Corporate Development Lead

Location | London

HR550

The company is a fast-scaling provider of cloud softphone and customer experience communications tools. We work at the centre of the contact-centre and CX ecosystem, helping businesses improve how they speak to and support their customers.

They're hiring a Corporate Development Lead to help drive the M&A pipeline and acquisition activity. This is a hands-on role working closely with senior leadership.

What you’ll do:

• Take first calls with founders, advisors and bankers to understand the business, product and fit
• Summarise conversations and market positioning into clear notes and deal assessments
• Build and maintain our M&A pipeline tracking and internal deal reporting
• Draft IC memos and investment rationale summaries for leadership review
• Coordinate the end-to-end deal process, including financial, commercial and product diligence
• Work directly with internal teams and external advisors through to close

What we’re looking for:

• 1-2 years’ experience in investment banking, private equity, corporate development or similar deal environment
• Has seen at least one M&A transaction through from evaluation to close, and understands how diligence and process work in practice
• Strong written communication: can turn conversations into structured reasoning and clear memos
• Comfortable leading external conversations and building rapport quickly with founders and advisors
• Experience in the contact-centre / cloud communications / B2B SaaS ecosystem is strongly preferred