Role Overview

This role operates differently across three company contexts, and that flexibility is the job:
At high-volume acquirers: set M&A infrastructure, run monthly pipeline reviews, coach company executives, and quarterback transformational deals, transitioning to oversight as internal capability grows.
At moderate-M&A companies: stay hands-on as the day-to-day deal partner to the CEO: owning or co-owning financial models, managing deal timelines, and serving as the primary point of contact for advisors and counterparties.
At partner companies: build from scratch. Define the acquisition strategy, create market maps and sourcing playbooks, establish the pipeline cadence, and determine what steady-state M&A looks like for that business.
Across all contexts, examples of activities you may be accountable for:
M&A pipeline governance: monthly review cadence, pipeline quality, and overall health of corp dev execution at each company
Deal quarterbacking where needed: LOI through close, coordinating across the operating company leadership team, Kanbrick investing team and KBS
Judgment: serving as first line of defense on add-on quality and strategic fit
CEO and executive team coaching and equipping: building M&A capability in partner company leaders over time
Sourcing infrastructure: market maps, broker relationships, target lists, outbound campaigns

Requirements

Deal credibility: You have personally owned deal processes end-to-end, not just coordinated them: you’ve built the financial modeling, worked the diligence, structured the LOI and managed the close. Partner company CEOs need to trust that you've done deals with real accountability.
Coaching instinct: You get energy from making others better. You default to equipping a CEO and their teams rather than taking over. Patient, high-EQ, comfortable influencing without authority. You measure success by how capable the teams become over time, not by how many deals you personally drive.
Process builder: You have built M&A infrastructure from scratch before. Acquisition strategy, market maps, sourcing playbooks, pipeline tracking, diligence checklists. You know what "good" looks like because you've designed it.
VP-level in scope, with experience owning M&A processes end-to-end and influencing senior executives. We prioritize depth of ownership and judgment over specific tenure or years of experience requirements.
Backgrounds that tend to translate well include: corporate development at a PE-backed platform company with an active acquisition strategy, operating roles where M&A was a meaningful part of the role, or a PE operating partner with hands-on deal experience. What matters most is what you’ve built and how you’ve worked.
This role could be ideally suited for you if you’ve built your career in M&A and see it as a lever for building enduring businesses, while getting energy from equipping leaders and creating systems that last beyond any single transaction.

Benefits

A collaborative, high-performing team culture.
Opportunities to contribute meaningfully to the success of a growing investment partnership.
Exposure to challenging and rewarding work.
Competitive salary and benefits package.

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