Director of Corporate Development

Job Purpose:

The Corporate Development Director will play a pivotal role in shaping ICL’s inorganic strategy and driving inorganic growth.
The corporate development team is responsible for strategizing, sourcing, evaluating and executing company-wide mergers and acquisitions, strategic partnerships and investment opportunities.
This position will report directly to ICL’s EVP of Corporate Development.

What will your responsibilities be?

- M&A Strategy: Partner with business unit leaders to develop and execute on the company’s inorganic strategy in core and adjacent markets globally driving the company's overall growth and market positioning. 
- Opportunity Identification: Identify and evaluate potential opportunities to accelerate the business while driving evaluation of the company's overall growth and strategic objectives.
- Develop Pipeline:  Work closely with internal and external stakeholders to develop ongoing pipeline of prospective M&A targets and other investment and inorganic opportunities.
- Team Leadership: Lead cross-functional teams (both internal and external) including business, GTM, finance, tax, legal, product, HR, R&D, and others.
- Due Diligence: Lead the due diligence process and streams, including financial analysis, legal review, and operational assessments.
Identify potential risks and synergies associated with M&A transactions.
- Integration Planning: Develop and support integration plans to ensure a successful integration and transition post-acquisition.

What are we looking for?

- Proven experience in M&A and deal making and good understanding of the overall deal process
- Experience in corporate development (preferred) or in an adjacent domain such as investment banking, strategic management consulting or a direct M&A supporting function.
- Excellent communication skills and solid cross functional team management track record.
- Strategic problem solver who can connect the dots across domains, identify trends, opportunities and risks.
- Strong analytical skills with valuation and financial modeling experience.

Who we are:

ICL Group is a leading global specialty minerals company, which creates impactful solutions for humanity's sustainability challenges in the food, agriculture and industrial markets.
ICL leverages its unique bromine, potash and phosphate resources, its global professional workforce, and its sustainability focused R&D and technological innovation capabilities, to drive the company's growth across its end markets.
Our agricultural products feed the world’s growing population, our food additives enable greater access to higher quality food, our potash and phosphate products are essential components for the pharma industry and our bromine-based materials and phosphates contribute to a more energy efficient and environmentally friendly planet.