About Us
We are a global leader in acquisitions and business growth. We're looking for a top-performing business development professional to join our M&A deal origination team. This individual will be responsible for sourcing, qualifying, nurturing, and managing a pipeline of acquisition opportunities. The ideal candidate will balance salesmanship and drive for business development with the financial acumen to co-ordinate and facilitate critical aspects of the M&A transaction lifecycle in a C-level facing role.
Responsibilities
- Identify, engage, and qualify potential M&A company targets and opportunities aligning with our strategic and financial criteria.
- Establish, build, and maintain successful relationships with CEOs, business owners, senior executives, brokers, PE & VC funds, and other stakeholders through meaningful dialogue as well as nurture attractive M&A opportunities to help progress targets through the deal sourcing pipeline.
- Add new prospects to our proprietary database of industry contacts.
- Track activities and maintain relevant information in CRM.
- Review company materials on an opportunity basis.
- Conduct assessments of target industry and competitive landscape, identifying key industry trends, emerging players, and associated opportunities for growth.
Requirements
- A minimum of 2 years' experience in M&A sourcing, SaaS business development, enterprise sales, investor relations, or entrepreneurship/start‑up.
- Ability to speak multiple languages highly considered.
- Exceptional business sense, a strong inherent drive to work autonomously and think independently in a high-performance entrepreneurial environment.
- Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills with exemplary relationship and rapport building skills.
- Proficiency in deal sourcing and cold outreach (cold‑calling, e‑mail, and other relevant outreach channels).
- A self-starter with an ability to take ownership and initiative to drive projects to completion and a high degree of intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, and problem‑solving skills.
- Solid understanding of company financial information and analysis of historical performance.
- Advanced time management, attention to detail, organizational, strategic thinking, and analytical skills.
- Adaptable and flexible, able to respond to changing work priorities, pressure, and demands.
- Experience in the industrial sector is considered an asset.
- Able to travel on an as needed basis.
About the Role
This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic team and contribute to our continued success.