Principal, Corporate Development

About this role

Honor Technology’s mission is to change the way society cares for older adults. As a leader in aging care innovation, Honor provides the technology, tools, and services that empower older adults to live life on their own terms. Honor’s growing portfolio includes its consumer care brand, Home Instead, Inc., the world’s leading provider of in-home care for older adults. With a global franchise network and more than 100,000 Care Pros, Home Instead delivers over 50 million hours of personalized care annually.

Together, Honor and Home Instead are setting a new standard for aging in place, backed by powerful technology, compassionate care, and a commitment to aging on your own terms.

Join us to create a new and better aging experience for our clients, their families, and our Care Professionals.

Honor Technology’s mission is to change the way society cares for older adults. As a leader in aging care innovation, Honor provides the technology, tools, and services that empower older adults to live life on their own terms. Honor’s growing portfolio includes its consumer care brand, Home Instead, Inc., the world’s leading provider of in-home care for older adults. With a global franchise network and more than 100,000 Care Pros, Home Instead delivers over 50 million hours of personalized care annually.

As demand for senior care surges and the Home Instead network evolves, we’re seeking a dynamic, commercially minded Principal,Corporate Development to help shape the future of our franchise network.

This role goes far beyond transaction management. This is an exceptional opportunity for a dealmaker with a heart for purpose-driven work—someone who thrives at the intersection of M&A, entrepreneurship, and impact.

About the Team:

At Honor, we are redefining what homecare can be — blending world-class operations, innovative technology leading with AI, and compassionate service to transform the industry.

Honor is the industry leader in this evolving elderly care industry and territories owned by Honor are at the leading edge of innovation and experiments. Within Honor, the Corporate Development team plays a pivotal role in driving acquisitions of Home Instead franchises for HQ to drive experiments to accelerate innovation and growth. This team sits at the intersection of strategy, deal execution, and human impact. Every transaction is a micro-acquisition that balances financial rigor with deep operational insight.

As Principal, Corporate Development, you will:

• Territory Prioritization & Transition Strategy

• Assess territories available for sale for attractiveness for Honor, taking into account growth potential and operational considerations, and prioritize transactions

• Develop territory valuation, in collaboration with Finance and Operational teams, that informs our bidding strategy

• Develop negotiation strategy, deal terms and LOI for transaction

• Over the medium term, develop desired transaction roadmap and territories/regions to focus for future acquisitions to inform go forward network shaping strategy

• Deal Process Leadership

• Lead end-to-end franchise acquisition processes—from indication of interest to transaction close

• Lead a thorough cross-functional due diligence process and vet target territories with input from key stakeholder teams such as Finance, Operations, Legal

• Develop and enhance transaction playbook for executing transactions, with a view towards improving speed of transaction and ROI/likelihood of success post close

• Execute each transaction end to end (in line with the playbook) with excellence and bringing key stakeholder teams along every step of the journey

• Reporting & Executive Communication

• Track, analyze, and present KPIs across acquired territories

• Identify key gaps and opportunities, relative to deal thesis and identify action plan, in concert with finance and operating teams

• Deliver sharp, actionable insights to executive leadership that drive data-informed decisions

We’re looking for you to bring:

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, or related field (MBA preferred).

• 5–7 years experience in management consulting, corporate development, small business M&A, mid-market private equity, or corporate strategy roles

• Strong track record of leading cross-functional projects with a diverse stakeholder organizations [Operations, Legal, Finance] and delivering impact is required

• Demonstrated ability to build and manage deal models and assess valuations.

• Proven success driving transactions with banks, private equity, or other institutional investors preferred

• Experience in franchise M&A is a plus, but not required.

• Familiarity with advanced AI based tools [e.g., Claude Cowork] is a…