Corporate Development Manager
Corporate Development Manager — a finance role focused on financial-modeling, negotiation, stakeholder-management.
$168,000 medianDemand 76/100growingRemote-friendlyFinance
Core skills
What matters in this role
Financial ModelingNegotiationStakeholder Management
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Where Corporate Development Managers go next
easy76% overlap
Corporate Development Manager → Chief Product Officer
Natural progression from corporate-development-manager to cpo — same track, higher scope and compensation.
7 mo+111% salary
easy79% overlap
Corporate Development Manager → CFO
Natural progression from corporate-development-manager to cfo — same track, higher scope and compensation.
6 mo+99% salary
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Paths that lead to Corporate Development Manager
easy71% overlap
Venture Capital Analyst → Corporate Development Manager
Natural progression from venture-capital-analyst to corporate-development-manager — same track, higher scope and compensation.
10 mo+0% salary
easy72% overlap
Investment Banker → Corporate Development Manager
Move in-house for better hours and equity upside.
6 mo-14% salary
easy74% overlap
Private Equity Analyst → Corporate Development Manager
The classic PE-to-corp-dev exit.
6 mo-29% salary
moderate60% overlap
Strategy Consultant → Corporate Development Manager
Consultants routinely move into corp dev.
9 mo+0% salary
Employers
Top employers hiring Corporate Development Managers
Fortune 500Growth-stage tech
Countries
USAUKCanadaGermanyIndiaSingaporeUAEAustralia
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