LiveU · 15 hours ago
Director of Business Development (M&A & Strategic Partnerships)
New York, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
5+ years expLiveU is seeking a Director of Business Development to lead corporate development initiatives with a strong focus on mergers and acquisitions, alongside select strategic partnerships. This role is responsible for sourcing, evaluating, and executing inorganic growth opportunities that align with LiveU’s long-term strategy.
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Responsibilities
Proactively source and evaluate acquisition targets across broadcast, media, public safety technology, including real time video, visual intelligence, critical communications, transmission, cloud video, and digital media
Lead initial strategic and commercial screening of potential targets, including market positioning, product fit, and GTM alignment
Build detailed financial models, valuation frameworks, and business cases to support investment decisions
Conduct market, competitive, and synergy analyses to assess strategic fit and long-term value creation
Support end-to-end transaction execution, including coordination with executive leadership, finance, legal, investors and external advisors
Play a key role in post-merger integration planning, with emphasis on business alignment, GTM execution, and value realization
Identify and develop high-impact strategic partnerships that complement LiveU’s inorganic growth strategy
Engage externally with executives, founders, and senior stakeholders to structure commercially meaningful partnerships
Collaborate with product and sales leadership to ensure partnerships align with roadmap and revenue objectives
Evaluate partnership-driven business models, routes to market, and expansion opportunities
Qualification
Required
5–10+ years of experience in corporate development, M&A, business development, strategy, or investment-related roles
Demonstrated hands-on experience with M&A sourcing, evaluation, and execution (buy-side experience preferred)
Strong financial modeling, valuation, and P&L analysis skills
Experience in broadcast, public safety, critical communications, visual intelligence, video, digital media, media technology, or adjacent technology sectors
Proven ability to engage externally with senior executives and founders
Strong communication, negotiation, and executive presentation skills
Experience in interfacing with product teams for delivery of successful partner integrations
Self driven individual who can also leverage matrix management to drive others
Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial, growth-oriented environment
MBA or equivalent business education is a plus
Preferred
Experience at public safety, visual intelligence technology or media technology companies, broadcasters, streaming platforms, or cloud technology providers
Exposure to ecosystem-driven GTM models, platform partnerships, or channel strategies
Prior experience working with U.S.-based technology companies and global teams
Company
LiveU
LiveU produces technology for television broadcasters to enable live video links via wireless cellular networks.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$250MKey Investors
Lightspeed Venture PartnersPitango VCCanaan Partners
2021-07-19Acquired
2019-05-19Private Equity· $200M
2012-11-12Series D· $27M
Leadership Team
Samuel Wasserman
CEO
Ronen Artman
Vice President, Marketing
Recent News
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