PE Special Situations - Vice President / Director / Managing Director

Selby Jennings; New York (NY); On-site; USD 250,000 - 400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Rapid career progression

Meaningful equity participation

Collaborative team environment

Job summary

A leading investment firm in New York City is seeking a Vice President / Director / Managing Director for their investment team. This critical role focuses on origination, due diligence, and executing transactions to unlock value from trapped capital. Candidates should possess 6-12+ years of experience in special situations private equity or distressed investing, with strong analytical and entrepreneurial skills. This position offers the opportunity to shape a pioneering investment strategy within a fast-growing firm.

Qualifications

• 6-12+ years of experience in special situations private equity, distressed investing, or complex balance sheet transactions.
• Exposure to NAV arbitrage, public-to-private deals, or restructuring is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Originate, due diligence, and execute transactions that convert trapped capital into its highest and best use.

Skills

Analytical capabilities

Entrepreneurial mindset

Exceptional communication

Job description

PE Special Situations - Vice President / Director / Managing Director

Base pay range: $250,000.00/yr - $400,000.00/yr

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Location

New York City

Employment Type

Full-Time

About Our Client

Our client is pioneering a new investment category called Capital Recycling, a strategy designed to unlock inefficiencies in global public markets and convert trapped capital into superior, high-growth assets. Today, more than $15 trillion of public-market capital is trading below intrinsic value, creating one of the largest arbitrage opportunities in modern finance.

With $500 million in AUM, our client acquires undervalued public companies trading at steep discounts to their net asset value. Instead of relying on leverage or operational turnarounds, they use their NASDAQ-listed equity, which is trading at a premium, as acquisition currency. This structural arbitrage creates immediate value by capturing the spread between discounted NAV and premium issuance.

Once control is established, the firm unlocks trapped value through structured divestitures of operating businesses, hard assets, intellectual property, and clean public shells. Proceeds are then reallocated into Bitcoin, an asset with a proven track record of asymmetric returns and institutional acceptance. This cycle: Acquire, Unlock, Reallocate is fast, repeatable, and scalable, compounding value without multi-year hold periods or complex restructurings.

Why This Matters

• Massive Opportunity: Over $15 trillion of capital is mispriced and underutilized.
• Speed & Scale: AI-driven sourcing enables high-volume acquisitions across sectors and geographies.
• Superior Asset Conversion: Bitcoin offers long term resilience and 30%+ historical CAGR.
• Category Leadership: Capital recycling is emerging as the next major investment strategy of the 2020s.

Opportunity

Our client is seeking an entrepreneurial Vice President / Director / Managing Director to join the investment team during a critical growth phase. This is a unique chance to move beyond traditional private equity and help build a category-defining platform. The role will focus on origination, due diligence, and execution of transactions that convert trapped capital into its highest and best use.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Background:
  • 6-12+ years of experience in special situations private equity, distressed investing, or complex balance sheet transactions.
  • Exposure to NAV arbitrage, public-to-private deals, or restructuring is highly desirable.
• Skills & Attributes:
  • Strong analytical and structuring capabilities; ability to navigate complex corporate situations.
  • Entrepreneurial mindset with appetite for building something new in a fast-moving environment.
  • Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills.

Why Join?

• Be part of a first-mover platform creating a new investment category.
• Work alongside a highly specialized team with backgrounds from leading firms in private equity, special situations, and restructuring.
• Opportunity for rapid career progression and meaningful equity participation.

Seniority level

Executive

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Finance

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