About Skillz
Skillz is driving the future of entertainment by accelerating the convergence of sports, video games and media for a booming mobile-first audience worldwide. The company’s platform empowers mobile game developers and players with access to fun and fair competition for real prizes, shifting the paradigm to make esports accessible to anyone, anywhere.
Skillz helps developers build multi-million dollar game franchises by turning content into competitive social gaming properties for the world’s 2.6 billion gamers. The company has already worked with 20,000 game developers, leveraging its patented technology to host billions of casual esports tournaments for 30 million players worldwide.
Last year, Skillz was recognized as one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies and CNBC Disruptor 50 (for the second time). In 2018, Skillz was listed as one of Forbes’ Next Billion-Dollar Startups and Entrepreneur Magazine’s 100 Brilliant Companies. In 2017, Inc. Magazine ranked Skillz the No. 1 fastest-growing private company in America.
The company is backed by leading venture capitalists, media companies, and professional sports luminaries, ranging from Liberty Global, Accomplice, Wildcat Capital, Telstra Ventures, and a founder of Great Hill Partners to the owners of the New England Patriots, Milwaukee Bucks, New York Mets, and Sacramento Kings.
What We’re Looking For
As an Associate on our Corporate Development team, not only will you fully immerse yourself in all elements of our business, you will also be responsible for owning projects related to our M&A program. You will be relied on to identify, evaluate, and manage the due diligence process for potential acquisitions & venture investments. You will use data-driven insights from your financial analysis to develop perspectives on valuation and fit. Your recommendations will play a critical role in helping shape our company's strategic direction. You will work with a small team, managing your own workstream(s) as you go.
What You Will Do
- Own the identification and evaluation of acquisitions and investments
- Manage target pipeline in salesforce
- Project manage the due diligence process
- Own the valuation analysis for all acquisitions and investments
- Build relationships with bankers, lawyers and venture capitalists for deal sourcing
Your Skillz
- Minimum of Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent
- Experience (2+ years in investment banking or corporate development)
- Strong working knowledge of finance and accounting
- Excellent financial modeling experience
- Strong attention to detail and project management
- Clear oral and written communication
- Excellence in ambiguous and complex situations (clarity of vision)
- Industry domain expertise working with growth companies or in TMT sectors
Skillz embraces diversity and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As part of our commitment to diversifying our workforce, we do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, sex, gender, gender identity, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, citizenship, veteran status, or disability status, and we operate in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
