Director Corporate Development and Long-Range Business Planning
Job Description
The Director of Corporate Development will be responsible for leading the development adoption of a long-range commercial business plan for the company. This individual will be a critical strategic resource for the executive, operations and go to market teams. The Director of Corporate Development will work closely with Wisk Global Partnerships to identify and secure commercialization and supply chain partners that will become strategic partners.
This position will work with existing teams across the company, including our Go-to-Market, Strategic Marketing, Supply Chain, Program Management and Engineering Operations teams, amongst others.
Responsibilities
-Lead M&A, investment and joint venture processes, including sourcing, evaluation of business model attractiveness, strategic/financial analysis, valuation, due diligence, negotiation and closing.
-Attract additional growth capital to compliment Boeing commitments on the path to entry into service and commercialization.
-Coordinate transaction processes across teams including engineering, product, design, finance, accounting, legal and business development
-Work with CTO to identify, research and recommend industries, companies and technologies for Wisk to evaluate from an M&A, investment or joint venture perspective and analyze the company's objectives and identify, recommend and pursue technologies that can accelerate those goals
-Work closely with Boeing Strategy and Corporate Development
-Build relationships with leaders at emerging and established companies as well as with investment banking and venture capital firms
-Develop and maintain models and dashboards to keep Marketing Requirement and Objectives, final engineering design and long term commercial business models aligned
-Track and analyze our industry, as well as prospective M&A opportunities.
Job Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in technology industry and aviation preferred
- B.S. in relevant discipline required
- MBA preferred
- Consulting or Investment Banking experience helpful
