Investment Director, Growth VC – Source & Scale Tech Wins

Chris Hayes Associates; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Exceptional bonus

Carry

Job summary

Chris Hayes Associates, Birmingham, seeks an Investment Director to join a high-growth Venture/Growth Capital house backing early-stage tech innovators and growing lower mid-market businesses.

You will originate deals, evaluate investment cases, and manage opportunities through due diligence, structuring, and post-investment oversight, while mentoring junior colleagues and driving strategic growth.

Qualifications

• Background in Investing, Corporate Finance, Corporate Restructuring, Consulting, Tech, or Sciences.
• Growth Capital/Venture Capital/Private Equity experience is a bonus, not a requirement.
• Strong academic record.
• Commercially minded, curious, and excited by new ideas.

Responsibilities

• Originate deals and uncover the next big opportunities.
• Evaluate business plans and investment cases to achieve annual investment targets (at a team and individual level).
• Identification and assessment of suitable new investment opportunities to achieve annual investment targets (at a team and individual level).
• Undertaking business development and self-generating proposals, actively promoting the Fund and its activities to its target audiences.
• Negotiating deals and executing transactions, including the technical structuring of competitive investment packages to meet the requirements of the Fund.
• Completion of all relevant financial, people and legal elements of any transaction, including management of any due diligence process and liaising with external advisors.
• Post investment after-care, comprising management and monitoring of the financial and operational performance of the investee company and supporting and giving guidance on its operational and strategic issues.
• Ensuring service level standards and turnaround times are met.
• Ensuring all regulatory and customer requirements are complied with.
• Preparing written reports and verbal presentations to the Investment Committee in respect of investment recommendations.
• Mentoring the team and developing less experienced colleagues.

Skills

Deal sourcing

Investment evaluation

Due diligence

Team leadership

Communication

Education

Degree in Finance/Business

Tools

Financial modeling

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Chris Hayes Associates, Birmingham, seeks an Investment Director to join a high-growth Venture/Growth Capital house backing early-stage tech innovators and growing lower mid-market businesses.

You will originate deals, evaluate investment cases, and manage opportunities through due diligence, structuring, and post-investment oversight, while mentoring junior colleagues and driving strategic growth.