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Strategy & M&A Lead

Cloudflare· Strategy
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Hybrid (Austin, TX), Hybrid (San Francisco, CA), Hybrid (New York, NY)$177k - $243kfull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Strategic role focused on sourcing and executing M&A opportunities and partnerships to accelerate Cloudflare’s growth, with cross-functional collaboration across R&D, GTM, Finance, Legal, and Policy.

Responsibilities

  • Play a key role on all phases of M&A from ideation through execution.
  • Partner with M&A team and with R&D / GTM leaders to evaluate M&A opportunities, with cross-functional teams to execute deals, and with the M&A integration team to ensure post-close success.
  • Drive deal execution process end-to-end, including financial / strategic analysis of potential transactions, supporting negotiation processes, and leading internal deal teams.
  • Lead or support new partnership efforts and other strategy projects as needed.

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of professional or military experience that includes investment banking/investing and corporate development at high-growth B2B technology companies.
  • Technical aptitude & product fluency: Deep familiarity with and excitement about the Internet infrastructure landscape, such as the AI, cybersecurity, infrastructure, developer tools, and other B2B SaaS markets.
  • Ownership & ability to execute: Experience leading or playing key role in M&A processes end-to-end, from sourcing and strategic evaluation through closing.
  • Intellectual curiosity & analytical mindset: Naturally curious problem-solver who thrives on unraveling ambiguous technical and business challenges, distilling them into clear choices and actionable plans, and ensuring smooth execution on those plans.

Skills

Required:M&A sourcing and evaluationFinancial modeling and analysisCross-functional leadership

Benefits

  • Health & Welfare Benefits: Medical/Rx Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts, Commuter Spending Accounts, Fertility & Family Forming Benefits, On-demand mental health support and Employee Assistance Program, Global Travel Medical Insurance.
  • Financial Benefits: Short and Long Term Disability Insurance, Life & Accident Insurance, 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, Employee Stock Participation Plan
  • Time Off: Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave, Leave programs including parental, pregnancy health, medical, and bereavement leave
Last updated Sep 16, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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