About Faire

Faire is an online wholesale marketplace built on the belief that the future is local ?" there are over 2 million independent retailers in North America and Europe doing more than $2 trillion in revenue. At Faire, we're using the power of tech, data, and machine learning to connect this thriving community of entrepreneurs across the globe. Picture your favorite boutique in town ?" we help them discover the best products from around the world to sell in their stores. With the right tools and insights, we believe that we can level the playing field so that small businesses everywhere can compete with these big box and e-commerce giants.

By supporting the growth of independent businesses, Faire is driving positive economic impact in local communities, globally. We're looking for smart, resourceful and passionate people to join us as we power the shop local movement. If you believe in community, come join ours.

About this role

We're searching for a Head of Corporate Development to drive meaningful growth through identifying and executing acquisitions, investments, and strategic partnerships aligned to our strategic priorities.

The position will report to the Chief Financial Officer and work closely with other senior leaders across the company to proactively identify relevant opportunities to supplement organic company growth. This person will be responsible for leading the deal structure process, diligence and valuation of potential acquisitions and strategic investments while building and leading a world class team.

The right person for this role is a self starter, who is passionate about developing and generating new ideas for Faire's business.

What you'll do

Analyze and understand Faire's strategic objectives, as well as industry trends to identify, recommend and pursue companies/technologies that can meet those objectives
Leverage deep understanding of business needs and partnerships with Engineering, Product, Design and Data to surface and pursue alternate approaches to accomplishing Faire's goals
Lead the diligence and valuation of potential acquisitions and strategic investments to drive durable advantage for Faire
Identify and educate Faire leadership on new, innovative technology trends and markets, and recommend high-potential acquisitions and investments
Recruit, scale and lead a high performance team spanning Business Development and Corporate Development
Map out areas of future growth best addressed through relationships with external parties

Qualifications

10+ years of experience in relevant roles including M&A investment banking, private equity and/or venture capital ideally in the technology space, or financial/analytical roles in high growth technology
Extensive understanding of partnerships and M&A including strategic rationale, synergy capture, risk mitigation and all phase of deal processes
In-house experience in a relevant role a plus
International experience a plus
Fluency in performing rigorous financial analysis
Ability to deal with ambiguity and develop a course of action
Experienced people leader

Faire's flexible work model aims to meet the needs of our diverse employee community by making work more flexible, connected, and inclusive. Depending on the role and needs of the team, Faire employees have the flexibility to choose how they work?"whether that's mainly in the office, remotely, or a mix of both.

Roles that list only a country in the location are eligible for fully remote work in that country or in- office work at a Faire office in that country, provided employees are located in the registered country/province/state. Roles with only a city location are eligible for in-office or hybrid office work in that city. Our talent team will work with candidates to determine what locations and roles are eligible for each option.

Why you'll love working at Faire

We are entrepreneurs: Faire is being built for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs. We believe entrepreneurship is a calling and our mission is to empower entrepreneurs to chase their dreams. Every member of our team is an owner of the business and taking part in the founding process.
We are using technology and data to level the playing field: We are leveraging the power of product innovation and machine learning to connect brands and boutiques from all over the world, building a growing community of more than 350,000 small business owners.
We build products our customers love: Everything we do is ultimately in the service of helping our customers grow their business because our goal is to grow the pie - not steal a piece from it. Running a small business is hard work, but using Faire makes it easy.
We are curious and resourceful: Inquisitive by default, we explore every possibility, test every assumption, and develop creative solutions to the challenges at hand. We lead with curiosity and data in our decision making, and reason from a first principles mentality.

Faire was founded in 2017 by a team of early product and engineering leads from Square. We're backed by some of the top investors in retail and tech including: Y Combinator, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Forerunner Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Founders Fund, and DST Global. We have headquarters in San Francisco and Kitchener-Waterloo, and a global employee presence across offices in Salt Lake City, Atlanta, Toronto, London, New York, LA, and Sao Paulo. To learn more about Faire and our customers, you can read more on our blog.

Faire provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.

Summary
Company name: Faire Wholesale, Inc.
Remote job title: Head of Corporate Development
Job tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Development, Strategic Partnerships