Corporate Development Manager

Please note: this role is only open to candidates currently authorized to work in the Netherlands.

Manager, Corporate Development

Perseus M&A Team

Location: Netherlands- Full time, Remote

Travel: Minimal travel required, once a quarter throughout Europe potentially for tradeshows, conferences, team meetings, and meetings with prospective acquisition targets.

About Perseus

Perseus is focused on acquiring and growing software businesses. The Corporate Development team plays a key role in identifying, developing, and nurturing long-term relationships that can lead to successful acquisitions.

About the Role

Perseus is seeking a Manager, Corporate Development to help source current and future M&A opportunities within the software industry. This role is focused on building and maintaining long-term strategic relationships with software company decision makers, including CEOs, founders, owners, corporate development leaders, M&A advisors, and private equity or venture capital professionals.

Success in this role comes from creating meaningful relationships, developing a strong acquisition pipeline, and contributing to Perseus’ long-term growth through disciplined market research, thoughtful outreach, and high-quality M&A conversations.

What You’ll Do

• Develop and manage an M&A pipeline through Salesforce CRM.
• Create market maps and build strong relationships within assigned software industry verticals.
• Meet and exceed monthly M&A sourcing targets, including meaningful contacts and other measurable KPIs.
• Qualify acquisition opportunities efficiently, both independently and in partnership with M&A leadership.
• Ensure lead database allocation is accurate across portfolio verticals.
• Effectively qualify opportunities at the top of the acquisition funnel to help Portfolio Managers focus on the strongest opportunities.
• Maintain consistent, value-added communication with prospects over a multi-year relationship-building cycle.

What We’re Looking For

• 3+ years of experience in business development, sales, account management, or a client-facing M&A/finance-related role.
• Experience in a software company or outbound-focused origination role is preferred.
• Strong interest in building a long-term career in software investing and M&A relationship development.
• Proven ability to succeed in an autonomous, high-performance environment.
• Advanced verbal and written communication skills, with the confidence and executive presence to engage with CEOs, founders, owners, M&A advisors, corporate development leaders, and investment professionals.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, proactive, and comfortable working variable hours when needed.
• Extraordinary work ethic, strong sense of urgency, and ability to consistently move opportunities forward.

Additional Details

• This role is based in the Netherlands and follows a remote working arrangement.
• Occasional in-person travel may be required, including travel within the Netherlands, Europe, and North America.