Corporate Development Deal and Integration Lead

The OpenAI Deployment Company
New York, San Francisco
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 235,000 - 400,000 annuallyFunction: Strategy & Corporate DevelopmentExperience: 10+ yearsSkills: ["Financial and commercial judgment","Operational judgment","Change management","Cross-functional communication","Stakeholder management"]

Own DeployCo’s inorganic growth agenda end-to-end, leading M&A from thesis and sourcing through diligence, valuation, negotiation, signing, and close. Drive pre- and post-close integration planning, including org design, talent retention, communications, systems/process integration, and value capture tracking. Partner with OpenAI and DeployCo leaders to refine priorities, build exec-ready decision frameworks, and ensure clean handoffs across Finance, Legal, People, IT, Security, and delivery teams.

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The OpenAI Deployment Company
The OpenAI Deployment Company
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Corporate Development Deal and Integration Lead

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Job Summary

Own DeployCo’s inorganic growth agenda end-to-end, leading M&A from thesis and sourcing through diligence, valuation, negotiation, signing, and close. Drive pre- and post-close integration planning, including org design, talent retention, communications, systems/process integration, and value capture tracking. Partner with OpenAI and DeployCo leaders to refine priorities, build exec-ready decision frameworks, and ensure clean handoffs across Finance, Legal, People, IT, Security, and delivery teams.
Location: New York, San Francisco
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Strategy & Corporate Development
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own end-to-end execution of DeployCo acquisitions, from thesis development and sourcing through diligence, valuation, negotiation, signing, and close.
  • •Lead integration planning before sign and run post-close integration, covering org design, talent retention, communications, systems/process integration, and value capture tracking.
  • •Collaborate with cross-functional OpenAI stakeholders to share pipeline and socialize deal constructs with relevant context on integration operations.
  • •Partner to identify inorganic priorities across talent, delivery capacity, geographic expansion, and new deployment capabilities.
  • •Build board- and executive-ready materials, decision frameworks, and recommendations balancing strategic upside, operational risk, and financial discipline.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 235,000 - 400,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •10+ years of experience across corporate development, M&A, private equity, investment banking, or strategic finance with ownership from outreach through close and integration.
  • •Led complex integrations and translate signed deals into org clarity, retained talent, delivery continuity, and measurable value capture.
  • •Comfort operating as a player-coach in a newly formed company, setting strategy and operating model while doing hands-on work to keep deals moving.
  • •Strong financial and commercial judgment plus practical operational instincts across services delivery, technical talent, organizational design, and change management.
  • •Build trust quickly and communicate clearly on tradeoffs involving valuation, risk, scope, speed, and people impact.
Experience:10+ yearsCorporate developmentM&APrivate equityInvestment bankingStrategic financeEnterprise AIAI deployment
Skills:Financial and commercial judgmentOperational judgmentChange managementCross-functional communicationStakeholder management

Company Brief

The OpenAI Deployment Company
OpenAI Deployment Company (DeployCo) is OpenAI’s deployment arm, built to help enterprises design, test, and run AI systems in core workflows using forward-deployed engineers. It appears to be a newly launched, subsidiary-like enterprise services venture focused on production AI adoption. ([deploy.co](https://deploy.co/?utm_source=openai))
Industry: AI & Machine Learning
Growth: Early Stage Startup
Funding: Series A
Headquarters: New York, United States
Founded: 2026
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