Sr. Associate, Strategy & Corporate Development
About Panorama:
Panorama is a fast-growing national technology company focused on radically improving education. More than 1,500 school systems serving 15 million students across all 50 states have adopted our platform to understand students’ academic and social-emotional strengths and to identify those in need of additional support. School systems turn to our suite of tools to ensure that every child gets the support they need, including school climate and social-emotional learning surveys, tiered intervention planning, and professional development.
Panoramians can choose to work fully remote anywhere within the Continental United States, in-person from our Boston/San Francisco offices, or a hybrid option.
About the Role:
This role will be a part of the Strategic Finance team at Panorama. As a Strategy & Corporate Development Sr. Associate, you will play a key role in various initiatives, including strategic planning, potential acquisitions / partnerships, and M&A deal execution. By identifying, structuring, analyzing, and recommending solutions to our biggest strategic questions, you’ll directly contribute to Panorama’s future direction and success.
Responsibilities:
- Lead discovery and analysis on potential new markets and products for Panorama
- Support diligence processes for specific M&A transactions (e.g., business case proposals, leadership communications)
- Support primary customer research to inform various initiatives (e.g., pricing, new product development, and M&A priorities for the business)
- Develop relationships with organizations across the education ecosystem
- Serve as a go-to expert on Panorama’s industry and competitive landscape by proactively monitoring trends and intel to share with key internal stakeholders
Our Ideal Candidate Has:
- 2+ years experience in a highly analytical & strategic role (e.g. investment banking, strategy consulting, corporate development, finance)
- Ability to turn complex quantitative and qualitative data into actionable insights and recommendations
- Tenacity to answer tough questions through detailed planning, research and analysis
- Fast learner with commitment to learning and building expertise in business functions, SaaS, and education
- Strong teamwork skills with ability to pitch in to support other team members when needed
- Excitement around building and improving analyses and processes for the first time in fast-paced and fluid environment with changing priorities
- Business Intuition, Collaboration, Relationships, Advising, Negotiation, & Conflict Resolution Skills
- Bonus Points: Experience with M&A transactions, Experience at growth-stage startups, EdTech, K-12 Education, G-Suite
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Panorama excitedly hosts two in-person "all team meetings" a year. All Panoramians attend and travel/hotels are provided. (Paused due to Covid)
Panorama Education is dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive company because we serve students, educators and families from tremendously diverse backgrounds and identities across the country; we’ve seen how our product and impact are strengthened the more we reflect that diversity. In addition, we have found (and we believe the research) that diverse teams are higher-performing, and we embrace the varied perspectives that our team members share with each other. As such, we are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Panorama also has a policy on maintaining a drug-free workplace.
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