Vice President Mergers Acquisition

Work Environment:

In-office with regular travel

Carter Pierce has been retained by a venture-backed acquisition platform to identify a Vice President of Corporate Development for its newly established healthcare vertical. The Vice President of Corporate Development will be the company’s first dedicated M&A hire and an early member of the platform’s leadership team. Reporting directly to a co-founder, this individual will lead platform and add-on acquisitions from initial evaluation through closing.

The successful candidate will inherit an active pipeline and operate with significant autonomy in a lean, entrepreneurial environment. The role will begin as an individual contributor position, with the opportunity to build and lead an internal M&A team as transaction volume grows.

• Partner with the company’s founders, leadership team, and investors to execute its acquisition strategy
• Lead transactions from initial evaluation and LOI through financial analysis, diligence, structuring, negotiation, and closing
• Own valuation, financial modeling, investment materials, and transaction recommendations
• Manage multiple transaction work streams with limited senior-level oversight
• Develop trusted relationships with founders, owner-operators, intermediaries, and other transaction stakeholders
• Coordinate with outsourced business development resources to evaluate and advance acquisition opportunities
• Communicate the company’s permanent ownership model and long-term value proposition to prospective sellers
• Establish scalable M&A processes, reporting, and infrastructure
• Help build and develop the internal corporate development team as acquisition activity scales

• 4-7 years of transaction experience, prior investment banking and private equity experience required
• Demonstrated experience executing transactions from initial evaluation through closing
• Experience with lower-middle-market acquisitions involving founder-, family-, or entrepreneur-owned businesses
• Healthcare services experience is helpful but not required