About the role

The goal of the Corporate Development team is to accelerate Shopify’s mission to make commerce better for everyone through strategic acquisitions and alliances. We take a product-first lens with our approach to external opportunities. To tackle this, we’re building a multidisciplinary team with folks who bring experience in product, technology, talent, partnerships, and corporate development.

We’re looking for a Corporate Development Associate who has passion for entrepreneurship, startups, technology and products. Working alongside Shopify’s leadership and executive teams, the Corporate Development Associate is responsible for identifying disruptive commerce and technology products experiences and accelerating Shopify's roadmap through acquisitions and alliances. We’re searching for someone who has the skill, curiosity and rigor required to drive new opportunity identification, evaluation, and execution. This person must also be highly organized and be able to prioritize and balance work on various initiatives simultaneously.

We care about our work, but we also care about each other and having a positive work environment. In this role, you need to be comfortable with being uncomfortable, able to work with many different types of personalities, to really connect with people (particularly entrepreneurs and founders), and know how to work as a team player.

Responsibilities:

Conduct due diligence and create all necessary materials/memos for acquisition consideration, for review by leadership and executive teams
Execute business analysis to support business cases and inform deal structures/negotiations
Drive projects forward by collaborating with internal stakeholders, developing recommendations and output materials, and presenting key deliverables
Provide transaction support including negotiating with external parties, project management, and integration planning
Build context through deep understanding of Shopify’s product roadmap. You’ll use this context to identify risks and opportunities to Shopify, and to facilitate executive decision making on strategic options
Meet with startups/ early stage companies, evaluate new products & technologies, and map new markets & ecosystems

Requirements for the role:

Experience working on investments or acquisitions. From the ideation phase through close, including researching, sourcing, diligence, and integration.
Experience in the tech industry.Minimum of 2-3 years of experience in corporate development, investment banking, private equity, or consulting. Additional operational or technical experience (e.g., product management or engineering) is a plus.
Extensive modeling skills. You are proficient at building complex operating and financial models that help people understand value exchange, risks, and tradeoffs.
A highly analytical mindset. You have an ability to work with tremendous amounts of information/data and can extract meaning from the data.
Exceptional verbal and written communication skills. You’re comfortable drafting documents, creating impactful decks, and delivering presentations using business acumen, creativity and collegiality to key stakeholders (internally and externally).
Great relationship building skills. You are a team player with a track record of building trust quickly with peers and seniors, and are confident in bringing together stakeholders to work through a problem.
Genuine excitement for tech and entrepreneurship. You are a constant learner and actively seek to keep yourself up to date on developments in product and technology.
AI Native. You are very proficient with AI tools and integrate them into your everyday workflow to improve your efficiency and output.

We know that applying to a new role takes a lot of work and we truly value your time. The Corporate Development team is looking forward to reading your application.

About Shopify

Opportunity is not evenly distributed. Shopify puts independence within reach for anyone with a dream to start a business. We propel entrepreneurs and enterprises to scale the heights of their potential. Since 2006, we’ve grown to over 8,300 employees and generated over $1 trillion in sales for millions of merchants in 175 countries.

This is life-defining work that directly impacts people’s lives as much as it transforms your own. This is putting the power of the few in the hands of the many, is a future with more voices rather than fewer, and is creating more choices instead of an elite option.

About you

Moving at our pace brings a lot of change, complexity, and ambiguity—and a little bit of chaos. Shopifolk thrive on that and are comfortable being uncomfortable. That means Shopify is not the right place for everyone.

Before you apply, consider if you can:

Care deeply about what you do and about making commerce better for everyone
Excel by seeking professional and personal hypergrowth
Keep up with an unrelenting pace (the week, not the quarter)
Be resilient and resourceful in face of ambiguity and thrive on (rather than endure) change
Bring critical thought and opinion
Put AI agents and tools to work on the tasks they're built for, and focus on the work only humans can do
Embrace differences and disagreement to get shit done and move forward
Work digital-first for your daily work

We may use AI-enabled tools to screen, select, and assess applications. All AI outputs are reviewed and validated by our recruitment team.

Corporate Development Associate

Americas

Remote

Mid-level

Shopify