VP of Acquisitions - Full Time

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August 25, 2025

by a searcher from University of Dallas in Houston, TX, USA

VP of Acquisitions: Job Description: VP of Acquisitions (Long-Term Private Equity Platform) Title: VP of Acquisitions / Deal Principal (Remote or Hybrid – U.S. or LATAM) About Us: We are a sponsor platform scaling rapidly. Our investment focus is on durable, cash-flowing businesses in the U.S. lower middle market. We take a long-term approach to ownership — prioritizing resilience, culture, and real operational value creation. As we scale, we're building an elite, high-trust team that shares our vision of permanent equity-style investing. You will be joining at an inflection point, with autonomy, responsibility, and upside. What You’ll Do You will be the deal quarterback — leading transactions from sourcing to close, and ensuring they are aligned with our long-term investment thesis. Your responsibilities include: • Manage deal flow and pipeline from brokered, proprietary, and inbound sources • Lead CIM reviews, seller calls, and initial diligence • Build and refine financial models (LBOs, debt sizing, return sensitivity) • Draft investment committee memos and present recommendations • Coordinate due diligence with legal, tax, QoE, lenders, and internal resources • Negotiate LOIs, SPAs, and other key documents with sellers and advisors • Prepare deal updates for capital partners and internal IC • Develop and refine internal processes for evaluating and closing transactions What We’re Looking For Core Competencies • 4–8 years of experience in one or more of: o Holding companies corp dev o Long-duration investment platforms o Private equity (especially LMM -focused) o Investment banking (with M&A exposure) o Search funds or solo sponsor experience • Strong financial modeling skills and deal judgment • Familiarity with deal structuring, equity waterfalls, and debt instruments • Excellent communication skills (verbal + written) • Experience working with brokers, sellers, and lenders Behavioral Traits • Owner mindset — you treat capital like it’s your own • Strategic thinker — you focus on value creation, not just closing deals • High follow-through — low maintenance, high output • Comfortable with ambiguity — works well in lean teams and evolving environments • Detail-oriented — you get the small things right and run a clean process • Low ego, high initiative — you seek the win, not the credit What You Get • Competitive base salary • Performance bonuses per closed deal • Optional long-term incentive • Autonomy to build, own, and optimize the deal process • Long-term career track in a platform built for growth, not exits • Daily interaction with a founder & partners focused on strategy and capital Location: Remote-first. Strong preference for US & LATAM-based candidates with U.S. deal experience, but open to the right person globally. To Apply: Send your resume and a short note about your experience with deal execution and your investment mindset to redacted CC Emile redacted
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from Clarkson University in Philadelphia, PA, USA
I messaged you directly Ian
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from HEC School of Management, Paris in New York, NY, USA
Thanks Ian
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