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Director, Corporate Development
Job Location:
Job Location:
New York City, NY - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 200000 - 250000
Monthly Salary:
Posted:
26 August 2026 (15 days ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
27 November 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
Description
Responsibilities
Qualifications
Hearst Health is seeking a hybrid-based Director Corporate Developmentto serve as a senior deal lead and strategic partner to the Head of Strategy & Corporate Development. As the second and most senior professional joining the function you will have significant ownership across corporate developmentfrom identifying and evaluating opportunities to quarterbacking active transactions and helping shape portfolio-level strategy.
This is a long-term investment mandate. Hearst Health owns its businesses permanently and evaluates opportunities through the lens of 10 years of compounding value rather than a traditional five-year investment horizon. Success means identifying a focused set of high-impact opportunities staying connected to the right deal flow prioritizing rigorously and developing a clear point of view on which opportunities merit investment for both strategic and financial reasons.
The role operates in two complementary modes: leading active deal evaluations and building deep sector knowledge between transactions. Over time the Director will also have the opportunity to build the case for and lead a junior corporate development hire as the function grows.
About the Team
The mission of Hearst Health is to guide healthcare organizations by delivering essential intelligence and software that improve the quality safety and efficiency of care. Hearst Health has been innovating with care for more than 40 years with a commitment to making a lasting positive impact on health. The Hearst Health companies FDB Homecare Homebase MCG MHK QGenda and Zynx Health elevate care by informing and empowering participants across the health journey. To learn more follow @Hearst-Health on LinkedIn.
Responsibilities
- Lead active deal evaluationsby owning workplans data room coordination diligence tracking timelines and cross-functional and advisor management from evaluation through closing.
- Develop investment recommendationsas the first pen on investment theses financial models investment committee memos and board and management presentations.
- Form and defend an independent point of viewon opportunities using qualitative and strategic considerationsincluding structural market position durable competitive advantage demand durability and fit with Hearst Healthalongside financial analysis. Generate evidence logs document findings and pass rationales and create summary memos of key takeaways to build and maintain a searchable proprietary insight library.
- Partner with management teams of Hearst Health operating businesses to understand their businesses product roadmaps strategic priorities and the markets in which they operatetranslating these insights into market analyses that inform strategic direction.
- Perform comprehensive market research and competitor analysis to deliver insights that shape strategy deal sourcing and opportunity assessment.
- Connect opportunities to portfolio strategyby identifying adjacencies capability gaps and inorganic growth themes across Hearst Healths six businesses.
- Build sector expertise between deal cyclesthrough expert networks banker relationships industry conferences management meetings and analysis of early-stage and venture activity.
- Develop and maintain a disciplined sourcing pipelinewith a ranked auditable view of potential platform and tuck-in opportunities while continuously improving screening and diligence processes.
- Build trusted external and internal relationshipswith bankers management teams advisors Hearst Health operating company leaders and Hearst leadership.
- Strengthen the corporate development functionby building automation and agents leveraging AI tools improving processes and as needs evolve building the business case for recruiting onboarding and managing a junior corporate development professional.
Qualifications
Must-Have Qualifications
- Significant experience in strategy corporate development management consulting private equity or a similarly rigorous environment with demonstrated ability to lead complex end-to-end workstreams or transactions with limited oversight.
- Strong business and investment judgment including the ability to form articulate and defend an independent perspective rather than simply present analysis.
- Excellent project leadership skills and the ability to manage multiple stakeholders advisors workstreams and deadlines through complex deal processes.
- Executive presence and communication skills with the ability to build credibility with senior bankers management teams operating executives and corporate leadership.
- Strong financial modeling skills and fluency in Excel and PowerPoint.
- Intellectual curiosity and the ability to develop meaningful expertise in unfamiliar sectors quickly.
- A self-directed collaborative approach and comfort operating in an environment where depth selectivity and quality of judgment matter more than transaction volume.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience developed through a leading management consultancy private equity firm corporate development team or comparable strategy and investment environment.
- Exposure to healthcare healthcare IT information services or software businesses.
- Experience evaluating opportunities through both strategic and financial lenses and connecting individual investments to broader portfolio strategy.
Compensation & Benefits
Salary for this role is expected to be between $200000 and $250000.
We are proud to offer generous health and wellness benefits competitive paid time off financial programs like 401(k) matching and tuition assistance and additional perks like company matching for charitable donations.
Hearst is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
If youre excited about the opportunity to help shape Hearst Healths long-term growth but dont meet every qualification we encourage you to apply anyway. You might be just the right fit.
Required Experience:
Director
About Company
Hearst Television (HTV) owns and/or operates 35 television and two radio stations serving 27 media markets across 39 states reaching over 22 million U.S. television households. HTV is recognized as one of the industry's premier broadcasting companies and has been honored with numerous ... View more
