Head of Corporate Development & Integrations

Direct Recruiters, Inc.; Burlington (MA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

401k

Paid Vacation

Job summary

Direct Recruiters, Inc. is seeking a Corporate Development Leader to drive M&A strategy and execution across a broad pipeline. You will own diligence, valuation, and structuring, coordinating with CFO and senior leaders to optimize value and governance across deals.

The role includes post-close integration, cross-functional leadership, and ongoing market development, including de novo growth and strategic partnerships in the healthcare sector.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Healthcare Administration or related field.
• 7+ years in corporate development, private equity, strategy consulting or healthcare M&A.
• 3-5+ years in executive leadership or enterprise-level strategic roles.
• Access to reliable internet and telephone services for remote work.
• Must meet pre-employment background screening requirements.

Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end M&A strategy and execution across the pipeline.
• Develop target criteria across geography, payer mix, clinical model, and adjacencies.
• Build and manage a proprietary deal pipeline; cultivate relationships with founders, operators, and advisors.
• Lead end-to-end diligence—clinical, financial, operational, regulatory, payer, and IT.
• Structure and pressure-test financial models; develop deal structures with CFO.
• Negotiate LOIs and definitive agreements; manage sign-to-close workstreams.
• Prepare Board and investor materials; report on pipeline and post-close performance.
• Own integration planning through Day 1 readiness, 100-day plans, 12-month value-capture roadmaps.
• Coordinate cross-functional integration across clinical, operations, finance, HR, IT, and compliance.
• Define synergy targets and monitor realization; protect mission-driven culture.

Skills

Corporate development

Private equity

Strategy consulting

Executive leadership

Healthcare M&A

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Healthcare Administration or related field

Job description

Client Summary:

• National leader in value-based care for substance use disorder treatment serving underserved communities across the country


• Delivers an evidence-based care model combining medication, group therapy, and personalized support through both in-person and virtual channels


• Partners with health plans, public agencies, and community organizations to expand access and improve outcomes in addiction healthcare


• Serves hundreds of thousands of individuals through a compassionate, community-rooted care model with a focus on long-term recovery


• Established organization with a decade of operational history, positioned at the intersection of behavioral health, value-based care, and social determinants of health

Position Responsibilities:

• 1. Mergers & Acquisitions
  
  
  
  • Drive strategy on end-to-end M&A strategy and execution across the acquisition pipeline.
  
  
  • Strategy & Thesis. Develop and maintain the corporate M&A strategy aligned with the strategic roadmap; define target criteria across geography, payer mix, clinical model, and strategic adjacencies.
  
  
  • Pipeline & Origination. Build and manage a proprietary pipeline of SUD, behavioral health, and adjacent targets; cultivate long-lead relationships with founders, operators, intermediaries, and sector bankers.
  
  
  • Diligence. Lead end-to-end diligence — clinical, financial, operational, regulatory, compliance, payer, and IT — coordinating internal stakeholders and external advisors.
  
  
  • Valuation & Structuring. Build and pressure-test financial models; develop valuation views and deal structures (cash, equity, earn-outs, rollover) that optimize risk-adjusted returns in partnership with CFO.
  
  
  • Execution. Negotiate LOIs, definitive agreements, and ancillary documents in partnership with legal counsel; manage sign-to-close workstreams.
  
  
  • Governance. Prepare Board and investor materials; maintain transparent reporting on pipeline, deal economics, and post-close performance.
  
  
  
  


• 2. Post-Close Integration
  
  
  
  • Own the discipline that converts deal thesis into realized value.
  
  
  • Integration Planning. Design and execute integration plans from signing through full absorption — Day 1 readiness, 100-day plans, and 12-month value-capture roadmaps.
  
  
  • Cross-Functional Leadership. Quarterback integration workstreams across clinical, operations, finance, HR, IT, compliance, and payer contracting.
  
  
  • Synergy Realization. Define synergy targets tied to the deal model; track and report against them; elevate risks early.
  
  
  • Talent & Culture. Partner with People team on retention, onboarding, and cultural integration — protecting the mission-driven culture while absorbing new teams.
  
  
  • Playbook. Build and iterate on institutional integration playbook so every successive transaction is faster, cheaper, and more reliable.
  
  
  
  


• 3. De Novo Development
  
  
  
  • Partner with Operations and Finance on the organic expansion engine that complements M&A — opening new locations in existing and new state markets.
  
  
  • Market Selection. Partner with Chief Commercial Officer to develop and maintain a market-prioritization methodology incorporating prevalence, payer landscape, regulatory pathway, competitive intensity, and unit economics.
  
  
  • Regulatory & Licensing Pathway. Partner with Legal and Compliance to sequence state licensing, Medicaid enrollment, and accreditation timelines into the launch plan.
  
  
  • Site Strategy. Partner with Operations, Growth and Finance on site selection, real estate partnerships, and buildout coordination; establish standards and vendor relationships that scale.
  
  
  • Launch Execution. Partner with Operations on the launch playbook — hiring, credentialing, payer contracting, community and referral development — driving faster ramps and more predictable unit economics.
  
  
  • Economics & Learning Loop. Track de novo cohort performance against model; institutionalize learnings to improve each subsequent opening.
  
  
  
  


• 4. Strategic Growth Opportunities
  
  
  
  • Partner with Clinical team on the aperture of non-M&A, non-de-novo strategic initiatives that expand addressable opportunity.
  
  
  • Service Line Expansion. Evaluate and sequence adjacent service lines — behavioral health, alcohol use disorder, eating disorder treatment, recovery support, and wraparound services — that extend the clinical model.
  
  
  • Strategic Partnerships & JVs. Partner with Chief Commercial Officer on structure partnerships with health plans, health systems, MSOs, and community organizations, including risk-bearing arrangements and joint ventures.
  
  
  • Platform Investments. Partner with Head of Technology on build-vs-buy-vs-partner decisions for capabilities (data, technology, clinical infrastructure) that enable scale.
  
  
  • Long-Range Strategy. Partner with the CEO and CFO on three-to-five-year strategic planning and capital allocation.
  
  
  
  

Experience & Skills:

• Required Experience and Qualifications:
  
  
  
  • This position requires a Bachelor’s degree in either Finance, Business , Healthcare Administration or related field.
  
  
  • This position requires 7+ years in corporate development, private equity, strategy consulting or healthcare M&A
  
  
  • This position requires 3 - 5+ years in executive leadership or enterprise-level strategic roles.
  
  
  • Access to reliable internet and telephone services, specifically 50M download and 10M upload packages or higher as well as a strong WiFi signal from your remote work location.
  
  
  • Must meet pre-employment requirements and maintain all applicable state and job-related guidelines for background screening. Depending on state-specific requirements, this may include fingerprinting, drug testing, health screening, CPR/Basic First Aid and license/credential verifications.
  
  
  
  

Compensation $200k-$250k

• Health Insurance


• 401k


• Paid Vacation