Corporate Development Associate
The Qualtrics XM Platform™ is a system of action that helps businesses to attract customers who stay longer and buy more, to engage and empower employees to do the best work of their lives, to develop breakthrough products people love, and to build a brand people can’t imagine living without.
Joining Qualtrics means becoming part of a team bold enough to chase breakthrough experiences - like building a technology that will be a force for good. A team committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion because of a conviction that every voice holds value, with a vision for representation that matches the world around us and inclusion that far exceeds it. You could belong to a team whose values center on transparency, being all in, having customer obsession, acting as one team, and operating with scrappiness. All so you can do the best work of your career.
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The Qualtrics XM Platform™ is a system of action that helps businesses to attract customers who stay longer and buy more, to engage and empower employees to do the best work of their lives, to develop breakthrough products people love, and to build a brand people can’t imagine living without.
Joining Qualtrics means becoming part of a team bold enough to chase breakthrough experiences - like building a technology that will be a force for good. A team committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion because of a conviction that every voice holds value, with a vision for representation that matches the world around us and inclusion that far exceeds it. You could belong to a team whose values center on transparency, being all in, having customer obsession, acting as one team, and operating with scrappiness. All so you can do the best work of your career.
The Challenge / About the Role
The Corporate Development Associate will serve as a key member of Qualtrics’ Strategy & Corporate Development team supporting our global M&A efforts. You will have the opportunity to work on a small team that drives a key area of growth for Qualtrics. This role is a highly visible position that interacts with Qualtrics’ most senior leaders.
The ideal candidate will be an excellent problem solver with a data driven mind set, and have outstanding communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills. A clear track record of superb valuation and analytical capabilities, prior corporate development, investing banking or venture capital experience is essential.
Key Responsibilities
- Support all aspects of the deal process, including sourcing, qualification, financial modeling, due diligence, and closing and integration planning activities.
- Assist in strategic transaction planning and vetting efforts, including gathering input from cross-functional teams and incorporating comprehensive internal and external views into thoughtful insights and business cases for potential opportunities.
- Partner with the business to identify potential M&A opportunities and articulate their contributions to Qualtrics’ strategic objectives.
- Conduct holistic analyses to support decision making, including industry TAMS, competitive landscapes, business case and valuation modeling.
- Establish a robust understanding of industry trends, emerging companies, and competitive knowledge in the experiment management and enterprise software markets.
- Actively participate in enhancing group practices and processes that will enable Qualtrics to continue to build out our corporate development competency.
Qualifications / Requirements
We are looking for a highly motivated self-starter. The right candidate has:
- Undergraduate or graduate degree from a top tier school.
- 3+ years of relevant work experience, including corporate development, investment banking, private equity, or venture capital.
- Experience analyzing a wide variety of M&A transactions and performing rigorous financial and valuation analyses.
- Strong understanding of key software / SaaS business metrics and KPIs, e.g., ACV / TCV, billings/bookings to revenue conversion, expansion rates, etc.
- Excellent analytical and modeling skills and familiarity with accounting principles.
- Demonstrated career progression with increasing responsibility over time.
- Ability to handle multiple projects at the same time without sacrificing work quality.
What Differentiates Us
· Work life integration is deeply important to us.
· Qualtrics Experience Program - $1,500 for an experience of your choosing (eligible after a year).
· 30 paid days off - 15 PTO + 5 Personal Days + 10 Holiday Closures (additional after a year).
· We believe in sharing Qualtrics success which is part of the compensation for all employees.
Possible tuition reimbursement for job-related continuing education.