Description
Ceragon is seeking an experienced Senior M&A Professional to join our Strategy and Corporate Development team. This role will play a central part in shaping the company’s growth strategy through both inorganic expansion and strategic initiatives.
The successful candidate will lead the end-to-end execution of M&A processes, including market mapping, target sourcing, relationship development with potential acquisition targets, deal evaluation, and transaction execution through signing and closing.
This role requires a strong combination of strategic thinking, financial rigor, and process leadership, with the ability to manage complex transactions across multiple stakeholders. The individual will work closely with senior leadership and cross-functional teams including finance, legal, product, and business units to ensure that transactions align with the company’s long-term strategy and create sustainable value.
A deep understanding of market dynamics, financial modeling, business analysis, and disciplined deal execution is essential for success in this role.
Responsibilities
- Lead the end-to-end M&A process, from strategic target identification through deal execution and closing.
- Develop and manage an M&A target pipeline, including proactive sourcing and direct engagement with potential acquisition targets and industry stakeholders.
- Conduct in-depth strategic, financial, and operational analysis of potential transactions, including financial modeling and valuation using multiple methodologies.
- Prepare investment memoranda, strategic analyses, and executive presentations for senior leadership and decision-making forums.
- Lead and coordinate cross-functional due diligence processes, ensuring comprehensive assessment of financial, operational, legal, and strategic considerations.
- Work closely with legal, finance, and business teams to structure and negotiate transactions that align with corporate strategy and risk appetite.
- Monitor industry trends, competitive landscape, and emerging technologies to identify strategic opportunities.
- Support post-merger integration planning and execution, ensuring realization of transaction value and strategic objectives.
- Contribute to broader corporate development and strategic initiatives, including market entry analysis, partnership evaluation, and long-term growth opportunities.
- 10+ years of hands-on experience in M&A, corporate development, investment banking, private equity, or venture capital.
- 7+ years’ experience in sourcing for potential acquisition targets and actively managing targets’ pipeline
- Proven experience leading complex transactions from sourcing through execution.
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, Economics, or a related field; MBA or relevant advanced degree preferred.
- Strong expertise in financial modeling, valuation methodologies, and strategic analysis.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, very fluent in English, with the ability to distill complex analyses into clear recommendations for senior leadership.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and stakeholders in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong analytical mindset combined with strategic thinking and commercial judgment.
Experience in the telecom or technology sectors – an advantage.
Skills Required
- 10+ years of hands-on experience in M&A, corporate development, investment banking, private equity, or venture capital
- Proven experience leading complex transactions from sourcing through execution
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business Administration, Economics, or a related field
- MBA or relevant advanced degree
- Strong expertise in financial modeling, valuation methodologies, and strategic analysis
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, very fluent in English
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and stakeholders in a fast-paced environment
- Strong analytical mindset combined with strategic thinking and commercial judgment
- Experience in the telecom or technology sectors
What We Do
Ceragon Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ: CRNT) is the global innovator and leading solutions provider of 5G wireless transport. We help operators and other service providers worldwide increase operational efficiency and enhance end customers’ quality of experience with innovative wireless backhaul and fronthaul solutions. Our customers include service providers, public safety organizations, government agencies and utility companies, which use our solutions to deliver 5G & 4G broadband wireless connectivity, mission-critical multimedia services, stabilized communications, and other applications at high reliability and speed. Ceragon’s unique multicore technology and disaggregated approach to wireless transport provides highly reliable, fast to deploy, high-capacity wireless transport for 5G and 4G networks with minimal use of spectrum, power, real estate, and labor resources. It enables increased productivity, as well as simple and quick network modernization, positioning Ceragon as a leading solutions provider for the 5G era. We deliver a complete portfolio of turnkey end-to-end AI-based managed and professional services that ensure efficient network rollout and optimization to achieve the highest value for our customers. Our solutions are deployed by more than 600 service providers, as well as more than 1600 private network owners, in more than 130 countries. For more information please visit: www.ceragon.com
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