Corporate Development Contractor

Splice is a creative platform for people who make music. Serious producers choose Splice Sounds to bring their ideas to life. A subscription to Splice inspires and accelerates creative success for digital music creators with an industry-leading catalog of sounds and samples and an expanding AI stack. With a rent-to-own marketplace of DAWs and plugins, the Splice experience seamlessly integrates into any music production workflow, regardless of DAW (Digital Audio Workstation). Via Splice, an unparalleled team of sound designers and sample creators are fueling the success of a growing global community of chart-topping producers, students, and DIY creators.

At Splice, DISCO is a rallying cry for collaboration, accountability, and unity within our organization; Direct, Inclusive, Splice Together, Creator Centric, and Optimistic. Our shared success depends on our ability to support one another, work well together, and communicate directly. By embracing flexibility and a unified approach, we can navigate anything that’s thrown at us.

Splice embraces a culture of remote work. You’ll see your colleagues showing up from across the US and the UK. In order to keep us working well as a team, we have regular communication, including Town Halls, departmental all-hands and get-togethers.

When you join Splice, you join a network of colleagues, peers, and collaborators. Are you ready?

• →Support the VP, Corporate Development on active M&A transactions during the engagement, including origination, research and pipeline management, strategic deal thesis formation, cross-functional alignment, valuation, diligence, transaction execution, and post-merger integration.
• →Support the identification and evaluation of M&A opportunities, partnerships, and strategic investments relevant to the broader Splice business.
• →Lead early-stage opportunity assessment, including market analysis, strategic fit evaluation, deal memo development, and financial modeling.
• →Partner with Finance and Legal teams to lead due diligence and integration planning when relevant.
• →Support outreach and diligence conversations with acquisition targets and external advisors, under direction of the VP, Corporate Development.

• Monitor market developments, competitor activity, and industry trends that could impact broader Splice strategy.
• Deliver competitive intelligence and market insight, including research, development, and presentation of insights on the competitive landscape, industry challenges, and new business opportunities.
• Communicate market insights to inform leadership decision-making 
• Analyze prioritized areas of opportunity and deliver testable hypotheses and recommendations for new business development
• Conduct buy / build / partner analysis for new business opportunities to inform the right execution pathway for delivering on Splice’s strategic objectives.

• 6+ years of experience in corporate development, investment banking, private equity, management consulting, or a related field, with direct M&A execution experience.
• Strong financial modeling, valuation, and analytical skills, with the ability to build and interpret complex financial models.
• A track record of leading or supporting due diligence, deal structuring, and post-merger integration workstreams.
• Excellent market research and competitive analysis skills, with the ability to translate data and market signals into clear, actionable insight.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with experience preparing materials and presenting to senior leadership and executive stakeholders.
• Comfort operating with ambiguity, managing multiple workstreams simultaneously, and driving projects forward with high autonomy.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or a related field; MBA a plus.

• Experience in music, creator tools, subscription/SaaS, or the broader creative or entertainment industry. 
• Prior in-house corporate development experience at a high-growth technology or consumer company.
• Familiarity with product analytics and metrics to support diligence and performance evaluation.
• Experience using AI tools to accelerate research, modeling, or workflow execution.

The national pay range for this role is $13,000 - $15,000/Monthly. Individual compensation will be commensurate with the candidate's experience.