Ellucian
Director of Corporate Development | Mergers & Acquisitions
🇺🇸 Hybrid - Reston, VA
🕑 Full-Time
💰 TBD
💻 Project Management
🗓️ September 28th, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
Ellucian is hiring a Director of Corporate Development to lead mergers and acquisitions integration efforts. The role involves managing end-to-end integration plans, coordinating with multiple departments, and ensuring acquired companies align with Ellucian's operations and strategy.
Highlights
- Lead integration for acquisitions and strategic partnerships.
- Develop integration plans with business units including HR, IT, Finance, Legal, and Product teams.
- Maintain communication with investor M&A teams to ensure alignment.
- Identify integration priorities, risks, and synergies with clear timelines and KPIs.
- Oversee cross-functional project teams and apply change management practices.
- Support pre-close planning and operational diligence for transactions.
- Collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, Go-to-Market, and G&A departments.
- Require 7+ years of relevant experience and strong project leadership skills; PMP certification preferred.
- Familiarity with financial, legal, operational, and technical aspects of M&A activity.
- Preferred experience in enterprise software, private equity-backed, or tech-enabled services industries and leveraging AI solutions.
Director of Corporate Development | Mergers & Acquisitions Full Description
Director of Corporate Development | Mergers & Acquisitions | Hybrid
- 2003 Edmund Halley Drive, Reston, Virginia, US, 20191; Washington, Washington, DC
- Corporate Strategy
- 6275
- Up to 25%
About Ellucian
Here at Ellucian, we are motivated by a mission - power education so institutions can empower student success. We are the global market leader in EdTech for higher education, serving more than 2,900 customers and reaching over 22 million students in 50 countries. We are dedicated to helping higher education unlock learning for all by providing solutions that support the entire student lifecycle and deliver insights needed now and into the future.
We embrace the power to lead, the courage to innovate, and the determination to grow. At our core, we believe in humanizing our approach, recognizing that our people are our greatest strength. With a shared vision of transformation, we endeavor to shape a brighter future for higher education.
About the Opportunity
We are seeking a Director of Corporate Development to lead M&A integration efforts across strategic acquisitions and partnerships. This individual will report to the Vice President of Corporate Development and will play a critical role in ensuring that acquisition targets are smoothly and successfully integrated into Ellucian’s operations, culture, and strategic vision.
The ideal candidate is a structured thinker, experienced project leader, and effective communicator with a background in both project management and M&A execution. PMP certification is strongly preferred.
Where You Will Make an Impact
M&A Integration Leadership
Here at Ellucian, we are motivated by a mission - power education so institutions can empower student success. We are the global market leader in EdTech for higher education, serving more than 2,900 customers and reaching over 22 million students in 50 countries. We are dedicated to helping higher education unlock learning for all by providing solutions that support the entire student lifecycle and deliver insights needed now and into the future.
We embrace the power to lead, the courage to innovate, and the determination to grow. At our core, we believe in humanizing our approach, recognizing that our people are our greatest strength. With a shared vision of transformation, we endeavor to shape a brighter future for higher education.
About the Opportunity
We are seeking a Director of Corporate Development to lead M&A integration efforts across strategic acquisitions and partnerships. This individual will report to the Vice President of Corporate Development and will play a critical role in ensuring that acquisition targets are smoothly and successfully integrated into Ellucian’s operations, culture, and strategic vision.
The ideal candidate is a structured thinker, experienced project leader, and effective communicator with a background in both project management and M&A execution. PMP certification is strongly preferred.
Where You Will Make an Impact
M&A Integration Leadership
- Serve as the integration lead for acquired companies and strategic partnerships.
- Develop and execute end-to-end integration plans in coordination with business unit leaders, HR, IT, Finance, Legal, and Product teams.
- Maintain ongoing interaction with investor M&A teams to ensure alignment and transparency throughout the integration process.
- Identify integration priorities, interdependencies, risks, and mitigation plans.
- Create and manage integration timelines, milestones, budgets, and KPIs.
- Drive synergy realization and ensure a positive experience for customers, employees, and partners.
Program & Project Management
- Lead cross-functional project teams with accountability for successful delivery of integration goals.
- Apply best practices in change management and stakeholder communication to ensure alignment and adoption.
- Regularly report progress to Corporate Development, Executive Leadership, and functional sponsors.
Transaction Support
- Collaborate with the VP of Corporate Development on pre-close planning and operational diligence.
- Support the assessment of operational fit, risks, and post-close opportunities.
- Provide input into transaction structure and operational transition plans.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Go-to-Market, and G&A functions to ensure consistent execution.
- Align integration workstreams with Ellucian’s strategic priorities and values.
What You Will Bring
- 7+ years of experience in corporate development, management consulting, program management, or related roles.
- Proven experience with M&A integration planning and execution (ideally in enterprise software, private equity-backed, or tech-enabled services).
- PMP certification preferred. Capabilities/experience in leveraging AI solutions preferred.
- Strong project leadership, cross-functional communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Familiarity with financial, legal, operational, and technical elements of transactions.
- High level of business acumen, analytical ability, and attention to detail.
What makes #Ellucianlife
- Comprehensive health coverage: medical, dental, and vision
- Flexible time off
- Thrive Flex Lifestyle Account (LSA) that allows you to contribute towards your health, financial or learning interests
- 401k w/ match & BrightPlan - to help you save for the future
- Parental Leave
- 5 charitable days to support the community that supports us
- Telemedicine
- Wellness
- Headspace Care (mental health)
- Wellbeats (virtual fitness classes)
- RethinkCare & Wellthy– caregiver support
- Diversity and inclusion programs which provide access to internal employee resource groups
- Employee referral bonuses to encourage the addition of great new people to the team
- We Foster a learning culture with:
- Education Assistance Program
- Professional development opportunities
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At Ellucian, we believe in the “power of together.” We embrace an inclusive workplace, and believe that our differences help inspire a culture of acceptance that makes our company more collaborative and innovative. We’re proud to provide equal employment opportunities for job applicants and for our employees, and we are committed to providing a process and an environment that is free from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), and other legally protected classifications. These protections extend to all management practices and decisions, including recruitment and hiring, appraisal systems, promotions, training, and career development programs. To enable employees to perform essential functions of their positions and to offer applicants a meaningful opportunity to be considered for positions, we also provide reasonable accommodations to qualified employees and applicants with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs, observances, and practices. This job posting is intended to comply with all applicable laws. If we learn during the course of our recruitment process that, due to an applicant’s location, further information about the position is required, including certain salary information, the information in this posting will be supplemented accordingly. Additionally, we are aware of fake applicant schemes and have rigorous internal processes in place to mitigate such risk and inform proper authorities of any such instances that arise.
We’re excited by your interest in Ellucian! Please know that all authentic communication regarding any aspect of our hiring process will always come from an @ellucian.com email address. If you receive a message from any other source, it isn’t from us. When in doubt, you can always contact talentacquisition@ellucian.com. Additionally, you can visit https://careers.ellucian.com to verify any external job posting
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