Corporate Development Manager

Visier is the global leader in Workforce Intelligence that powers every people decision. We bring Workforce AI to life for HR departments through our award-winning, agentic AI technology by surfacing the insights leaders need to plan, decide, and act with confidence in the moments that matter most. As the market leader in people analytics, workforce planning, organizational design, and manager effectiveness solutions, we fuel smarter decision-making for organizations across the globe. Our mission is to help businesses lead with insight at scale as they continuously transform.

Founded in 2010 by the pioneers of business intelligence, we have over 85,000 customers in 75 countries—including enterprises like BASF, Panasonic, Domino’s Pizza, Experian, Amgen, eBay, and Ford Motor Company.

About Visier

Visier is the global leader in Workforce Intelligence, empowering organizations to make every people decision with confidence. Through Visier Workforce AI, our award-winning AI technology delivers actionable insights that help HR leaders plan, decide, and act at the moments that matter most. As the market leader in people analytics, workforce planning, organizational design, and manager effectiveness, we enable companies worldwide to drive smarter workforce decisions, optimize talent strategies, and achieve measurable business impact. Our mission is to help businesses lead with insight at scale while continuously transforming in a rapidly changing workforce landscape.

Founded in 2010 by the pioneers of business intelligence, Visier has grown to serve over 85,000 customers across 75 countries - including Amgen, Cigna, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Domino’s Pizza, eBay, Ford Motor Company, Petronas, Paychex, Pfizer, Pepsi, Standard Bank, Sanofi, ASML. Visier is headquartered in Vancouver, BC, with a global team and presence.

The Moment We're In

Visier is at an inflection point. We have a category-leading product, a global customer base, and a growth trajectory that creates real opportunities to accelerate through acquisition. We are building a corporate development function that can identify, evaluate, and execute against those opportunities - and we are looking for the person who will do that work.

This is not a role that was created to have a role. There is a concrete mandate: find the right acquisition targets, build the analytical case, run a rigorous process, and help close deals that make Visier stronger. The work is real, the stakes are real, and the CFO you will work with has both the experience and the appetite to move.

What You'll Do

Build and own the acquisition pipeline. You will define the market map, identify target companies, develop relationships with founders and advisors, and work with external bankers to ensure we are seeing the right opportunities at the right time. You are not waiting for deals to come to you - you are building the system that surfaces them.

Do the financial work. You will build the models - DCF, comparables, precedent transactions, accretion/dilution, scenario analysis. You will stress-test assumptions, pressure-test valuations, and translate complex financial analysis into clear, defensible conclusions. The quality of the analysis is your responsibility.

Run diligence. You will coordinate end-to-end due diligence across financial, commercial, legal, and technical workstreams. You know what you're looking for, you know what a red flag looks like, and you know how to keep a process moving without cutting corners.

Prepare materials that drive decisions. You will write investment memos, opportunity assessments, and deal summaries for the CFO, CEO, and board. The materials you produce need to be clear, rigorous, and opinionated - not a data dump, but a point of view.

Support execution through close. You will be embedded in deal negotiation and transaction execution, working alongside legal, finance, and external advisors to get transactions across the line. You will also support integration planning so that what we buy actually delivers what the model said it would.

Track the market. You will stay close to the competitive landscape, M&A activity, and valuation dynamics in the workforce analytics and HR technology space so that Visier is always operating with current intelligence.

Who You Are

You came up through a deal environment. Whether that was investment banking, private equity, transaction advisory, or in-house corporate development, you have spent meaningful time executing real transactions - not advising on them from a distance, not doing research in support of someone else’s process, but actually in the work. You know what it feels like when a deal is moving well and when it isn’t.

You are analytically rigorous and intellectually honest. You build models that hold up, you find the issues in someone else’s model before they become problems, and you have the confidence to say when the numbers don’t support the thesis - even when people want them to. You are skeptical of received wisdom and comfortable defending a view.

You operate with ownership. You do not wait to be directed. You figure out what needs to happen next and you make it happen. You are comfortable with ambiguity, you manage your own workload without hand-holding, and when something falls through the cracks, you treat that as your failure to fix, not someone else’s.

You communicate clearly and work well with senior people. You write well. You present crisply. You can hold a conversation with a CFO, a CEO, or a founder without losing credibility - not because you perform confidence, but because you actually know what you’re talking about.

You are here to do the work, not to be seen doing it. We are a data-driven, substance-first organization. The right candidate is drawn to this role because of the quality of the mandate and the caliber of the people they will work with - not because it offers a platform or a title.

What We're Looking For

• 2–6 years of experience in investment banking, private equity, transaction advisory, or in-house corporate development, with hands-on deal execution across the full transaction lifecycle.

• Strong financial modeling skills - you build from scratch, you know where models break, and you can explain the output clearly to a non-technical audience.

• Experience running or coordinating due diligence processes, including financial statement analysis and commercial assessment.

• Demonstrated ability to prepare executive-level materials: investment memos, opportunity assessments, board presentations.

• Track record of working independently and managing multiple workstreams without close supervision.

• Experience in software, SaaS, or technology M&A is a meaningful advantage.

• CFA, CPA, or equivalent financial credential is an asset, not a requirement.

A Note on Fit

Visier is a cerebral, substance-first organization. We value intellectual rigor, directness, and the kind of confidence that doesn’t need to announce itself. We are a company that sells workforce intelligence - we hold our own people decisions to the same standard as the product.

This role will suit someone who wants to do genuinely hard, consequential work - someone who finds the analytical and commercial complexity of M&A intrinsically interesting, not just professionally useful. If you are looking for a high-visibility platform or a stepping stone to something more senior, this is probably not the right fit. If you are looking for a place where the quality of your thinking will matter more than your title, it might be exactly right.

Visier is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

🌱 Most importantly, you share our values…

• You roll up your sleeves

• You make it easy

• You are proud

• You never stop learning

• You play to win

🚀 How we work & what we offer...

• Annual company All Hands in Vancouver, our entire organization travels to our Vancouver HQ for a week of team building, learning and breakout sessions

• Competitive salary, and top-tier health and wellness benefits

• Stock options and/or bonus based on your role, location, and employment type

Benefits and working arrangements may vary depending on your seniority, location and employment type. The compensation offered will be determined by factors such as relevant qualifications, experience, knowledge and skills. Many of our positions are eligible for additional types of compensation (e.g., commission plans, bonus, etc.) which our Talent Acquisition team will share with you if you interview for the role.

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