The Senior Director, Business & Corporate Development is a senior commercial and strategic leader responsible for shaping, leading, and executing high-impact initiatives and partnerships that accelerate company growth and expand Everbridge’s market influence.
This role will identify, structure, and deliver cross-functional programs that create new commercial opportunities, drive strategic value, and position Everbridge as a trusted leader within the technology, security and Critical Event Management (CEM) landscape.
The ideal candidate combines strategic insight, commercial acumen, and operational excellence, with a strong understanding of the security ecosystem, resilience frameworks, and the technologies that underpin enterprise continuity and critical event response.
What you'll do
Strategic Leadership
Lead the end-to-end lifecycle of strategic initiatives, from opportunity assessment through to execution, transition, and monetization.
Together with the Corporate Development team and Everbridge executive team, build and deliver a multi-year strategic roadmap aligned with Everbridge’s corporate objectives and growth strategy.
Drive alignment and accountability across senior leadership, ensuring all initiatives support long-term growth, operational resilience, and market leadership.
Serve as a key advisor to the executive team on strategic opportunities, market expansion, and potential alliances.
Corporate & Business Development
Identify and lead the development of strategic partnerships, alliances, and initiatives that strengthen Everbridge’s position across industries and solution areas.
Structure and negotiate complex commercial arrangements, including partnerships, joint ventures, and new go-to-market constructs.
Evaluate and prioritize strategic opportunities through financial modeling, market analysis, and value realization frameworks.
Collaborate cross-functionally with Finance, Product, Marketing, and Operations to ensure initiatives are executable, scalable, and financially accretive.
Security & CEM Focus
Leverage knowledge of the security, risk intelligence, and critical event management sectors to identify and pursue high-value opportunities.
Understand how evolving threats, regulations, and enterprise resilience needs create commercial and partnership opportunities for Everbridge.
Align strategic initiatives with the company’s mission to help organizations anticipate, mitigate, and respond to critical events more effectively.
Build partnerships that enhance Everbridge’s capabilities in areas such as situational awareness, risk data, operational continuity, and incident response.
Program Management & Execution
Oversee execution of multi-phase strategic programs, ensuring timely delivery, cross-functional engagement, and measurable outcomes.
Establish a repeatable, agile framework for evaluating, prioritizing, and delivering strategic initiatives.
Ensure smooth transition of mature initiatives into the business for operational ownership and monetization.
Maintain transparent communication and governance across all stakeholders and executive sponsors.
Market & Strategic Insight
Maintain a forward-looking perspective on industry trends, competitive dynamics, and innovation in the security and CEM sectors.
Build and nurture executive-level relationships with partners, thought leaders, and ecosystem players.
Represent Everbridge externally in strategic forums, partnerships, and events that strengthen market visibility and leadership positioning.
What you'll bring:
12+ years of progressive experience in business development, strategic initiatives, or corporate development, preferably within security, resilience, SaaS, or enterprise technology.
Proven success leading strategic partnerships or programs from conception to commercialization.
Deep understanding of Critical Event Management, enterprise resilience, and security technology ecosystems.
Strong negotiation, financial, and strategic planning skills with the ability to manage complex, multi-stakeholder engagements.
Excellent communication, influencing, and executive stakeholder management skills.
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, or related field; MBA preferred.
The reasonably estimated salary for this role at Everbridge ranges from $160,000 - $210,000 and may also include variable compensation. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Everbridge offers a wide range of best in class, comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits, disability income benefits, life and AD&D insurance, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, and fitness reimbursements.
Fair Chance Statement US & Canada
We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities in compliance with all applicable Federal, Provincial/State and Local laws, including the California Fair Chance Act and any local County Fair Chance Ordinance (or local equivalent). Pursuant to these and other relevant regulations, we consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the law.
For roles subject to background checks, the following material job duties may be affected by an applicant’s criminal history:
- Access to sensitive or confidential information, such as financial records, proprietary data, or client information.
- Management of cash, company funds, or other valuable assets.
- Work in environments requiring heightened security measures.
- Compliance with contractual or regulatory requirements specific to the position.
We evaluate each applicant's criminal history individually, considering its nature, timing, and relevance to the specific job duties, while maintaining our commitment to fair hiring practices and promoting workplace equity.
About Everbridge
Everbridge empowers enterprises and government organizations to anticipate, mitigate, respond to, and recover stronger from critical events. In today’s unpredictable world, resilient organizations minimize impact to people and operations, absorb stress, and return to productivity faster when deploying critical event management (CEM) technology. Everbridge digitizes organizational resilience by combining intelligent automation with the industry’s most comprehensive risk data to Keep People Safe and Organizations Running™. For more information, visit www.everbridge.com, read the company blog, and follow on Twitter. Everbridge… Empowering Resilience
Everbridge is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, or sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
