Manager Strategy Corporate Development

About the role Our ambition is to build a $10bn company in the near term. Our mission is to automate profitable growth. We’re building AI that connects a company’s systems, understands what drives performance, and turns decisions into action across ecommerce, real estate and large enterprises in Europe, the GCC and the US. This has been a long time in the making. Years of customer relationships, integrations and industry experience have given us a strong foundation. The technology is now catching up with what we’ve wanted to build. And building a company at this scale takes exceptional people across finance, strategy and execution. This role sits at the centre of that growth. Reporting directly to the Chief Strategy Officer, you will help define and drive the strategic initiatives that determine where Manta goes next: new ventures, capital strategy, market entry, investor relations and more. Around 20% of your time will extend to other companies in the Vergence portfolio, the co-company builder Manta is part of. This is a high-ownership, high-visibility position in a fast-moving, early-stage environment. What you'll do

• Structure and lead end-to-end strategic analyses: market sizing, competitive positioning, vertical entry cases, and land them on clear, defensible recommendations
• Build rigorous financial models covering unit economics, vertical P&Ls, contract value, payback periods and scenario analysis
• Produce high-quality investor and board materials: presentations, investment memos and board papers for senior internal and external audiences
• Drive initiatives through to implementation, not just to a filed recommendation
• Support work across the Vergence portfolio, including due diligence and post-close integration on acquisitions and partnerships

Who you are You bring at least three years of experience from top-tier management consulting, corporate strategy, VC, PE or M&A. You can build and defend a financial model under scrutiny, and you have a track record of producing materials that hold up in front of boards and investors. You have led strategic analyses from framing through to recommendation, and you follow through until the outcome is real. You are highly self-directed, comfortable owning complex work with limited oversight in an environment where priorities shift and ambiguity is the norm. Nice to have: Experience running commercial due diligence on acquisitions or partnerships, and supporting integration after close. Proficiency in Norwegian alongside fluent English. Why join

• You will be close to every major decision at one of Europe's most technically ambitious AI companies, working alongside founders, operators and leadership teams. At 18 people, there is no bureaucracy between you and impact. If you want to see how a company is built and help build it, this is the role.