Head of Corporate Development and Investor Relations

Rippling is one of the fastest-growing enterprise software companies in history with a compound platform covering HR IT and Finance across 100 countries. As our platform scales on an accelerated basis with Rippling AI and our use of AI tools internally we see opportunities to extend our product offering and reach through M&A. In this role you will help grow the business through Corporate Development initiatives and also lead Investor Relations (IR) and share Ripplings vision with investors.

As Head of Corporate Development & Investor Relations youll work directly with Ripplings leadership team including our CEO CFO and others on the full spectrum of projects that shape our strategic direction. Youll own strategy deal work and team management end-to-end from market mapping and thesis development to financial modeling management engagement term sheet negotiation legal coordination and post-close integration planning. This role will include oversight on deal-execution with a high analytical bar. The best candidates will be comfortable leading teams and working directly as needed to build financial models drafting a term sheet presenting a build/buy/partner recommendation to senior leadership and managing a live diligence process. Alongside the core Corporate Development work youll also own Investor Relations strategy which includes fundraise process planning and execution secondary transactions any updates and long-term planning for IPO as Rippling scales well beyond $1B in annual recurring revenue now.

This role carries significant responsibility and is best suited for leaders with deal experience and investor relations work at large technology companies or high-growth startups coupled with backgrounds in private equity investment banking or corporate operating roles. There is meaningful room to grow measure your impact and scale with the organization as we build world-class Corporate Development and IR teams.

• Deal execution & Pipeline Strategy: lead the end-to-end M&A pipeline including market mapping thesis development target sourcing and management engagement to expand Ripplings product surface area. Youll work with the team to build the strategic case (informing the CEO CFO and Board) and drive the process from first conversation to signed deal.
• Financial Modeling & Valuation: Build comprehensive financial analysesincluding DCF comparable transactions build vs. buy scenarios and pro forma impact modeling to Rippling annual and long-range planto advise the CEO CFO and Board on strategic decisions.
• Run structured diligence across product engineering legal finance HR and customer channels coordinating internal workstreams while conducting external market and customer research to independently validate the strategic and commercial thesis.
• Drive deals to close: draft and negotiate term sheets and LOIs own key commercial terms in coordination with Legal and build post-close integration frameworks that convert deal rationale into realized value.
• Partner with senior executives to execute future private fundraising rounds secondary liquidity transactions and long-term planning for Ripplings IPO and creating a public company ready IR function.
• Prepare high-impact materials and performance analysis for Board of Directors meetings investor presentations and shareholder discussions.
• Drive regular investor communications updates and messaging to effectively convey Ripplings business model AI strategy and growth trajectory to current and prospective investors.

• Bachelors degree or equivalent practical experience. An advanced degree is a plus.
• 10 years of experience in Corporate Development Investor Relationships and/or Corporate Finance plus ideally prior PE investing experience. We will also consider candidates directly from PE
• Leadership experience managing high-performing teams and demonstrated ability to own a deal process end-to-end (from sourcing thesis development to close).
• Strong financial modeling skills and experience negotiating complex commercial agreements.
• Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally with internal and external stakeholders to get deals to the finish line.
• Self-starter with excellent time management project management finance and strategy skills.
• Excellent communication skills with demonstrated experience working with senior leadership.
• Organized attentive to detail and intellectually curious.

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