Amazon Jobs Near Me – Corporate Development Manager

About the job

Description

Amazon.com is seeking a talented Corporate Development professional who will be responsible for generating, managing and executing mergers and acquisitions, minority investments, and strategic partnership activities focusing on a wide breadth of technology sectors including consumer, robotics, logistics, fintech, healthcare and software in Europe. This professional will be a key business partner to Global Operations and Europe senior leadership and will be highly visible at the most senior levels of Amazon. The ideal candidate is an independent thinker who can make convincing, data-based arguments, enjoys diving deep into complex problems, works effectively with cross-functional teams, and thrives in a fast-paced and dynamic environment. This position is based in London, UK

Corporate Development is a small, tight-knit team that values authentic, strong willed individuals that think creatively and proactively seek out opportunities to advance the growth initiatives of Amazon’s businesses.. Superb negotiation skills are an absolute requirement.

Key Strategic Objectives

The selected candidate will act as a primary contact in supporting our business units and senior leadership by conducting industry research, valuation analyses, due diligence, creation of strategic recommendations, acquisition term sheet and contract negotiations, and both internal and external relationship building.

Key Focus Areas Include

• Identify appropriate opportunities that support Amazon’s strategic priorities through interaction with senior business leaders, entrepreneurs, investment bankers, venture capitalists, and organic pipeline generation
• Partner with business units to drive strategic thinking and evaluate expansion opportunities
• Evaluate the benefits, risks and synergies of potential acquisitions and investments, and manage the process of building both internal and external consensus
• Act as a subject matter expert on valuation and deal structuring
• Lead all transaction-related diligence efforts
• Negotiate key legal documents and bring transactions over the finish line
• Work with all cross-functional groups including product, engineering, legal, finance, tax, accounting and senior management to execute transactions from term sheet to integration
• Establish the ongoing processes, skill sets, and strategy that will enable Amazon to continue to build out our corporate development competency

In addition, this Corporate Development professional will be an independent thinker who can make convincing, data-based arguments. The selected candidate will be able to work across all business units, demonstrating a strong bias for action. Professional traits necessary for this position include:

• Exhibits excellent judgment
• Has relentlessly high standards
• Thinks strategically but stays on top of tactical execution
• Thinks big and has conviction
• Results oriented

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 5+ years of experience developing, leading, negotiating and executing corporate and/or business transactions
• 5+ years’ experience in corporate development, investment banking, private equity or venture investing in technology sectors
• Experience creating and analysing M&A processes for a wide variety of transactions, including public-public, public-private, and cross-border transactions
• History of successfully completing high level, end-to-end negotiations

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA and/or international experience are a plus
• Very strong analytical and communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to think creatively and strategically
• Ability to build and maintain a network of senior level relationships to facilitate deal flow
• Experience aligning and driving cross-functional groups
• Passionate about big challenges

Company – Amazon UK Services Ltd.

Job ID: A1802263