Director - Hospitality and Leisure

Fireclay Partners

21h•Remote

About The Position

Fireclay Partners is a veteran-owned middle-market M&A and buy-side advisory firm based in Kansas City. They serve private equity sponsors and family-owned businesses on platform sourcing, bolt-on acquisitions, and select sell-side mandates. Their model combines investment banking execution with senior operating expertise and industry advisors with deep domain experience to support deal sourcing, due diligence, and sponsor engagement. This is a per-engagement consulting role, not full-time employment. The role involves partnering with the Fireclay team on specific deals where the consultant's domain expertise adds value. Engagements typically range from three to twelve months on a deal-specific basis. Fireclay is actively building a bench of senior operators with multi-unit experience across hospitality, leisure, or experiential consumer sectors, specifically in Restaurants and QSR (multi-unit and multi-brand), Hotels and lodging operations, Leisure, entertainment, and experiential venues, and Fitness, wellness, and personal services.

Requirements

Regional VP, COO, President, or CEO at a multi-unit hospitality, leisure, or fitness operator, ideally with PE-backed experience.
Fifteen years or more in multi-unit operations with direct unit-level P&L responsibility.
Working knowledge of unit economics, labor dynamics, real estate, and the operational levers that drive multi-unit expansion.
Existing network of relationships with founders, family owners, senior executives, and PE professionals across your subsector.
Comfort representing Fireclay professionally to PE sponsors and target company management.
Discretion when handling non-public information and competitive intelligence.
Willingness to work on a flexible per-engagement basis without fixed hours or commitments.

Responsibilities

Provide market intelligence on bolt-on targets, competitive landscape, and valuation context within your subsector.
Make introductions to founders, family owners, and senior executives in your existing network.
Review confidential information memoranda and management presentations for sector-specific operating fit and risk.
Participate in PE sponsor pitches when your subsector and operating background are relevant.
Provide operational due diligence input on target companies.
Advise the Fireclay team on positioning and messaging for sponsor outreach and sourcing campaigns.