Manager, Corporate Development

About The Role 

The Manager, Corporate Development will be primarily responsible for the planning and execution of initiatives to optimize the company’s future growth and profitability, with a keen eye towards opportunities that would best align with the company’s mission and values. This position will report directly to the Chief Financial Officer and work with cross-functional peers.  

 This role will lead successful execution of initiatives including, but not limited to, the following: 

• Joint-Ventures and Strategic Partnerships 
• With the CFO, lead goop’s current U.S. and International joint venture projects 
• Corporate Outreach 
• Source and evaluate external opportunities related to M&A, strategic divestitures, spinoffs, strategic alliances, partnerships, and joint-ventures 
• Evaluate global expansion opportunities including new market expansion, product development, and strategic partnership opportunities 
• Support sourcing of financing for future business expansion, as needed 
• Support execution of M&A transactions internally for smaller and private companies or brands  
• Manage day-to-day relationships with outside advisors for transactional work, including investment banks, legal firms, transactional accountants, consultants, etc. 
• Strategic Analysis, Competitive Benchmarking, and Business Financial Modeling 
• Maintain a constant pulse on what our competition is doing; coordinate offensive and defensive strategies with departments to ensure Company viability  
• Conduct buy vs. build analyses to seek solutions to current company deficiencies  
• Perform Comparable Company financial modeling and analyses 
• Perform Comparable Transactions / Precedent Transactions analyses 
• Conduct sophisticated, multi-scenario financial and operational analyses (including ROI, IRR, NPV, Payback, merger modeling, pro-forma analysis) to support such endeavors 
• Operational Excellence Benchmarking 
• Monitor and benchmark goop’s business methods against those of other comparable companies through 1) identifying key operational metrics to track 2) conduct financials ratios and 3) implement a continuous process of measuring products, services and practices against those of competitors or “best-in-class” companies 
• Work with cross-functional peers to identify areas for improvement, recommend product, process, and financial goals, conduct ROI, Payback and IRR analyses in conformity with best practices. 

About You  

You are passionate about the goop brand with an authentic desire to contribute to the company’s long-term growth through Corporate Development efforts. You have a strong orientation towards strategic thinking, risk/reward analysis, and data-drive decisions. You are looking for an opportunity where you can have high impact at the center of Corporate Development efforts and thrive in immersing yourself in complex business challenges including multiple verticals, revenue streams, and external support systems. You are able to balance individual contributor accountability with cross-functional collaboration. You harness the experience of internal peers and external partners to inform Corporate Development plans and understand the importance of bringing key stakeholders along on the journey to gain buy in and support.  

Qualifications & Experience 

• Top candidates will have 3 or more years of specialized experience in finance, including 1 or more years’ experience in investment banking 
• Experience with high-impact consumer brands, multi-channel revenue streams, and/or CPG manufacturing preferred 
• Candidates with MBA, CFA or CPA credentials are a plus 
• Exceptional financial analytics, modeling and benchmarking experience required 
• Demonstrated success with strategic partnership-building preferred 

 FAQ  

• Compensation: Competitive Market Salary DOE + Equity.  
• Benefits: Generous health benefits package, fertility benefits and paid parental leave.  
• Perks: “goopcation” paid company summer break, generous goop discounts, special offers with brand partners, access to custom lifestyle resources and events, and a beautiful work space in Santa Monica  
• Work Philosophy: At goop we believe that creativity, innovation and camaraderie are essential to our business, our culture and our employee’s growth and development. With our Hybrid Work Policy, we are committed to promoting collaboration, productivity and employee well-being by maximizing the benefits of both in-person and remote work. With every aspect of this policy, goop is committed to employee health and safety, and will continue to follow all federal, state, and local requirements.  
• Type of Hire: This is a Full-Time Exempt Staff position. Other candidates, consultants and placement agency candidates will not be considered.  
• Job Disclosures: No applicant disclosures related to physical requirements or ADA-related considerations are relevant for this role  
• Application Requirements: All applicants will be reviewed through Greenhouse submission. Direct submissions to the People Operations Team members will not be reviewed separately.  
• Candidate Requirements: Applicant must have US work authorization.