Senior Director, Corporate Development

About Us: At Transamerica, hard work, innovative thinking, and personal accountability are qualities we honor and reward. We understand the potential of leveraging the talents of a diverse workforce. We embrace an environment where employees enjoy a balance between their careers, families, communities, and personal interests. Ultimately, we appreciate the uniqueness of a company where talented professionals work collaboratively in a positive environment — one focused on helping people look forward and plan for the best life possible while providing tools and solutions that make it easier to get there.

Who We Are: We believe everyone deserves to live their best life. More than a century ago, we were among the first financial services companies in America to serve everyday people from all walks of life. Today, we're part of an international holding company, with millions of customers and thousands of employees worldwide. Our insurance, retirement, and investment solutions help people make the most of what's important to them. We're empowered by a vast agent network covering North America, with diversity to match. Together with our nonprofit research institute and foundation, we tune in, step up, and are a force for good — for our customers and the communities where we live, work, and play. United in our purpose, we help people create the financial freedom to live life on their terms.

What We Do: Transamerica is organized into three distinct businesses. These include World Financial Group, including Transamerica Financial Advisors, Protection Solutions and Savings & Investments, comprised of life insurance, annuities, employee benefits, retirement plans, and Transamerica Investment Solutions, and Financial Assets, which includes legacy blocks of long term care, universal life, and variable and fixed annuities. These are supported by Transamerica Corporate, which includes Finance, People and Places, General Counsel, Risk, Internal Audit, Strategy and Development, and Corporate Affairs, which covers Communications, Brand, and Government and Policy Affairs. Transamerica employs nearly 7,000 people. It's part of Aegon, an integrated, diversified, international financial services group serving approximately 23.9 million customers worldwide.* For more information, visit transamerica.com.

Job Description: Summary The Senior Director, Corporate Development will support the enterprise inorganic growth agenda by originating, evaluating, negotiating, and executing mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, reinsurance transactions, and strategic partnerships. Translate market insights, transaction economics, financial impacts, risk considerations, and value-capture opportunities into recommendations that support long-term strategy, capital allocation priorities, and enterprise value creation.

Job Description: Responsibilities Lead enterprise inorganic growth strategy across mergers and acquisitions (M&A), divestitures, reinsurance transactions, strategic investments, and partnerships. Develop and manage the opportunity pipeline by establishing investment theses, assessing market dynamics, and cultivating strategic relationships. Evaluate opportunities through an enterprise lens, including strategic fit, financial impact, capital implications, regulatory considerations, and key risks. Lead complex transactions from evaluation through approval, negotiation, execution, and transition planning. Oversee valuation, financial analysis, and return frameworks that inform capital allocation and transaction recommendations. Advise senior leadership, governance committees, and Boards through clear, executive-ready recommendations. Align cross-functional leaders around strategic rationale, due diligence findings, transaction decisions, and execution priorities. Represent the company externally with advisors, counterparties, reinsurers, and other industry participants. Guide integration, separation, and value-capture planning to support achievement of transaction objectives. Build Corporate Development team capabilities, standards, industry insight, and execution discipline.

Working Conditions: Office Environment Occasional Travel