Break Into Corporate Development: How I Got Multiple Corp Dev Offers From B

Corporate development is one of the best kept secrets in finance. Strong compensation, strategic work, no client pitching, better hours than banking, and you sit at the center of how a company grows through M&A and partnerships. Most bankers underestimate how much they want it until they see it up close. I received multiple corporate development and corporate VC offers coming out of investment banking. Having worked on landmark transactions at Goldman Sachs including Amazon's $3.9B acquisition of One Medical and $1.7B acquisition of iRobot, I understood exactly how the buy side of M&A works and how to translate that into what corp dev teams are looking for. This package is for investment bankers, IR professionals and finance analysts who want to move into corporate development or corporate venture capital at a technology, healthcare, consumer or media company. We cover how to position your banking experience for corp dev roles, which companies hire most actively from banking, how the interview process differs from banking recruiting, how to evaluate which company and industry is the right fit for your background, and how to negotiate your comp package on the other side.