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Salary: USD 167,400 - 372,000 / annual
Navan is seeking a Director of Corporate Development to lead and execute the company's M&A strategy and drive complex business initiatives. This is a small, high-impact team at the center of the organization, responsible for identifying, structuring, and executing domestic and increasingly global M&A deals, as well as tackling the company's most complex strategic problems.
Key Responsibilities:
- Drive strategy, execution, and deal implementation for M&A across domestic and global markets
- Collaborate with senior leaders and the C-suite to identify, structure, and quantify complex business problems to inform executive and board decisions
- Develop relationships across product, finance, sales, and operations to understand business needs and how M&A could address them
- Work with the partnership team to refine long-term strategy, identify minority investment opportunities, and execute investments
- Build financial models for valuation, synergies, growth projections, and funding options
- Create and implement post-merger integration (PMI) playbooks to maximize acquisition value
- Monitor competitive landscape and refine strategic positioning
- Help build out a world-class Corporate Development team from the ground up
About Navan:
Navan (Nasdaq: NAVN) is a global AI-powered business travel and expense platform serving frequent travelers. The company automates flight and hotel booking, expense reconciliation, and provides 24/7 support. Navan has been recognized as a Best Place to Work by Built In (2023–2026), a G2 Best Global Software Company (2025–2026), Forbes Cloud 100 (2022–2025), and CNBC Disruptor 50 (2022–2025).
The role is based in New York with an in-office expectation of four days per week. Navan offers comprehensive benefits including healthcare, retirement savings, equity participation, flexible time off, paid parental leave, mental health resources, and travel-related perks.
Requirements:
- 6+ years of experience in a comparable work environment with evidence of high performance
- Background in Banking, Consulting, Product Management, or VC/PE
- Experience at another high-growth tech company is a plus but not required
- Strong analytical and structured problem-solving skills
- Advanced proficiency in Excel/Google Sheets
- Exceptional communication skills and ability to tell data-driven stories to senior leaders and boards
- Comfort with both deal modeling/structuring and cross-functional integration efforts
- Demonstrated ownership mentality with bias for action
- Ability to work effectively across highly cross-functional teams
