About the Team

Roku’s Corporate Development team threads the needle between strategy and finance, technology and entertainment, driving important decisions that determine when we build, partner, or buy our next leap forward. Our team is small, providing the opportunity for outsized impact and exposure with Roku’s senior business, product, and technology leaders. Think of us as a strategic skunkworks, always plotting and seeking new ways to accelerate and achieve Roku’s highest order business objectives. 

Our positioning within Roku means that you will spend your time between M&A deals, strategic partnerships, defining strategy, and spearheading emerging opportunities. As a small team, we hold ourselves accountable to high performance standards and delivering impactful results through high-leverage opportunities. On your best days, you will feel the exhilaration of bringing together all the pieces of a challenging transaction or initiative that meaningfully advances the growth of the company. For people who like to ideate and question, who have the resolve to get things done, who can think analytically and strategically about a diverse array of challenges, there’s nothing like making a genuine difference in the course of a company like Roku. And that’s what we do every day.

About the Role

Roku is looking for an experienced Senior Manager to join its Corporate Development team.  This role will report to the Vice President of Corporate Development and Strategic Planning. 

The person in this role will have responsibility for generating, vetting, and executing a range of potential transactions, including mergers and acquisitions and complex strategic partnerships, while also defining and executing emerging opportunities and corporate wide strategic planning. This role requires a strategic mindset, as well as exemplary analytical, financial, and communications skills. You will work directly on projects with senior executives across the company including Roku’s CEO, CFO and other members of the executive leadership team.

Our environment is fast-paced, affording the opportunity to work autonomously with minimal supervision in an ever-changing environment. An ideal candidate will need to demonstrate excellent problem-solving skills and the right mix of organizational and communication skills. We are looking for people ready to lead by example, be selfless in your leadership across teams, collaborate with your peers, and partner effectively with colleagues and external partners

For San Jose Only - The estimated annual salary for this position is between $271,000 and $315,000 annually.
Compensation packages are based on factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, certifications, and specific geographical location.
This role is eligible for health insurance, equity awards, life insurance, disability benefits, parental leave, wellness benefits, and paid time off.

What you’ll be doing

• Evaluate potential acquisitions, strategic partnerships, new business initiatives, and investment opportunities from a qualitative and quantitative perspective
• Develop detailed financial models, valuation scenarios, and recommendations for potential transactions
• Partner with senior leaders in driving consensus on complex strategic questions with engagement from executives, domain experts, and functional teams
• Develop insightful analysis of key industry trends, emerging areas of opportunity, and the competitive and regulatory landscapes; inform the organization of their strategic implications
• Distill complex diligence findings and build clear and compelling investment cases for review by senior executives and the Board of Directors
• Work with business and product teams to understand their roadmaps and needs to help inform deal sourcing and priorities
• Collaborate with product, analytics, technology, legal, finance, and other cross functional teams to drive deal diligence, integration planning, documentation, and implementation

 
We’re excited if you have

• An MBA, with at least 3 years work experience thereafter
• 6+ years of corporate development, investment banking, private equity and/or management consulting experience (technology or media company experience preferred)
• Experience originating and driving deal processes and diligence, including interaction with counterparties and advisers, for a wide variety of transactions
• Exceptional communication and executive presence with the ability to influence, present concepts, recommendations, and analyses to senior management in a clear, concise, and actionable manner
• Ability to build and maintain a network of senior-level relationships externally and internally to facilitate deal sourcing and execution of strategic priorities
• Experience aligning and driving cross-functional teams
• Ability to problem solve and proactively project manage numerous projects with competing timelines
• Proven track record of advanced analytical skills; must be able to define and execute key analyses with minimal supervision
• Highly organized with extraordinary attention to detail
• Experience reviewing legal agreements and working with counsel to iterate deal documentation
• Comfortable working independently in an ever-changing environment, at times with high levels of ambiguity
• Results-driven and able to strike the right balance between being detail-oriented and grasping the big picture
• Must be able to synthesize and draw conclusions from copious amounts of raw data
• Self-starter that takes the initiative and is motivated by new challenges
• Passion for learning and relentless improvement

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