Corporate Development & Investor Relations Manager

Responsibilities

• Lead and execute M&A processes from origination through close, including target identification, financial modeling, due diligence coordination, deal structuring, and negotiation support across domestic and cross-border transactions
• Build and maintain financial models for acquisitions, joint ventures, and strategic investments, including scenario analysis, transfer pricing mechanics, and milestone-based equity structures
• Manage investor relations workflows, including maintaining the company's investor CRM, preparing executive briefing materials, and coordinating outreach to existing and prospective investors across sovereign wealth funds, crossover funds, long-only managers, and growth equity firms
• Draft and refine investor-facing materials, board presentations, and internal investment memos that distill complex strategic and financial information into clear, concise narratives
• Serve as a key point of contact for external advisors, including legal counsel, bankers, and consultants, ensuring processes stay on track and deliverables meet Applied Intuition's standards
• Support pre-IPO capital markets readiness, including cap table management, investor allocation strategy, and benchmarking against public and private market comparables
• Build and maintain internal tools, automations, and AI-assisted workflows to improve the efficiency and scalability of corporate development and IR operations
• Partner cross-functionally with Legal, Finance, Product, and Engineering leadership to evaluate strategic opportunities and support integration planning
• Contribute to ad-hoc strategic projects and analyses as needed to support the CEO, CFO, and broader corporate development and investor relations function

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Economics, Finance, Business, or a related field
• 5-7 years of relevant experience in investment banking, management consulting, private equity, growth equity, venture capital, or corporate development and investor relations at a high-growth technology company
• Track record of running deal processes end-to-end, with direct experience in M&A execution, financial due diligence, and transaction structuring
• Strong financial modeling skills, including comfort with complex deal structures, JV economics, and multi-scenario analysis
• Experience in or meaningful exposure to investor relations, capital raises, or public/private capital markets strategy
• Demonstrated AI fluency - you have built internal tools, vibe-coded applications, or designed AI-assisted workflows, not just used off-the-shelf AI products
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to produce tight, executive-ready materials and operate comfortably alongside senior leadership and high-profile external stakeholders
• Strong project management instincts, with the ability to drive multiple complex work streams simultaneously in a fast-paced, low-structure environment
• Comfort operating across international deal contexts, including cross-border transactions and engagement with global investors

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with deep-tech business models, including autonomy, robotics, simulation, and defense
• MBA

Compensation

Base salary range: $165,000 USD to $220,000 USD annually. Total compensation includes equity, comprehensive health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, 401k with employer match, learning and wellness stipends, and paid time off.