Point Wild helps customers monitor, manage, and protect against the risks associated with their identities and personal information in a digital world. Backed by WndrCo, Warburg Pincus and General Catalyst, Point Wild is dedicated to creating the world’s most comprehensive portfolio of industry-leading cybersecurity solutions. Our vision is to become THE go-to resource for every cyber protection need individuals may face - today and in the future.
Join us for the ride!
The Director, Strategy plays a critical role in shaping and executing Point Wild’s growth strategy across its portfolio of cybersecurity, data intelligence, and tech-enabled services businesses. Reporting to the Head of Corporate Development, this role partners closely with the COO, CFO, executive leadership team, and Board.
This leader helps translate Point Wild’s vision—building a scaled, integrated platform spanning cyber risk, data, compliance, and managed services—into actionable strategic priorities, disciplined M&A execution, and a clear, credible value-creation narrative for investors.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Enterprise & Portfolio Strategy (40%)
- Partner with the Head of Corporate Development, COO and executive leadership team to define and evolve Point Wild’s enterprise strategy, including portfolio positioning, platform integration, and long-range growth priorities.
- Conduct market and competitive analysis across Point Wild’s core focus areas, including cybersecurity, data intelligence, AI-enabled services, compliance, and managed services.
- Support strategic decision-making related to build vs. buy, product expansion, and go-to-market evolution across operating companies.
- Help drive alignment across Point Wild’s multi-brand portfolio by translating strategy into clear operating priorities, KPIs, and execution roadmaps.
- Support annual strategic planning, quarterly business reviews, and executive/Board-level strategy discussions.
2. Corporate Development & M&A (40%)
- Partner with leadership and finance organization on Point Wild’s corporate development efforts, including platform acquisitions, tuck-ins, and strategic partnerships aligned to the firm’s investment thesis.
- Help source and manage a robust deal pipeline, maintaining close relationships with bankers, advisors, and industry contacts.
- Partner on financial modeling, valuation, and strategic analysis for potential acquisitions and investments.
- Participate in cross-functional due diligence across finance, legal, HR, technology, security, and operations, ensuring deals are executable and value-accretive.
- Partner with functional leaders to support post-merger integration planning, with a focus on operational leverage, technology integration, and revenue synergies.
- Prepare investment theses, deal materials, and recommendations for executive leadership and the Board.
3. Investor Relations & Board Support (20%)
- Support Point Wild’s investor and lender communications, including strategy decks, data rooms, and recurring performance updates.
- Partner closely with the CFO to develop a consistent, compelling value-creation narrative across portfolio companies.
- Prepare Board materials related to strategy, M&A activity, capital allocation, and long-range planning.
- Participate in investor meetings, diligence discussions, and strategic updates as needed.
- Help ensure alignment between Point Wild’s internal strategy and its external messaging to investors and stakeholders.
What you bring to the table:
- 6–10+ years of experience in corporate strategy, corporate development, investment banking, private equity, or management consulting.
- Strong financial modeling, valuation, and analytical skills.
- Demonstrated experience supporting or leading M&A transactions end-to-end.
- Comfort working directly with senior executives and Boards.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to synthesize complex information clearly.
- Highly organized, execution-oriented, and able to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously.
Bonus Points:
- Experience in cybersecurity, technology, data, AI, SaaS, or tech-enabled services.
- Experience in multi-entity or portfolio company environments.
- Prior exposure to private equity-backed or sponsor-owned companies.
- MBA or equivalent advanced degree.
Point Wild is committed to offering a generous package to support our employees in all aspects of their life in and out of work. Our packages offer competitive pay, generous health and wellness benefits, retirement savings plans, parental leave and much more! Pay range for this position is $160,000 - $200,000 but may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience and location.
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As part of Point Wild, you will:
Solve real customer problems. Point Wild’s point solutions allow consumers to address their immediate cyber protection needs. Our mandate is to continuously anticipate our customers’ evolving digital security needs to create best-in-class solutions aimed at keeping them safe.
See your impact. We are a scrappy, nimble organization where individual contributions are needed and valued. You will see your impact every day.
Accelerate your career. As we expand, you will have the opportunity to learn new technologies, products, and markets in a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment.
Most importantly, you’ll get to work with other talented people at a company where people matter. If you want to put your fingerprint on an organization and leapfrog your growth, this is the place for you.
In keeping with our beliefs and goals, no employee or applicant will face discrimination or harassment based on race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, gender, marital domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, or veteran status. Above and beyond discrimination or harassment based on “protected categories,” Point Wild is committed to being an inclusive community where all feel welcome. Whether blatant or hidden, barriers to success have no place at Point Wild.
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Point Wild is a global leader in online protection, operating a portfolio of best-in-class device security, online privacy and identity theft protection brands. Serving consumers, partners and enterprises, Point Wild provides protection to more than 25 million users worldwide. To learn more, visit www.pointwild.com.
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