We believe everyone should be able to participate and thrive in the economy. So we’re building tools that make commerce easier and more accessible to all. We started with a little white credit card reader but haven’t stopped there. Our new reader helps our sellers accept chip cards and NFC payments, and our Cash app lets people pay each other back instantly. We’re empowering the independent electrician to send invoices, setting up the favorite food truck with a delivery option, helping the ice cream shop pay its employees, and giving the burgeoning coffee chain capital for a second, third, and fourth location. Let’s shorten the distance between having an idea and making a living from it. And make it easier for customers to shop and pay at their favorite businesses. We’re here to help sellers of all sizes start, run, and grow their business—and helping them grow their business is good business for everyone.

The Corporate Development team works across Square to bring world-class companies, technology, and talent into the company through acquisitions. The team is responsible for sourcing, negotiating, structuring, and executing impactful acquisitions, as well as informing the company’s strategy by identifying industry trends and maintaining relationships with startups, VCs and bankers.

This is a unique opportunity to be a core member of a high-impact team situated at the nexus of product, engineering, and the broader strategic efforts at Square. This person will be an integral member of the team and will support all stages of the evaluation and acquisition process. This individual will also contribute to a broad array of projects for the team, including market analysis, transaction analysis and strategy.

The role reports to the Corporate Development Lead, is full-time, and is located in San Francisco.

You will:

• Work closely with senior executives and product leads to develop strategies and identify acquisition opportunities that accelerate Square’s mission

• Establish and maintain relationships with senior executives from startups, VCs, and leading technology companies to inform product strategy and stay abreast of competitive landscape

• Play a key role in driving the overall corp dev deal pipeline, including outreach to and sourcing of new opportunities

• Conduct rigorous analysis including valuation and business case modeling to provide detailed guidance and insight regarding companies and potential acquisitions

• Lead deal negotiation, due diligence and integration efforts for acquisitions, including coordinating cross-functional product, engineering, and functional teams to evaluate targets

• Manage integration of newly acquired companies to maximize their impact at Square

You have:

• A minimum of 6 years of relevant work experience, including venture capital, private equity, strategy consulting, investment banking or corporate development experience

• Experience at a leading technology company or startup is preferred

• A proven track record of negotiating and closing deals successfully

• Excellent organizational and project management skills; able to track and manage complex processes from start to finish

• Exceptional strategic, analytical, communication, leadership and problem-solving skills, with ability to operate at all organization levels

• An ability to drive projects cross-functionally, synthesize feedback, develop consensus and create structure in an unstructured environment. Highly entrepreneurial and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.

• A Bachelor's degree from a top university and excellent academic performance. Quantitative degree in computer science/engineering, economics or finance preferred but not required. Advanced degree (JD/MBA) preferred.

At Square, we value diversity and always treat all employees and job applicants based on merit, qualifications, competence, and talent. 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 will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.