Nirvana

Commercial Insurance

SrManager,CorporateDevelopment

$232–256k San Francisco, California, United States FULL TIME
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HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Sr Manager, Corporate Development at Nirvana. Skills: M&A, strategic partnerships, deal execution, financial modeling, valuation. Lead full-lifecycle M&A transactions from investment thesis development through sourcing, diligence, negotiation, deal structuring, legal documentation, and closing for both insurance and claims acquisitions. Build and manage investment banking relationships to source proprietary deal flow and stay ahead of market opportunities in the InsureTech and claims TPA space”

What You'll Achieve.

accelerate Nirvana's growth across both our insurance MGA and claims TPA businesses; strengthen Nirvana's underwriting and risk models; support Nirvana's competitive moat

Industry & Context.

Commercial Insurance
Problems you'll solve

Thorough critical thinker who isn't afraid to make decisions

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

4–7 years of experience in private equity, investment banking, or corporate development, 1–2 years in a corporate setting, Insurance or InsureTech experience, FinTech background acceptable, Demonstrated experience managing deals end-to-end, including diligence, negotiation, and closing, financial modeling and valuation skills, Experience managing intermediary relationships (investment bankers, advisors)

Nice to Have

CFA charterholder preferred

What You'll Do.

Lead full-lifecycle M&A transactions from investment thesis development through sourcing

and closing for both insurance and claims acquisitions

Build and manage investment banking relationships to source proprietary deal flow and stay ahead of market opportunities in the InsureTech and claims TPA space

Identify and structure strategic partnerships

particularly around data acquisition opportunities that strengthen Nirvana's underwriting and risk models

Develop proactive M&A strategies for both the insurance MGA and claims TPA sides of the business

working cross-functionally with Strategic Finance and business unit leaders

Scope and negotiate large commercial deals involving data assets and other strategic resources that support Nirvana's competitive moat

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Work closely with Strategic Finance, Claims leadership, and our data partnerships team; working cross-functionally with Strategic Finance and business unit leaders

Communication Scope

communication skills, both written & verbal

Full Job Description

Who we are: Nirvana is on a mission to harness the power of data to revolutionize commercial insurance and enable a safer world. We are bringing much-needed innovation into the legacy, trillion-dollar commercial insurance industry. We have developed cutting-edge predictive models that use real-time IoT data from billions of connected devices, allowing us to better understand and price risk. Our AI-driven platform fundamentally changes the way an insurance company operates with personalized risk scoring, faster underwriting, modernized claims, and proactive, data-driven insights to help customers prevent accidents. We've already proven the scale—serving thousands of fleets and more than doubling our written premiums year over year. Our data moat is growing exponentially with more than 30 billion miles of telematics data, leading to more predictive models and new insights into how we can better understand and reduce risk. With $270+ million raised, including our Series D round in December 2025, we're only accelerating our growth, with strong support from top-tier VCs including Lightspeed, General Catalyst, and Valor. Nirvana's leadership team has previously helped scale multi-billion-dollar companies from scratch, including Samsara, Rubrik, and Flexport, and includes industry veterans from Hiscox, The Hartford, and RLI. About the role: Reporting directly to senior leadership, you'll be Nirvana's first dedicated Corporate Development hire—building our M&A and strategic partnerships function from the ground up. You'll work closely with Strategic Finance, Claims leadership, and our data partnerships team to identify, evaluate, and execute transactions that accelerate Nirvana's growth across both our insurance MGA and claims TPA businesses. This is a high-visibility, high-autonomy role for someone who wants to shape strategy at a fast-growing InsureTech company, not just execute on a predefined playbook. What you'll do: - Lead full-lifecycle M&A transactions from investme

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