<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>About the role:</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Forter is entering a phase of increased focus on inorganic growth, strategic partnerships and new value creation opportunities, as part of our broader strategy to become the trust engine for agentic commerce. As <strong>Senior Corporate Development Manager</strong>, you will own the end-to-end corporate development agenda – across acquisitions, strategic partnerships and emerging data monetization opportunities.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">You'll be the central point of ownership for evaluating and executing strategic opportunities, partnering closely with the SVP of Business Development (who this role reports to), the executive team, and business unit leaders to ensure Forter consistently identifies, prioritizes, and executes high-impact opportunities that accelerate our long-term strategy.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>What you’ll be doing:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>M&A Infrastructure:</strong> Build Forter's formal M&A playbook, including build/buy/partner frameworks, due diligence processes, and post-merger integration templates.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Deal Sourcing & Pipeline:</strong> Source and evaluate acquisition and partnership opportunities, building a prioritized pipeline with clear strategic rationale and investment theses.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Deal Execution:</strong> Drive M&A transactions end to end, coordinating due diligence, transaction documents, and closing activities across functions.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Post-Acquisition Integration:</strong> Lead integration planning and execution, covering operating model, product/tech integration, data and compliance, and people and culture.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Financial Analysis:</strong> Partner with Finance on valuation, financial modeling, and return analysis to support disciplined decision-making.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Ecosystem & Data Strategy:</strong> Help shape strategy for unlocking value from Forter's data network, and represent Forter externally with partners, investors, and industry forums.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>What you’ll need:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">7+ years in corporate development, strategy, investment banking, management consulting, private equity, and/or venture capital, with hands-on ownership of M&A and partnership transactions.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Bachelor's degree required; MBA or advanced degree preferred.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Demonstrated track record leading end-to-end M&A processes: sourcing, diligence, valuation, structuring, negotiation, and post-close integration.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Experience in high-growth tech, ideally fintech, fraud prevention, identity, payments, e-commerce, or AI/ML.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Advanced financial modeling and valuation skills, with experience partnering across Finance and Legal on capital allocation decisions.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Proven ability to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives, influencing senior stakeholders across Product, Engineering, Finance, Legal, Security, and GTM.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Strong negotiation skills, with the ability to navigate high-pressure deal cycles while maintaining founder-friendly relationships.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>About Us:</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Commerce is evolving faster than the systems built to support it. Agentic AI is redrawing how people buy. Customer expectations have a new ceiling. And bad actors are evolving alongside every advancement. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Forter was built to meet this moment — and stay ahead of it.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We are a human-first, AI-built company. Our technology analyzes patterns across a network of over 2 billion shoppers, delivering identity intelligence across the entire commerce journey — from sign-up to checkout to returns — that protects revenue and unlocks great customer experiences simultaneously. With Forter, businesses know who to trust, whether it’s humans or the agents shopping for them. The result: zero friction for the customers who matter. No revenue left behind.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The world's most trusted brands — Nordstrom, Instacart, Priceline, Adobe, ASOS, and eBay among them — rely on Forter to get this right. Since 2013, we've raised $525M from investors including Tiger Global, Bessemer, Sequoia Capital