Corporate Development Senior Associate

🏢 Vencora · company page
📍 New Zealand
📅 Posted Oct 27, 2026 · via Himalayas
✅ Verified open — last confirmed 3d ago
🏷 Business Development, Corporate Development, M&a, Outbound Sales, Lead Generation, Corporate Development Senior Associate +1 more
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Job Summary:
Job Description Summary
Reporting into the Senior Manager of Corporate Development, the Business Development Associate will be responsible for representing the front-end of Vencora 's acquisition activities—establishing contacts, building, and nurturing relationships with CEOs and owners of global companies. Our focus is to build a strong portfolio of businesses that are specialists in their own market.
Job Description:
What You Will Be Doing

You will drive our acquisition activities of sourcing and nurturing target companies by:

- Creatively identifying leads for vertical market software businesses meeting our strategic criteria and specific metrics

- Maintaining and building a proprietary database of industry contacts

- Developing and conducting prospecting campaigns through digital media, outbound cold calling, email sequences, in-person meetings, and industry events

- Consistently making direct outreach to business owners and executives, confidently navigating gatekeepers, and initiating compelling conversations

- Demonstrating creativity, persistence, and credibility in reaching out to Owners, Operators, and C-Suite leadership

- Gathering target company information and qualifying opportunities for potential acquisition

- Presenting high-potential opportunities to the internal M&A team and supporting progression to NDA or deeper evaluation

- Traveling to attend tradeshows, prospecting trips, and in-person meetings as needed (up to 20%)

Skills You Will Bring

We are looking for someone who is driven, results-oriented, and unafraid to pick up the phone. You have excellent interpersonal skills, strong business instincts, and a proactive mindset. You thrive in a fast-paced environment and are motivated by building relationships and sourcing great businesses.

- Fluency in English

- Excellent academic performance in an undergraduate business degree. A master’s degree from a top-tier school is a plus

- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written. Fluency in English is necessary

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Demonstrated success with cold calling and outbound prospecting —you are confident initiating conversations with founders and C-level executives and know how to get past gatekeepers

- 4+ years of experience in a business development, lead generation, or outbound sales role, ideally in a B2B or M&A environment

- Ability to manage a pipeline of leads and consistently exceed outreach and engagement targets

- Confident in presenting to business owners and executive-level stakeholders

- Strong analytical skills and sound business judgment

- Experience in M&A, software, or fintech is considered an asset

- Familiarity with Salesforce is a plus

- Professional demeanor, excellent time management, and a persistent, independent work ethic

- Collaborative spirit with the ability to work across remote teams and cultural backgrounds

- Willingness and ability to travel up to 20%

The Opportunity

The Business Development Associate role at Vencora offers a high-impact career path with visibility across the M&A lifecycle. You'll gain hands-on experience sourcing and qualifying deals, building relationships with founders, and contributing to long-term growth across our global software portfolio.
What We Offer

- Health and Wellness benefits, Maternity Leave - Full benefits starting on day one

- Professional development opportunities

- Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP)

- Opportunity to network with peers across the global Vencora and CSI ecosystem

- And more...

Worker Type:
Regular
Number of Openings Available:
1
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