Corporate Development Strategy and Scouting Associate

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Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 3 years of experience working on agreements.
• 2 years of experience conducting industry research and analyzing present and future trends.
• 2 years of experience with due diligence documentation and legal frameworks.

Preferred qualifications:

• 5 years of experience in management consulting, venture capital, strategy and operations, private equity, corporate development or investment banking experience in the technology industry.
• Experience sharing cross-functional perspectives with internal stakeholders as well as working directly with founders and investors.
• Familiarity with Google’s business priorities, especially in consumer and enterprise AI or technology infrastructure.
• Excellent people management, executive communications, business judgment and work ethic skills.
• Excellent quantitative/qualitative skills with the ability to navigate technical, fast-evolving and at times ambiguous emerging technology areas.

About the job

The Corporate Development team drives Google's worldwide growth by identifying exciting acquisition and strategic investment opportunities globally across existing and future markets - and then working to make them happen. Consisting of experienced strategy and scouting specialists, merger and acquisition leaders, investment professionals and integration experts, we are dedicated to identifying the business opportunities of tomorrow. We drive mergers and acquisitions/investment decisions, lead agreement negotiations, and help run post-acquisition integration and performance evaluation.

As a member of the Corporate Development Strategy and Scouting team, you will be responsible for helping develop and translate Google’s strategy into the most compelling inorganic opportunities - across acquisitions, strategic investments and other novel agreement structures. You will have a constant pulse on ecosystem trends, investment themes and the startup landscape - particularly in AI, infrastructure and the consumer ecosystem. You will proactively raise the highest-impact companies and technologies to the most executive Google leaders. You will also serve as a strategic advisor - helping shape Google’s direction through high-conviction inorganic ideas that accelerate our efforts.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $123,000-$176,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Responsibilities

• Be a provocative thought leader in driving inorganic strategy - working cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Legal, Finance, etc. to present opportunities to Executive Leadership.
• Have a pulse on internal product development efforts across consumer and enterprise AI, technology infrastructure, deep-technical and adjacent industries.
• Research industry trends and perform engaged analyses on thematic areas of focus. Build strong relationships externally across startups, venture funds/technical industry ecosystems and internally with Google business and product leaders.
• Ideate on acquisitions and strategic investments opportunities by translating ecosystem findings into actionable insights and agreement recommendations.
• Collaborate on transaction execution - including opportunity framing/thesis building, diligence, financial analysis, agreement structuring and executive reviews to help drive agreement decisions.