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# Corporate & Business Development Manager at PermitFlow

- **Company:** PermitFlow
- **Location:** New York, NY
- **Compensation:** $160k–$220k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-11-04
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-06
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/permitflow/d4d14fba-430f-4af8-9a66-eb84d48e0219

## Job description

PermitFlow is redefining how America builds. We’re an applied AI company serving the nation’s builders, tackling one of the largest information challenges in the economy: understanding what can be built, where, and how. Our AI agent workforce helps the fastest-growing construction companies navigate everything from permitting and licensing to inspections and project closeouts – accelerating housing, clean-energy, and infrastructure development across the country. Despite being a $1.6T industry, construction still suffers from massive delays, wasted capital, and lost opportunity. PermitFlow has already delivered unprecedented speed, accuracy, and visibility to over $20B in development, helping contractors reduce compliance time, de-risk projects, and scale with confidence. As the U.S. enters a new capex supercycle across data centers, factories, housing, and renewables, joining PermitFlow means building the AI infrastructure at the core of every construction project driving the next wave of reindustrialization. We’ve raised over $90M, most recently completing our [Series B,](https://www.permitflow.com/blog/permitflow-series-b) from top-tier investors including Accel, [Kleiner Perkins](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7401703305569275904/), Initialized, Y Combinator, Felicis, and Altos Ventures, with backing from leaders at OpenAI, Google, Procore, ServiceTitan, Zillow, PlanGrid, and Uber.

Our HQ is in New York City with a hybrid schedule (3 in-office days per week). We prefer NYC-based candidates or those open to relocation.

## About the Role

The Corporate Development function decides where PermitFlow should build, buy, and partner to accelerate growth. We look for deals that expand our product, open new routes to market, and move us deeper into the workflow of every construction project.

As a Corporate Development Manager, you'll work directly with our leadership team to find the right acquisition and investment targets, build the case for each one, and drive it from first call through close and integration. You'll also set partnership priorities: deciding which partnerships matter most given our broader business goals. This is a rare chance for a proven dealmaker to build this function at a venture-backed, hypergrowth company and see each deal show up in company results.

You'll own deals end-to-end and have the trust to shape where PermitFlow goes next.

## What You'll Do

- Technical Judgment: Demonstrate strong technical judgment to critically evaluate target technologies and partner platforms, assess product-market fit, and align M&A or partnership strategies with long-term engineering roadmaps.
- Map the Market: Track competitors, new entrants, potential partners, funding, and deal activity across construction tech, vertical AI, and the markets we serve.
- Own the Pipeline: Source, evaluate, and rank acquisition, strategic investment, and partnership opportunities across permitting, compliance, construction software, and adjacent workflows.
- Set Partnership Priorities: Evaluate partnership opportunities against company goals, decide which to pursue and in what order, and hand clear priorities to the Head of Partnerships.
- Make the Build, Buy, or Partner Call: Build business cases and financial models that give leadership a clear recommendation on each opportunity.
- Run Deals End-to-End: Lead each acquisition, strategic investment, and equity or transaction-style partnership from first outreach through diligence, valuation, negotiation, and close.
- Lead Cross-Functional Diligence: Coordinate Finance, Legal, Product, Engineering, and Operations through diligence and deal execution.
- Drive Integration: Own post-close integration plans with the teams involved, and track whether each deal delivers on its thesis.
- Review Partnership Results: Measure live partnerships against their original thesis and recommend where to double down or exit.
- Build the Network: Build lasting relationships with founders, bankers, investors, and strategic partners so the best deals come to us first.
- Bring Decisions to Leadership and the Board: Turn complex analysis into clear, short recommendations for the exec team and board.

## Who You Are

- 5+ years in investment banking, private equity, growth equity, corporate development, or M&A-focused strategy work at a high-growth company.
- Deal operator: you have sourced, led diligence, negotiated, and closed M&A or strategic investments yourself.
- Strong modeler: valuation, deal, and operating models are second nature.
- Sharp judgment: you can learn a business fast and spot the two or three factors that matter most.
- Clear prioritizer: you can weigh competing opportunities against company goals and make a firm call on what to pursue.
- Commercial negotiator: comfortable across the table from founders, executives, and sophisticated counterparties.
- Structured communicator: distills complexity into simple, actionable recommendations.
- Builder mindset: comfortable with limited process, a lot of ambiguity, and full ownership from idea to integration.
- Bonus: experience in construction, vertical SaaS, or regulated markets.
- Excited to build at a hyper-scale startup redefining how America builds.
- Hybrid in NYC: in office Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

PermitFlow provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or family status, as protected by applicable law.

We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcome people from all backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, and abilities. All employment decisions are based on merit, qualifications, and business needs.

