Vice President Corporate Development

Do you enjoy leading strategic acquisitions that have a significant impact on the company's growth?

Would you like to be part of a company positioned at the intersection of disruptive trends?

Join our strategic transactions team

Our team is globally responsible for leading all major strategic transactions. We execute on the company's acquisitions and investments, lead integrations, and enhance the company's ability to innovate. We work closely with Akamai's senior executives and Division and Business unit leadership in helping to execute the Company's strategy, and present quarterly to Akamai's Board of Directors.

Partner with the best

In this role, you will serve as a trusted advisor to Akamai's Security Technology Group (STG). Driving strategic growth through acquisitions, investments, and other key transactions. You'll collaborate across business, finance, and product teams to evaluate opportunities, shape business strategy, leading cross-functional execution. You will directly influence Akamai's growth trajectory and strengthen our position as a leader in security innovation.

As a Vice President Corporate Development, you will be responsible for:

• Managing all aspects of pipeline development, deal leadership, analysis, due diligence, negotiation, issue resolution and performance tracking.
• Coordinating and facilitating M&A strategy sessions for and with STG senior leadership.
• Preparing financial models for candidate companies, related transactions, and presenting business cases to senior leadership and stakeholders.
• Cultivating a consistent, metric-based approach that enables data driven decisions.
• Collaborating with functional teams to evaluate and successfully execute opportunities.
• Leading and developing a high performing team to achieve goals.
• Managing the performance of the acquisitions you propose, evaluate and execute.

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have a minimum 15 years' experience in corporate development, investment banking, private equity, or related transactional roles, with a bachelor's degree or equivalent.
• Be experience leading all phases of the transaction process including origination, negotiation, execution and measurement.
• Have experience with M&A strategy development, market and company landscape analyses, and acquisition candidate pipeline development.
• Have extensive planning, financial and analytical skills with experience in valuation and acquisition pro forma modeling.
• Have experience developing effective deal structures, risk mitigation and negotiating strategies.
• Be results-driven with the ability to lead projects to completion on tight timelines.
• Be a team player with exceptional communication, collaboration and have experience working with executive level stakeholders.

Work in a way that works for you

FlexBase, Akamai's Global Flexible Working Program, is based on the principles that are helping us create the best workplace in the world. When our colleagues said that flexible working was important to them, we listened. We also know flexible working is important to many of the incredible people considering joining Akamai. FlexBase, gives 95% of employees the choice to work from their home, their office, or both (in the country advertised). This permanent workplace flexibility program is consistent and fair globally, to help us find incredible talent, virtually anywhere. We are happy to discuss working options for this role and encourage you to speak with your recruiter in more detail when you apply. 

Learn what makes Akamai a great place to work

We power and protect life online, by solving the toughest challenges, together.

At Akamai, we're curious, innovative, collaborative and tenacious. We celebrate diversity of thought and we hold an unwavering belief that we can make a meaningful difference. Our teams use their global perspectives to put customers at the forefront of everything they do, so if you are people-centric, you'll thrive here.

Working for you

At Akamai, we will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things. Our benefit options are designed to meet your individual needs for today and in the future. We provide benefits surrounding all aspects of your life:

• Your health
• Your finances
• Your family
• Your time at work
• Your time pursuing other endeavors

Our benefit plan options are designed to meet your individual needs and budget, both today and in the future.

About us

Akamai powers and protects life online. Leading companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences helping billions of people live, work, and play every day. With the world's most distributed compute platform from cloud to edge we make it easy for customers to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away.

Join us

Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company with a global reach and exciting services and clients? Come join us and grow with a team of people who will energize and inspire you!

Compensation

Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The base salary for this position ranges from $201,500 - $418,500/year; a candidate’s salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and location. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of annual bonus or incentives, equity awards and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). Akamai provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, family friendly benefits including parental leave and an employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness; Eligibility requirements apply.