Manager, Corporate Development - The Orchard

About The Orchard

The Orchard is a leading global music distributor and Artist & Label services company operating in 50+ markets worldwide. The Orchard empowers creators and businesses to grow and adapt in the dynamic global music industry. We specialize in being artist focused, blending industry expertise and technology, leveraging data to drive success, and providing streamlined digital and physical distribution solutions. The Orchard's comprehensive artist & label services offerings include marketing, sync licensing, premium video services, transparent data analysis, advertising, rights management, radio promotion, D2C, and more.

The Orchard focuses on providing a comfortable, social, and engaging environment to encourage productivity and creativity.

The Orchard has an immediate opening for a Corporate Development Manager. This position plays a critical role in driving The Orchard's M&A transactions, strategic investments and global growth opportunities.

This is an ideal position for an ambitious self-starter with proven strategic acumen who is passionate about and well-versed in the media & entertainment industry and driven to execute high-impact deals across music, technology and digital networks businesses. Working closely with senior management throughout The Orchard and Sony Music puts the Manager in a unique position to directly influence high-level strategic decision-making and deliver impactful business analysis across the organization.

What You'll Do:

• Office- first role, in office 4 days a week.
• Deal Execution: Lead transactions from start to finish, including preliminary evaluation, deal structuring, due diligence coordination, valuation and cross-functional execution for potential M&A, investments and strategic partnerships
• Relationship & Industry Network: Develop, cultivate, and maintain strong relationships with key internal and external partners, investors, industry experts, and founders across the media, music, and startup ecosystems
• Financial Modeling & Strategic Analysis: Build sophisticated financial models and conduct macro-level analyses on The Orchard's M&A strategy to support transaction decision-making
• Executive Communication: Synthesize complex financial and strategic analysis into clear, compelling decks and memos to effectively present investment recommendations directly to senior executive leadership
• Market Intelligence: Understand and monitor regional markets, industry trends, competitive landscapes, and internal product development efforts to proactively evaluate business opportunities

Who You Are:

• Education: Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Work Experience: 5+ years of experience working in a corporate development role at a media & entertainment company or in an investment banking or management consulting role focused on the media & entertainment industry.
• Technical Expertise: Advanced financial modeling, valuation, and Excel skills, with demonstrated experience analyzing and drawing actionable conclusions from large, complex data sets
• Advanced Communication: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with a track record of successfully influencing key stakeholders and communicating a vision and roadmap along with the resourcing needs to achieve it
• Project Management: Strong project management skills, including the ability to independently think end-to-end, manage long-term projects, manage multiple projects simultaneously and produce high quality deliverables
• Industry Passion: Strong understanding of and passion for the evolving music, digital media and technology landscape

What We Give You:

• You join an inclusive, collaborative and global community where you have the opportunity to channel your passion every day
• A modern office environment designed to foster productivity, creativity, and teamwork empowering you to bring your best
• Opportunities to connect with our valuable resources, such as our Counsel of Equity & Progressive Action (CEPA), a group created by our employees tasked with developing and implementing innovative solutions to advance a globally-shared goal of ensuring fair and inclusive spaces for all
• An attractive and comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life & disability coverage, and 401K + employer matching
• Voluntary benefits like company-paid identity theft protection and resources for pets, mental health and meditation resources, industry-leading fertility coverage, fully paid leave for childbirth or bonding, fully paid leave for caregivers, programs for loved ones with developmental disabilities and neurodiversity, subsidized back-up child and elder care, and reimbursement for adoption, surrogacy, tuition, and student loans
• Investment in your professional growth and development enabling you to thrive in our vibrant community.
• The space to accelerate progress, positively disrupt, and create what happens next
• Time off for a winter recess

The Orchard is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all persons regardless of age, disability, national origin, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, veteran or military status, marital and civil partnership/union status, alienage or citizenship status, creed, genetic information or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

The anticipated annual base salary does not include any other compensation components or other benefits that an individual may be eligible for. The actual base salary offered depends on a variety of factors, which may include as applicable, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.

New York Pay Range

$110,000 - $120,000 USD

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