Head of Mergers & Acquisitions – M&A

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

📋 Description

• Oversee SSA’s comprehensive acquisition strategy from start to finish — including deal sourcing, evaluation, due diligence, transaction execution, and post-acquisition integration.

• Discover high-quality businesses that enhance our platform and drive our growth forward.

• Establish and lead a top-tier M&A function, focusing on more than just executing deals.

• Increase deal velocity to over 15 acquisitions annually while maintaining consistent quality.

• Define and implement SSA’s acquisition strategy: target criteria and long-term M&A roadmap for the lower middle market.

• Develop a holistic inorganic growth strategy that encompasses vertical ideation, acquisition theses, and execution.

• Create repeatable M&A playbooks, tools, and governance processes to facilitate scaling.

• Build and oversee a strong pipeline of acquisition prospects across SSA’s primary service lines.

• Lead thorough due diligence across financial, operational, legal, and personnel dimensions.

• Structure and negotiate transactions, including valuation, earn-outs, incentives, and equity participation.

• Collaborate with internal teams to design and implement integration plans that maintain momentum and culture.

• Optimize internal workflows to minimize manual effort and eliminate unnecessary complexity.

⛳️ Requirements

• Demonstrated experience in building and scaling a world-class M&A function within a highly acquisitive organization.

• Proven record of significantly increasing the size of a business through strategic acquisitions (preferably from ~$50M to $250M+).

• Extensive experience in the lower middle market.

• Proven capability in formulating acquisition strategy, not just executing deals.

• Experience in international M&A or cross-border expansion, including the evaluation and integration of businesses across diverse regulatory, cultural, and operational landscapes.

• Strong financial, strategic, and analytical abilities with the capacity to evaluate both quantitative performance and qualitative strategic alignment.

• An operator-builder mindset rather than a traditional banker or deal-focused profile.

• High integrity, sound judgment, and a strong cultural intuition.

🏝️ Benefits

• Significant equity ownership in SSA.

• 401k match.

• 100% paid medical coverage.

• Dental and vision insurance.

• Comprehensive health insurance (100% for employee and family).

• Life insurance.

• Generous paid time off.

• Parental leave.