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Director, Corporate Development
William Morris Endeavor Entertainment
New York, NY, United States
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Endeavor is seeking a Director, Corporate Development to analyze and identify new business and acquisition opportunities relevant to sports, entertainment, media, and culture. You will also build growth strategies for our existing business units, talent (professional athletes, award-winning actors, musicians, etc.), and properties to extract more value out of our current ecosystem.
The Corporate Development team is a talented group of Strategists, M&A, and Tech & Innovation professionals responsible for launching new business verticals and acquisitions including our recent acquisition of UFC. You will have the opportunity to influence the strategic direction of Endeavor and impact all of our business verticals.
You should be an enthusiastic, strategic, and analytical thinker with a background in finance and/or consulting, possessing an appreciation for the business of entertainment, a curiosity for the world-at-large, and enjoy working in a highly iterative and agile environment.
Responsibilities
• Identify and analyze potential M&A opportunities
• Design growth plans for current talent, brands, properties, and divisions
• Conduct thoughtful and accurate research and financial analysis
• Craft investment presentations for the Executive Board (C-Suite, Presidents, Co-Founders) and capital partners
• Collaborate with business units to improve their engagement of all Endeavor capabilities across events, media, representation, licensing, and partnerships
• Transfer of knowledge related to industry trends and promising ventures to the team
Qualifications
• Minimum 3 years’ experience at a financial institution or consulting firm
• MBA required
• Phenomenal analytical and quantitative skills
• Preferred experience in the entertainment or media space
• Comfortable engaging with C-level executives and senior leadership
• Demonstrable success leading a project, process, and/ or acquisition
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