## About PermitFlow

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: PermitFlow is an AI-powered platform that automates construction permitting, acting as the “AI workforce” for pre-construction to help builders submit, track, and obtain permits faster.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series B, $90.5M total funding to date)
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States
- **Founded**: 2021
- **Founders**: Francis Thumpasery (CEO) and Samuel K. Lam (CTO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Construction technology (construction permitting software)
- **Target customers**: General contractors, developers, architects, home builders, commercial contractors, and home services contractors (B2B, SMB to Enterprise)
- **Mission/purpose**: “Streamline the entire pre-construction process, starting with fast, effortless, and predictable permitting” – making construction faster and more affordable by removing bureaucratic friction.

## Products & Services
PermitFlow offers a suite of AI agents that handle the full permitting lifecycle:
- **[Intake Agent](https://www.permitflow.com)**: Automatically pulls project data from CRM, files, and contracts to kick off permitting with minimal manual work.
- **[Research Agent](https://www.permitflow.com)**: Searches PermitFlow’s permit database and AHJ (Authority Having Jurisdiction) portals to identify requirements, fees, and timelines with high accuracy.
- **[Submission Agent](https://www.permitflow.com)**: Prepares and submits complete forms, attachments, and supporting documents directly to the AHJ.
- **[Coordination Agent](https://www.permitflow.com)**: Tracks AHJ updates, captures and addresses comments, and follows up with all stakeholders to keep permits moving.
- **[Issuance Agent](https://www.permitflow.com)**: Receives issued permits, tracks inspections, and handles close-out tasks, syncing with the customer’s CRM.

The platform is SaaS-based, with enterprise-level security (SOC 2 & ISO 27001 certified).

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metrics**:
  - Annual revenue: ~$9M (estimated per LinkedIn data)
  - Total funding: $90.5M (per company website; LinkedIn reports $36.5M, likely a lower total)
  - Construction value permitted: $20B+
  - 2.5× faster permit approvals; 5× ROI for customers; 90% reduction in administrative workload
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Accel (led Series B), Kleiner Perkins (led Series A), Initialized Capital (led seed), Y Combinator (Winter 2022 batch). Backed by founders and executives from Uber, Amazon, and other tech companies.
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Headcount: 112 employees (+48.4% YoY)
  - Operating in 7,000+ AHJs across the U.S.
  - 12M+ data points captured on requirements, comments, and approval decisions
  - LinkedIn followers: 26,862 (+79.2% yearly)
  - 40 active job postings (+14.3% yearly)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Largest proprietary permitting dataset**: 12M+ data points across 7,000+ AHJs, enabling AI agents to deliver unmatched accuracy and speed.
- **End-to-end automation**: The only platform that covers the entire permitting lifecycle with AI agents, replacing fragmented manual workflows.
- **Enterprise-grade security**: SOC 2 & ISO 27001 certified, meeting the requirements of large developers and contractors.
- **First-mover in AI for construction permitting**: No other platform offers a similar AI-native approach at scale.

## Strategic Focus
- **Expand AI workforce capabilities**: Continue building and refining AI agents to cover more pre-construction tasks (e.g., inspections, close-out).
- **Scale to more AHJs**: Onboard additional municipalities to increase coverage and data density.
- **Drive adoption among large enterprises**: Target commercial contractors and national home builders to capture higher-value contracts.
- **Product-led growth**: Use the platform’s ROI (5× return, 90% admin reduction) to convert mid-market and enterprise accounts.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-driven work**: Solving a critical, overlooked problem – housing shortages, aging infrastructure, and rising costs – by making construction faster and more affordable.
- **Fast-paced, ownership culture**: Core values include Urgency, Ownership, Team Player, and Thrive on Change. Employees are encouraged to take full responsibility for outcomes and move quickly.
- **Remote/hybrid flexibility**: Some roles are fully remote (e.g., Administrative Assistant, Mid-Market Account Executive), while others are NYC hybrid (e.g., Permit Operations Lead). The company operates across 5 countries (U.S., Canada, India, Pakistan, UK).
- **Strong engineering culture**: Building “serious tech” with AI agents, a large dataset, and modern stack. The CTO (Samuel Lam) is a Harvard CS & Statistics grad and former Uber engineer.
- **Growth trajectory**: 48% headcount growth YoY, 40+ open roles, and $90.5M in funding signal a rapidly scaling company with ample career advancement opportunities.
- **Compensation & culture**: Rated 4.1/5 on employer review sites, with strong marks for compensation (4.1) and career growth (4.1). Benefits and perks are typical of a well-funded startup.

## Sources
1. [permitflow.com](https://www.permitflow.com) – Company homepage, product descriptions, metrics
2. [permitflow.com/about-us](https://www.permitflow.com/about-us) – About page, funding amount ($90.5M), mission, values, history
3. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/permitflow) – LinkedIn company page: headcount, revenue estimate, funding, employee breakdown, job postings
4. [ycombinator.com](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/permitflow) – Y Combinator profile: founders, batch, team size, job listings
5. [jobs.ashbyhq.com](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/permitflow) – Careers page with open positions

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