathy, and ambitious problem-solving.
• Equity offered in addition to salary.