Business Development Associate – Deal Origination

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Colombia.

📋 Description

• Oversee outreach responses, follow-up communications, introductory calls, and ongoing engagement with independent sponsors.

• Conduct research to connect with sponsors, M&A professionals, lenders, attorneys, and referral networks.

• Grasp investment strategies, evaluate initial compatibility, collect transaction details, and prepare succinct internal handoffs.

• Articulate deal-by-deal private equity concepts to appropriate accredited investors using sanctioned messaging.

• Maintain precise CRM records, monitor next steps, and ensure promising contacts are not overlooked.

• Create follow-up schedules and enhance sourcing channels.

• Report on activities that foster meaningful relationships and yield qualified deals.

• Cultivate trust, establish a pipeline of relevant opportunities, and nurture long-term relationships.

⛳️ Requirements

• Approximately 2–5 years of pertinent experience in finance, investment, lending, M&A, financial services, or sophisticated B2B business development.

• Familiarity with EBITDA, enterprise value, leverage, and equity financing.

• Proficient in written and spoken English.

• Clear, concise, and professional communication style.

• Exceptional organization, CRM discipline, and follow-through abilities.

• Persistence without pressure, sound judgment, curiosity, and the capability to identify genuine opportunities.

• Proactive research skills for new audiences, testing sourcing channels, and independently developing processes.

• Ability to work independently in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

• Expertise in private equity is advantageous but not mandatory.

• Availability to work with U.S. Eastern Time overlap.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive base salary along with a defined performance bonus.

• Fully remote work arrangement.

• Chance to influence the CRM, relationship management processes, sourcing strategies, and reporting systems.

• Close collaboration with senior leadership in a streamlined team structure, without multiple management layers.

• Career advancement opportunities from managing outreach and follow-ups to leading sponsor relationships and taking ownership of part of the origination process.

• Growth trajectory with increasing responsibilities over the initial six months.