Head of Department

• Lead FactSet’s end-to-end acquisition, strategic investment and commercial partnership activities
• Report to the Chief Financial Officer and lead a lean, high-impact Corporate Development team
• Shape FactSet’s inorganic strategy and roadmap, including M&A and partnerships
• Analyze and recommend potential transactions of interest
• Lead cross-functional teams executing acquisitions, strategic minority investments and other transactions
• Own M&A processes from initial contact through closing, including strategic evaluation, due diligence, financial modeling, valuation, transaction structuring, negotiation and execution
• Develop and enforce frameworks for identifying, evaluating, prioritizing and pursuing inorganic opportunities
• Represent FactSet externally with founders, executives, investors and industry participants
• Originate and incubate strategic partnerships through commercial launch, pilots, agreements, joint ventures and minority investments
• Manage transition of acquisitions and partnerships to internal teams and govern integration to capture value
• Review prior transactions and initiatives to capture lessons learned
• Build consensus and influence executive- and board-level decision-making
• Strengthen M&A infrastructure, processes, playbooks and tools
• Maintain advisor and industry relationships for market intelligence
• Lead, develop and coach the Corporate Development team
• Support strategic initiatives, ad-hoc analyses and special projects

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Head of Corporate Development