Corporate Development Manager Jobs

SoundCloud is a next-generation music entertainment company powered by an ecosystem of artists, fans, and thriving communities. As one of the world’s most influential cultural platforms, SoundCloud holds a singular market position as both a music-streaming service with the largest catalog of music, and an artist services and distribution business to help artists grow long-term, successful careers.

SoundCloud is looking for a Corporate Development Manager.

As a member of SoundCloud’s Corporate Development team, you will collaborate across our organization — with Finance, Product, Legal, BD, Data Science, and business unit leaders — to identify and evaluate acquisition and investment opportunities that accelerate our strategy. You will deeply understand the nuances of SoundCloud’s positioning and opportunities, and provide the team with the insight needed to drive intelligent, sound decision-making. With an appetite for challenge and a growth mindset, you will bring strong quantitative and communication skills, strategic thinking, and sound business judgment to bear in order to think beyond the constraints of today and help grow the SoundCloud of tomorrow.

The Corporate Development team drives SoundCloud’s growth strategies by identifying and executing on transformative acquisition and strategic investment opportunities across existing and future markets. Consisting of experienced merger-and-acquisition, strategy, and investment professionals, we’re dedicated to unlocking step-function changes to accelerate SoundCloud’s strategy. We drive target identification, lead business diligence and negotiations, and help run post-acquisition integration and performance evaluation.

Responsibilities:

• Identify and educate internal executives on new, innovative technology trends and markets, and recommend high-potential-return investments
• Support management team decisions and interface with cross functional teams including product, engineering, marketing, finance, and legal teams.
• Synthesize SoundCloud’s strategic objectives and industry trends, in order to identify, recommend, and execute opportunities that maximize SoundCloud’s value
• Identify, vet, and value strategic investment opportunities.

Minimum qualifications:

• Fluent in Excel / Google Sheets and PowerPoint / Google Slides
• 3+ years experience in venture capital, management consulting, investment, strategy or corporate development roles at consumer internet or media companies
• Excellent quantitative and qualitative analytical skills
• Excellent project management skills, communication skills, business judgment, and work ethic
• Able to work effectively under urgency

Preferred qualifications:

• MBA
• Experience building pitch decks and investor relations materials
• Experience in corporate finance - building financial models and valuing companies
• Knowledge of products built around digital media business models - ads, subscription, licensing
• Experienced and resourceful in gathering market intelligence and research

The salary range for this role is $90,000 to $110,000 annually. The final salary offered will be determined based on relative experience, skills, internal equity, and location. We also offer a generous total rewards program - read more about additional benefits and perks below!

About Us:

• We are a multinational company with offices in the US (New York and Los Angeles), Germany (Berlin), and the UK (London)
• We are deeply committed to ensuring diversity, equity and inclusion at all levels of our organization and fostering a community where everyone’s voice, perspective and experience is respected and heard
• We provide a flexible work culture that offers the opportunity to collaborate and connect in person at our offices as well as accommodating work from home
• We believe a strong team is made by investing in employees through mentorship, workshops and enrichment opportunities

Benefits:

• 16 paid weeks for all parents (birthing and non-birthing), regardless of gender, to welcome newborns, adopted and foster children
• Generous professional development allowance
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan
• Interested in a gym membership, photography course or book? We have a Creativity and Wellness benefit!
• Various snacks, goodies, and 2 free lunches weekly when at the office
• Robust 401k program
• Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, and vision plans, as well as mental health resources
• Flexible vacation and public holiday policy where you can take up to 35 days of PTO annually

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at SoundCloud

SoundCloud is for everyone. Diversity and open expression are fundamental to our organization; they help us lead what’s next in music by understanding and empowering our creators and fans, no matter their identity. We acknowledge the challenges in the music industry, and strive to influence an inclusive culture where everyone can contribute respectfully and thrive, especially the historically marginalized communities that many of our creators, fans and SoundClouders identify with. We are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment at SoundCloud for everyone, regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, migration background, national origin, age, disability status, or care-giver status.

At SoundCloud you can find your community or elevate your allyship by joining a Diversity Resource Group. Diversity Resource Groups are employee-organized groups focused on supporting and promoting the interests of a particular underrepresented community in order to build a more inclusive culture at SoundCloud. Anyone can join, whether you share the identity or strive to be an ally.