Vice President, Corporate Development

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the company's acquisition strategy in partnership with the CEO and executive leadership team.
• Build and maintain a robust pipeline of acquisition opportunities across medical technology and adjacent healthcare sectors.
• Establish relationships with founders, management teams, investment bankers, private equity firms, and industry advisors.
• Lead target evaluation, strategic assessments, financial modeling, valuation analysis, and investment recommendations.
• Prepare Board-level presentations, business cases, and acquisition recommendations.
• Manage all phases of transaction execution, including diligence, negotiation, structuring, and closing activities.
• Evaluate opportunities ranging from tuck-in acquisitions and product acquisitions to larger platform transactions and carve-outs.
• Partner with executive leadership and private equity stakeholders to prioritize opportunities based on strategic fit, financial returns, and integration complexity.
• Lead integration planning prior to transaction close and ensure seamless post-close execution.
• Develop and oversee 100-day plans, synergy capture initiatives, organizational integration efforts, and performance tracking.
• Partner with functional leaders across commercial, operations, finance, regulatory, quality, supply chain, and R&D to ensure successful integration outcomes.
• Translate investment assumptions into actionable operating plans and measurable value creation initiatives.
• Monitor acquisition performance against investment objectives and drive corrective actions where necessary.
• Serve as the executive quarterback for post-acquisition integration, ensuring accountability, alignment, and realization of expected value.

Candidate Profile

• The ideal candidate will be a highly execution-oriented corporate development leader with demonstrated experience leading acquisitions from sourcing through integration within the medical device or broader medtech industry.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or other advanced degree preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in corporate development, investment banking, private equity, strategy consulting, or a combination thereof.
• Significant experience leading end-to-end acquisition processes.
• Prior medical device or broader medtech industry experience strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated success executing transactions and leading post-merger integration efforts.
• Experience working within private equity-backed organizations is strongly preferred.
• Strong financial modeling, valuation, diligence, and strategic analysis capabilities.
• Experience evaluating targets ranging from small tuck-in acquisitions to larger platform transactions and carve-outs.
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, high-accountability environment.
• Exceptional communication skills and executive presence with the ability to influence senior stakeholders.

Personal Characteristics

• Hands-on, roll-up-your-sleeves executor with a bias toward action.
• Strong operator who can move seamlessly from deal sourcing to integration execution.
• Relationship-oriented with the ability to build credibility internally and externally.
• Comfortable operating in a lean, entrepreneurial, and high-growth environment.
• Highly accountable with a focus on results and value creation.
• Strategic thinker who is equally comfortable in the details of execution.

Why This Opportunity?

This role offers a unique opportunity to work directly with the CEO and private equity sponsor to shape the future of a growing medical technology platform. The successful candidate will have the ability to influence corporate strategy, lead meaningful acquisitions, drive integration efforts, and play a critical role in creating long-term enterprise value.