Corporate Development Strategy and Scouting Associate

Role overview

Google’s Corporate Development organization focuses on fueling long-term expansion by spotting and shaping acquisition and strategic investment opportunities around the world. The team brings together strategy, scouting, mergers and acquisitions, investing, and integration expertise to identify the next set of business opportunities and help bring them to life. This role sits within the Corporate Development Strategy and Scouting team, where you will help convert company strategy into high-potential inorganic opportunities across acquisitions, strategic investments, and other innovative deal structures.

You will keep a close watch on market shifts, funding themes, and the startup ecosystem, with a particular emphasis on AI, infrastructure, and consumer-facing opportunities. The role calls for someone who can surface the most relevant companies and technologies to senior Google leaders and act as a strategic partner in shaping direction through well-supported inorganic ideas.

Location options

Applicants may choose between Mountain View, CA, USA and San Francisco, CA, USA.

Legal and fair hiring notice

For applicants based in San Francisco, qualified candidates with arrest or conviction records will be reviewed in line with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Compensation and benefits

The stated US base pay range is $123000 to $177000 annually. In addition, the package includes a 15% bonus target, equity, and benefits. Final pay is influenced by role-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

What you will do

• Act as a strong voice in shaping inorganic strategy and work with Product, Engineering, Legal, Finance, and other teams to present opportunities to executive leadership.
• Stay closely connected to Google’s internal product efforts across consumer AI, enterprise AI, technology infrastructure, and related technical spaces.
• Study industry movement and build thoughtful analyses around focus themes, while developing relationships with startups, venture capital firms, technical ecosystems, and Google’s internal business and product leaders.
• Turn ecosystem research into practical recommendations for acquisitions, strategic investments, and agreement structures.
• Support transaction work by helping define the opportunity, build the thesis, conduct diligence, analyze financials, structure agreements, and prepare executive reviews that inform deal decisions.

Minimum qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree or an equivalent level of practical experience.
• At least 3 years of experience working with agreements.
• At least 2 years of experience performing industry research and assessing current and future trends.
• At least 2 years of experience with due diligence materials and legal frameworks.

Preferred qualifications

• 5 years of experience in management consulting, venture capital, strategy and operations, private equity, corporate development, investment banking, or a similar technology-focused field.
• Experience working across functions with internal stakeholders, as well as directly with founders and investors.
• Knowledge of Google’s business priorities, especially around consumer and enterprise AI or technology infrastructure.
• Strong people leadership, executive communication, business judgment, and work ethic.
• Strong quantitative and qualitative analysis skills, with the ability to work through technical, fast-changing, and sometimes unclear emerging technology areas.

Equal opportunity statement

Google states that it is an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or veteran status. The company also considers qualified applicants with criminal histories in accordance with legal requirements. Accommodation requests for applicants with disabilities or special needs can be submitted through the appropriate applicant accommodation process.