Director, Mergers & Acquisitions (healthcare & life sciences)

The role

You will serve as a trusted advisor to private equity investors, corporate clients, and portfolio company executives. You will lead complex transaction advisory and value creation engagements across the healthcare ecosystem.

What you will do

• Serve as the executive client lead for healthcare M&A engagements.
• Lead buy-side and sell-side due diligence, mergers, carve-outs, and integration planning.
• Apply healthcare operational expertise to assess business performance and identify risks.
• Assess operating models, technology capabilities, and financial performance.
• Lead engagement teams through diligence planning and executive presentations.
• Advise clients on post-close transformation initiatives and execution strategies.
• Translate operational, financial, and technology findings into recommendations.
• Drive business development by originating opportunities and leading pricing discussions.
• Partner with leadership to evolve healthcare M&A methodologies.
• Coach and mentor Senior Managers, Managers, and Consultants.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required
• 10+ years of experience in healthcare consulting, transaction advisory, operational consulting, or private equity advisory with progressive leadership responsibility
• Significant experience leading healthcare M&A engagements
• Experience working across healthcare services, healthcare IT, payer, provider, life sciences, or technology-enabled healthcare organizations
• Demonstrated success developing executive-level client relationships and originating new consulting opportunities
• Proven ability to lead multiple complex engagements while managing cross-functional teams and engagement economics
• Strong executive communication and presentation skills
• Strong financial acumen to evaluate operating performance and identify EBITDA improvement opportunities
• Experience integrating AI tools into day-to-day workflows
• High proficiency with Excel and financial modeling
• Must be eligible to work permanently in the United States without sponsorship
• Ability to travel up to 50%

Nice to have

• MBA, MHA, or other advanced degree
• Experience with Revenue Cycle Management (RCM), healthcare operations, or reimbursement models
• Experience developing investment analyses and business cases

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance
• 401k plan
• Employee stock ownership program
• Annual bonuses
• Unlimited flexible time off
• Ten paid holidays
• Ten weeks of paid parental leave

Before you apply

• Candidates must be eligible to work permanently in the United States without sponsorship

About the company

West Monroe is a global business and technology consulting firm. They focus on creating measurable value for clients by combining business and technology expertise.