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Head of Acquisitions

Legalist · United States · 2 mo ago
RemoteRemoteBusiness DevelopmentFull-time

Key Responsibilities

  • Source and develop acquisition opportunities through direct outreach and relationship building
  • Build trust with founders, operators, and intermediaries to generate proprietary deal flow
  • Lead early-stage diligence, opportunity assessment, and transaction qualification
  • Evaluate businesses across financial, operational, legal, and strategic dimensions
  • Manage transactions from sourcing through diligence, negotiation, and close
  • Develop investment recommendations and present to senior leadership
  • Partner with legal, finance, and operating teams to ensure smooth execution
  • Help refine acquisition strategy, target criteria, and repeatable deal processes
  • Partner with leadership and operators of acquired businesses to support post-transaction integration, governance, and performance tracking
  • Identify and drive operational improvements and growth initiatives across acquired firms, including monitoring KPIs, advising on strategic decisions, and supporting execution of value creation plans

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience in M&A, private equity, principal investing, corporate development, investment banking, or a related transactional role
  • Strong deal sourcing and origination capabilities with the ability to create opportunities
  • Executive presence and credibility to engage directly with founders and senior operators
  • Strong financial and commercial judgment with excellent negotiation and communication skills
  • Comfortable operating independently in a fast-moving, entrepreneurial environment

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