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Corporate Development Department – Senior Associate
1 year ago
[ WHO WE ARE ]
KRAFTON, Inc. is a South Korean collective of independent game studios consisting of PUBG Studios, Bluehole Studio, Striking Distance Studios, RisingWings, Dreamotion, Unknown Worlds and 5minlab, each with its own unique expertise. KRAFTON is responsible for premier entertainment properties including BATTLEGROUNDS MOBILE INDIA (BGMI), PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS, NEW STATE MOBILE, The Callisto Protocol, TERA, and ELYON. As a technology-driven company that boasts world-class capabilities, KRAFTON seeks to expand its areas of business beyond games to multimedia entertainment and deep learning. KRAFTON, Inc. is committed to fostering the start-up ecosystem in India, especially in the field of interactive entertainment, gaming, Esports platforms, tech, and other community platforms and has invested over $100M in various companies in India.
[ ABOUT THE ROLE ]
Krafton India is looking to hire a Senior Associate for its fast growing Corp Dev/Investment team for India and MENA regions. Krafton has already deployed more than $100 Million in the last 15 months and have aggressive plans for investments and M&As in India and MENA regions. We are looking to add a Senior Associate who will play an important role in the team in scaling our footprint.
[ RESPONSIBILITIES ]
- Play a leading role in managing our portfolio of companies/investments/funds and building strategy for helping them succeed and realize the objectives of Krafton as well in India
- Regular sync-up and discussion session with founders and managements of portfolio companies to support their business development, strategy planning, and fund raising
- Networking and building trusts with relevant counterparties for co-investments, strategic partnership, and etc.
- Manage internal communication activities such as creating internal pitch decks, building alignment with internal stakeholders, and support business development or collaboration between investee companies and Krafton
- Support the process and global deal flow evaluation with respect to India and MENA regions and assist HQ/global teams when necessary
- Create regular and ad hoc reports and follow all internal operational procedures to manage portfolio
- Help leadership team with overall portfolio strategy and help build thesis for new and follow on investments
[ REQUIREMENTS ]
- Preferred working experience of 5 ~ 10 yrs in CorpDev/Strategy Consulting with deep knowledge on interactive entertainment (incl. gaming) and IT sector or Media & Entertainment sector as an Associate or Sr Associate, FRESHERS need not apply
- Strategic thinking and execution capacity. Applicants should be able to collect relevant information, analyse it, come up with original strategic ideas, and push them forward to portfolio companies, which would help portfolio companies to unlock new values
- Strong communication skills. Applicants must demonstrate the aptitude to develop and own relationships with existing and potential portfolio companies, and also internal stakeholders
- Preferred MBA or reputable university degree in finance, economics, business, or engineering major (incl. computer science). This is NOT a pure finance role
- Strong Skills in presentation and data positioning along with strong verbal and written communication skills. Significant experience in working in excel and evaluating financial models
- Should have passion about Games and Media & Entertainment industry
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