DriveWealth is on a mission to make investing easier. We believe that everyone should have the ability to control their financial future, and that access to financial markets should not be limited by geography, wealth, or legacy systems. We are a global B2B financial technology organization dedicated to democratizing access to financial independence around the world. Our mission is realized through an API-based platform, empowering our partners to offer seamless investing and trading experiences to clients worldwide, all from their mobile devices. Our technology provides partners with a modern, extensible toolkit, enabling traditional investment workflows and innovative techniques like fractional share ownership. DriveWealth has evolved into a global platform offering trading of US equities, mutual funds, ETFs, fixed income, and options.
There’s never been a better time to build a category-defining business and there has rarely been a team better positioned for this opportunity. Our culture blends the pace and agility of a fintech start-up with the impact, stability, and discipline of Wall Street. We encourage creativity and experimentation while ensuring institutional-grade execution and regulatory compliance in everything we do. Join us and help build the future of global investing!
About the Role
The Director, Corporate Development will play a key role in identifying, evaluating and executing M&A transactions, investments and other inorganic opportunities that will accelerate DriveWealth’s mission and strategic growth priorities. The position will facilitate and lead all phases of the acquisition process. Key functions will include identification, screening, evaluation, deal structuring and negotiation, due diligence, closing and integration of transactions. This role will work closely with business unit leaders, external advisors, as well as senior management.
What You’ll Do
Strategic Sourcing & Market Intelligence
- Strategic Landscaping: Lead industry analysis and landscape studies to proactively identify M&A, investment, and partnership opportunities that accelerate DriveWealth’s global Brokerage-as-a-Service footprint
- Inorganic Strategy: Partner with Product and Engineering leaders to architect Build-Buy-Partner frameworks
- External Liaison: Serve as a point of contact for the investment banking and venture capital communities to further DriveWealth as the "partner of choice" for high-impact fintech deal flow
Deal Execution
- End-to-End Deal Ownership: Act as the primary execution lead for the entire M&A lifecycle—from initial target outreach and NDA negotiation to financial due diligence, deal structuring, and closing.
- Cross-Functional Orchestration: Direct diligence teams across Tech, Legal, Brokerage Operations, Finance, and HR, ensuring a holistic evaluation of a target’s technology stack and regulatory compliance
- Negotiation & Structuring: Drive the negotiation of transaction-related agreements, focusing on sophisticated risk allocation and long-term synergy capture
- Integration Planning: Lead the hand-off from deal close to integration, ensuring that acquired technologies or teams are seamlessly embedded into the DriveWealth ecosystem
- Post-Close Performance: Develop and track Post-Closing Performance Dashboards to measure realized synergies against the original investment thesis, ensuring our inorganic moves drive measurable ROI
Analysis & Presentation
- Advanced Valuation: Own the creation of complex financial models, including pro-forma impact, synergy realization, and equity-return analyses to assess deal viability
- Data-Driven Conviction: Translate intricate deal frameworks into clear, high-impact narratives that enable leadership and the Board to make rapid, high-stakes decisions
Operational Excellence
- M&A Playbook: Develop and continuously refine a "state-of-the-art" M&A toolkit, leveraging AI tools to automate data room analysis and streamline the process
What You Bring
- 7+ years of experience in investment banking or corporate development, preferably in Financial Services and/or Fintech or equivalent industries
- Bachelor’s Degree in related field
- A track record of ownership and disciplined execution in high-stakes environments
- The ability to prioritize ruthlessly, focussing on what’s critical versus important to drive work to completion
- A client-oriented mindset with an understanding of how your work impacts partners
- Strength in cross-functional partnership with the judgment to coordinate across multiple teams
- A bias toward transparency, accountability, and responsiveness in everything you do
- You’re committed to continuous improvement and implicitly believe that we > I
- Impeccable high integrity, sound judgment, and a deep respect for risk, control, and operational excellence
Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. DriveWealth is unable to sponsor an employment Visa at this time.
Compensation
Compensation package offerings are based on candidate experience and technical qualifications, as it relates to the role. These are identified and determined throughout your interviewing experience.
Please note: this role is expected to come into our office on a cadence set by the Hiring Manager/Team.
We do our best work when we’re in the same room. To maintain the speed our partners expect, our New York and Chicago teams work in-office 4 days a week. We’ve found that being physically side-by-side is the only way to solve complex problems in real-time and stay truly accountable to the products we ship. When you’re here, you’re working directly with the people making the decisions. To support that work, we provide competitive compensation, equity, and a 401(k) match. We also offer full insurance coverage, a wellness reimbursement, a company-provided phone, and a personal development allowance. Finally, we value the time you spend away from the office with generous PTO, observed holidays, and extended leave.
How We Think About AIWe leverage AI to work smarter and move faster. We seek AI curious talent who are proactive about using emerging tools to increase signal quality, reduce friction and improve outcomes to deliver product faster, provide better service to our partners, and to streamline processes. Your ability to leverage our internal tools and technology to drive results is as important to us as your core domain expertise.
CompensationPay is generally based upon the level, complexity, responsibility, location and job duties / requirements of the specific position. We then source candidates with the requisite skills, expertise, education, training, and experience. If you are selected for an interview, please feel welcome to speak to a recruiter about our compensation philosophy and other available benefits. This role is eligible for base, bonus, equity, 401(k) match, and heavily subsidized benefits and perks.
Equal Employment OpportunityTo build technology and products that are used and loved by people and solve real-world problems, we need to build a team with many different perspectives and experiences. We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply. Applicants in need of special assistance or accommodation during the interview process or in accessing our website may contact us at [email protected].
Agency DisclaimerDriveWealth does not accept agency resumes. Do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, employees, or any other organization location. DriveWealth is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
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What We Do
Over the past ten years, DriveWealth has been breaking down the barriers between global investors and U.S. markets and improving the financial lives of people that have been traditionally underserved and underbanked. We’ve built patent-pending technology to fractionalize US equities and were the first to receive a license to do so in 2015.
Why Work With Us
DriveWealth is growing quickly, and we need your help! This year we plan to getting close to doubling our headcount. We've raised over $100M so far from seasoned fin-tech investors Route 66, Point 72, and Raptor.
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