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Corporate Development Senior Associate

Selby JenningsWashington D.C., DC🇺🇸United StatesPosted 22 Jul 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This role offers significant growth potential within a reputable aerospace, defense, and technology company, providing high visibility to senior executives and the chance to work on exciting, impactful projects. You will thrive if you have a strong financial modeling and analytical background, with experience in investment banking, corporate development, or private equity, and are eager to contribute to strategic growth initiatives in a hybrid work environment. Apply now to join a dynamic team and advance your career in corporate development.

Quick Overview

Work Type
Hybrid
Schedule
Full Time
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

Job Title: Corporate Development Lead

Company Summary: We are currently partnered with a leading aerospace, defense and technology company looking to add a Corporate Development Lead to their team in Washington, DC. This opportunity will allow you to join a lean and active team with high visibility to senior executives. This is a growth hire for this team as they have a number of active and exciting projects and looking to continue broadening the scope of the team.

The Corporate Development Lead will be responsible for:

  • Build and maintain complex financial models to perform analyses under different operating scenarios and conduct in depth fundamental, financial and operational due diligence and analysis on new business development opportunities, investments and acquisitions.
  • Perform valuation and financial analyses, including DCF, project financing, trading comparable, precedent transactions, pro-forma projections and LBO analyses to provide the information needed to evaluate a potential development project, acquisition targets, and other corporate development and investment opportunities.
  • Assist in day-to-day deal and project execution.
  • Analyze market trends and conduct market research.

The Corporate Development Lead should have the following qualification:

  • 4-6 years in Investment Banking. Corporate Development, or Private Equity
  • Experience within aerospace and defense or industrial preferred but not required.
  • Bachelors in Finance, Economics, Business or related fields.
  • Located in or willing to relocate to Washington, DC

If you are interested in this Corporate Development Lead position, do not wait to apply!

Skills

Due Diligence

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