Director, Investment Team (Consumer Health)

ARCHIMED • New York, NY

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

ARCHIMED is a leading investment firm focused exclusively on healthcare, with offices in Europe, the US, and Asia. Our unique blend of operational, medical, scientific, and financial expertise allows us to serve as both a strategic and financial partner to healthcare businesses. We prioritize areas such as Biopharma Products, Consumer Health, Healthcare IT, In Vitro Diagnostics, Life Science Tools and Biologic Services, MedTech, and Pharma Services. ARCHIMED assists partners in internationalizing, acquiring, innovating, and expanding their products and services. The firm manages $11 billion across its funds, including the largest healthcare-only private equity fund ever raised by a European-based GP. ARCHIMED's funds, MED I, MED II, and MED Platform I, have consistently achieved top-decile performance for their vintage, according to Preqin data. Since its inception, ARCHIMED has been a dedicated impact investor, both directly and through its EURÊKA Foundation.

The Consumer Health Team is seeking a Director to serve as a senior investment professional. This role involves direct responsibility for sourcing, evaluating, and executing investments within the Consumer Health portfolio. The Director will lead deal activity across a designated geography, product category, or investment theme, and will be accountable for investment outcomes, value creation, and supporting portfolio companies. This is a senior operating position that combines strategic direction with hands-on deal execution, positioning the Director as a trusted senior advisor to Partners and portfolio management teams.

Requirements

• 8 to 12 years of investment or operating experience, with a strong track record in private equity investing, transaction execution or operational leadership within consumer, healthcare or adjacent sectors.
• Demonstrated success originating, evaluating and closing significant investments (€50 million+ enterprise value preferred), with evidence of value creation across the portfolio.
• Deep expertise in the Consumer Health landscape, including brand strategy, omnichannel distribution, regulatory dynamics and consumer behavior.
• Exceptional executive presence and communication skills. Able to command credibility with sophisticated management teams, institutional LPs and external partners.
• Strong financial acumen and fluency with investment modeling, valuation and deal structuring.
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills required.
• Proven operational judgment and the ability to translate market insights into concrete investment theses and deal opportunities.
• Track record of building and leading high-performing teams.
• Comfort with mentoring junior professionals and shaping investment culture.
• Strategic, entrepreneurial and partnership-minded. Takes ownership of outcomes, moves with pace and brings a builder's orientation to platform development.
• Embodies and reinforces ARCHIMED's cultural values of inclusion, meritocracy, partnership, accountability, client focus and trust.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree preferred.
• MBA or equivalent experience strongly valued.

Responsibilities

• Drive sourcing and pipeline development across assigned Consumer Health sectors or geographies, identifying and cultivating relationships with sellers, intermediaries and LP co-investors.
• Lead the formation and evolution of investment theses within assigned focus areas, including category mapping, competitive positioning and market trend analysis.
• Serve as primary investment decision maker and deal sponsor, with direct accountability for investment committee presentations and recommendation.
• Lead the negotiation of transaction terms, pricing and deal structure in partnership with Partners and external advisors.
• Oversee comprehensive commercial, financial and operational due diligence, working with external advisors to validate assumptions and identify key risks and levers.
• Lead the development of post-acquisition value creation roadmaps, including 100-day plans and multi-year operating strategies.
• Manage the investment committee approval process and coordinate all transaction closing mechanics with legal and finance teams.
• Serve as the primary investment relationship owner for assigned portfolio companies, working directly with management teams on strategy, M&A, capital deployment and operational priorities.
• Lead add-on acquisition identification, evaluation and execution, including syndication with co-investors.
• Drive performance monitoring and problem-solving, escalating key decisions to Partners and intervention areas to senior management.
• Sponsor and mentor portfolio company boards, ensuring robust governance and strategic clarity.
• Mentor and develop Senior Analysts and Associate-level team members, contributing to talent development and succession planning within the Consumer Health function.
• Contribute to ARCHIMED's Consumer Health thought leadership and external positioning through conference participation, investor communication and industry engagement.
• Identify and build capabilities across the Consumer Health platform to support scaling and evolution of the investment program.

Benefits

• Summer Shutdown (August)
• Winter Shutdown (Christmas through New Years)
• Paid Time Off
• US Holidays
• Healthcare, Vision, and Dental premiums covered 100% by ARCHIMED for you and your family
• NYC MTA Subway Monthly Reimbursement (up to $140/month)
• Citi Bike Membership
• Weekly Catered Friday Lunch

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director