Manager, Corporate Development The Position

With over one hundred transactions in 2025, we’re looking for a top-performing business development professional to join Vela’s M&A; deal origination team.

This individual will be responsible for sourcing, qualifying, nurturing, and managing a pipeline of acquisition opportunities in the APAC region.

The ideal candidate will balance salesmanship and drive for business development with the financial acumen to co-ordinate and facilitate critical aspects of the transaction lifecycle in a C-level facing role. They should have a record of surpassing targets in a deal sourcing environment with an entrepreneurial spirit and an independent thinker with strong leadership skills.

Core Responsibilities

- Identify, engage, and qualify potential M&A; company targets and opportunities aligning with the group’s strategic and financial criteria.
- Establish, build, and maintain meaningful relationships with CEOs, business owners, senior executives, brokers, PE & VC funds, and other stakeholders to nurture M&A; opportunities and help progress these through the deal pipeline.

· Find new prospects in our proprietary database. · Track activities and maintain relevant information in CRM.
- Review pre-diligence materials on an as needed basis.
- Conduct assessments of target industry and competitive landscape, identifying key industry trends, emerging players, and associated opportunities for growth.
- Manage performance, coaching,



and coordination for APAC corporate development team

Qualifications

· 2+ years of relevant experience in enterprise or mid-market SaaS sales, corporate development, M&A; sourcing, or business development.

· Proficiency in deal sourcing and cold outreach (cold-calling, e-mail, and other relevant outreach channels).

· Exceptional business sense, inherent drive to work autonomously and think independently in a high-performance environment.

· Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills with exemplary relationship and rapport building skills.

· Ability to speak additional languages (highly considered).

· Self-starter with an ability to takes ownership and initiative to drive projects to completion and a high degree of intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.

· Solid understanding of company financial information and analysis of historical performance.

· Advanced time management, attention to detail, organizational, strategic thinking, and analytical skills.

· Adaptable and versatile, able to respond to changing work priorities, pressure, and demands.

· Experience in mining or industrial sector is considered an asset.

· Able to travel on an as needed basis.

Vela Software welcomes and encourages applications from people of all backgrounds. Please let us know what accommodation we can provide so that you can participate in all aspects of the interview process.

📌 Manager, Corporate Development (Brisbane)
🏢 Vela Software
📍 Brisbane