L3Harris

Business Development Account Manager

L3Harris$90K — $115K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3-6 years in corporate development, private equity, investment banking, or M&A roles
  • Experience in a software customer support environment is a plus
  • Strong financial acumen with understanding of financial statements
  • Demonstrated track record of accountability and achieving targets
  • Excellent executive presence and ability to influence stakeholders
  • Comfortable managing complex conversations and prioritizing opportunities

Responsibilities

  • Source and originate acquisition opportunities in vertical market software
  • Build and manage relationships with business owners and executives
  • Establish relationships with bankers and brokers for deal generation
  • Maintain and optimize pipeline accuracy in CRM system
  • Balance high prospecting volume with quality for effective dialogues
  • Collaborate with M&A team on investment theses and opportunity evaluations

Benefits

  • Remote work opportunity
  • Participation in capital deployment initiatives
  • Engagement in an entrepreneurial environment
  • Access to a proactive and results-oriented corporate culture
  • Opportunity to work closely with senior management and stakeholders
Full Job Description

Corporate Development Account Manager

Remote U.S.-based Role

We are seeking aCorporate Development Account Managerto join our team and playa central rolein sourcing and originating investment opportunities. This is a high-impact individual contributor role, where you will be accountable for driving meaningful dialogues with business owners and executivesand ensuring a disciplined pipeline that leads to capital deployment.

The ideal candidate brings prior experience in corporate development, private equity, investment banking, or M&A-driven business development. You are comfortable owning outcomes, managing complex conversations, and applying judgment to prioritize high-value opportunities.You understand that successful business development is a volume game that requires precision and consistent effort. You apply rigor to your processes and professionalism to your exchanges.

About the Role

You will proactively reach out to business owners and management teams of vertical market software companies to build and manage relationships for our M&A team. This isa great opportunityto apply your corporate development skills towards capital deployment in an entrepreneurial environment. We are looking for deal origination driven individuals that are interested in software, M&A and are excited at the prospect of contributing to our growth through capital deployment.

  • Source and originate acquisition opportunities with vertical market software companies that align with our investment strategy.
  • Build and manage trusted relationships with founders, executives, and shareholders, advancing opportunities with professionalism and credibility.
  • Establish andmaintainbanker and broker relationships to generate both proprietary and brokered opportunities.
  • Manage andoptimizeyour pipeline in our CRM system, ensuring accuracy and actionable reporting.
  • Proactively balance prospecting volume with quality, continually improving targeting and dialogue effectiveness.
  • Partner with the broader M&A team to refine investment theses, qualify opportunities, and support conversion from dialogues through offers and LOIs.

About You

  • Accountable & Results-Oriented:Track record of owning outcomes, consistently hitting sourcing and dialogue targets, and converting opportunities into capital deployment.
  • Proactive & Action-Oriented:You take initiative, pursue new opportunities, and push through obstacles without needing heavy oversight.
  • Executive Presence:Skilled at engaging founders, CEOs, and senior stakeholders; able to influence andestablishtrust quickly.
  • Financial Acumen:Solid understanding of financial statements and value drivers, with the ability to apply this knowledge to assess opportunities.
  • Strategic Judgment:Able to navigate ambiguity, evaluate risk, and make sound decisions that advance the right opportunities.
  • Collaborative:Works well across teams, contributes to portfolio-level success, and shares knowledge with peers and junior colleagues.
  • Experience:Typically,3 6 yearsin corporate development, private equity, investment banking, or related M&A roles.Experience in a software customer support environment is highly desirable.

WORK LOCATION

Remote U.S. role

Our companycomplies withall local/state regulationsin regard todisplaying salary ranges. If required, the salary range(s) are displayed below and are specifically for those potential hires who will perform work in orresidein the location(s) listed, if selected for the role. Any offered salary isdeterminedbased on internal equity, internal salary ranges, market data, ranges, applicant's skills and prior relevant experience, certaindegreesand certifications (e.g. JD, technology), for example.

$90k- $115k USD base salary + commission.

About L3Harris

L3Harris Technologies, Inc. is an American technology company, defense contractor and information technology services provider that produces C6ISR systems and products, wireless equipment, tactical radios, avionics and electronic systems, night vision equipment, and both terrestrial and spaceborne antennas for use in the government, defense, and commercial sectors. They specialize in areas such as electronic warfare and night vision. L3Harris Technologies was formed on June 29, 2019, through the merger of Harris Corporation and L3 Technologies. The company is based in Melbourne, Florida.
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