Corporate Development and Partnership Lead
Role Overview
This senior-level role involves sourcing and evaluating strategic acquisitions, investments, and partnerships for Lovable, focusing on European startups and technology partners. The lead will build and scale the corporate development function from scratch, working closely with senior leaders and cross-functional teams to execute M&A transactions and partnerships. Responsibilities include attending events, leading founder meetings, developing investment theses, and negotiating deals to accelerate the company's roadmap.
Perks & Benefits
The job is fully remote, likely with flexibility in time zones given the European focus, though some coordination with the Stockholm-based team may be expected. It offers career growth in a talent-dense, fast-paced startup environment, emphasizing extreme ownership, high velocity, and low-ego collaboration. Benefits include the opportunity to shape a generation-defining company and work with a diverse global user base.
Full Job Description
TL;DR - We’re looking for a CorpDev and Partnership Lead to build and scale Lovable’s relationships with top startups in Europe and our key technology partners. You’ll help shape Lovable’s reputation as the top place for talent and startups to do the work of their life. You’ll work closely with Lovable’s senior leaders, we evaluate, execute, and integrate strategic acquisitions,investments, and partnerships that accelerate our roadmap.
Why Lovable?
Lovable lets anyone and everyone build software with any language. From solopreneurs to Fortune 100 teams, millions of people use Lovable to transform raw ideas into real products - fast. We are at the forefront of a foundational shift in software creation, which means you have an unprecedented opportunity to change the way the digital world works. Over 2 million people in 200+ countries already use Lovable to launch businesses, automate work, and bring their ideas to life. And we’re just getting started.
We’re a small, talent-dense team building a generation-defining company from Stockholm. We value extreme ownership, high velocity and low-ego collaboration. We seek out people who care deeply, ship fast, and are eager to make a dent in the world.
What we’re looking for
5+ years of VC / growth equity / banking experience, and 2+ years working in fast growing startups with demonstrated success building out the Corp Dev experience from 0 to 1.
Experience in influencing and coordinating cross functional teams to execute toward a common goal.
Experience leading M&A transactions or strategic partnerships in technology sectors.
Experience in building a scalable sourcing approach and conducting initial evaluation with limited information.
Excel at building relationships and can effectively engage with technical and business stakeholders.
Outstanding communication skills, both written and verbal.
What you’ll do
Source new deal opportunities that align with our strategic priorities.
Attend key events to expand our ecosystem and brand among European founders.
Lead founder meetings, providing critical notes and insights.
Build and lead our M&A process with support of a close knit cross functional team.
Track and report our ongoing conversations with founders on a weekly basis.
Develop investment theses by researching and monitoring emerging trends and disruptive companies.
Lead negotiations and commercial assessment of technology partners.
About your application
Please submit your application in English. It’s our company language so you’ll be speaking lots of it if you join.
We treat all candidates equally - if you’re interested please apply through our careers portal.
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