Associate - Partnerships

Novistra Capital; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Novistra Capital is seeking an Education Advisory professional to originate and execute school brand partnerships and cross-border academic collaborations between international K-12 and higher education institutions and investors.

You will work across research, outreach, analysis, and commercial closure in a lean, globally connected team, engaging with school boards, founders, and advisors on live mandates.

Qualifications

• 4 to 6 years in strategy consulting, business development, or education advisory/partnerships.
• Working knowledge of school sector economics, including brand licensing and franchise models.
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills, with strong financial modelling fundamentals.
• Precise written English and a structured, data-led approach to analysis.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills for effective stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Business Development: research target school groups, brand owners, and investors.
• Mandate Support: assist on partnership mandates and information requests.
• Analysis: build market maps, comparable transaction sets, and school-level financials; draft CIMs and teasers.
• Commercial and Contract Support: prepare term comparison tables; track milestones.
• Counterparty Coordination: lead day-to-day communication with boards, founders, and advisors.
• Events and Visibility: support conference prep and front-end engagement.

Skills

Advanced Excel

PowerPoint

Financial modelling

Written English

Stakeholder management

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Novistra Capital is a boutique cross-border M&A and private equity advisory firm with offices in New Delhi, Bengaluru, Dubai, London, and New York. The firm advises founders, promoters, and institutional investors on sell-side and buy-side transactions, capital raises, and strategic partnerships across six sector verticals: Technology and Services, Financial Institutions, Education, Healthcare, Media and Events, and Hospitality.

THE ROLE

This role supports the Education Advisory practice in originating and executing school brand partnerships and cross-border academic collaborations between international K-12 and higher education institutions and investors and education groups globally.

The role spans the full mandate lifecycle, from research and outreach through analysis, deliverables, and commercial closure.

The Education Advisory practice advises international K-12 and higher education institutions, school brands, investors, and education groups on partnerships and cross-border academic collaborations. The practice runs origination, execution, and commercial structuring within a lean team, and is building out its bench as mandate flow grows across geographies.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Business Development

• Research and qualify target school groups, brand owners, and investors
• Build and maintain outreach lists, run campaigns, and manage relationships with counterparties

Mandate Support

• Assist on partnership mandates, including partner universe development and information requests
• Maintain data rooms and coordinate management meeting logistics

Analysis

• Build market maps, comparable transaction sets, and school-level financial summaries
• Prepare basic valuation analyses
• Draft CIMs, teasers, pre-call briefs, and board-level presentations in the Novistra format, to top-tier advisory standards

Commercial and Contract Support

• Prepare term comparison tables across engagement and licensing agreements
• Track commercial positions and milestones
• Coordinate with the team to help close pending commercial or legal matters

Counterparty Coordination

• Lead and support day-to-day communication with school boards, founders, and advisors
• Prepare meeting notes and action trackers

Events and Visibility

• Support conference preparation, including target attendee lists and follow-up sequencing
• Participate in front-end conference engagement alongside other team members

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Background and Experience

• 4 to 6 years in strategy consulting, business development, or education advisory/partnerships
• Working knowledge of school sector economics, including brand licensing and franchise models, is preferred but not essential

Skills and Competencies

• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills, with strong financial modelling fundamentals
• Precise written English and a structured, data-led approach to analysis
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills for effective stakeholder engagement

WHY THIS ROLE

You will work directly with the Vice President on live cross-border mandates, from origination through to closure, and engage first-hand with school boards, founders, and investors within a lean, internationally connected team.