Director, Mergers & Acquisitions (healthcare & life sciences)

West Monroe•Minneapolis, MN

16h•$200,000 - $275,000•Onsite

About The Position

Our Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Practice is seeking a Director to join our growing Healthcare & Life Sciences Value Creation team. In this leadership role, you will serve as a trusted advisor to private equity investors, corporate clients, and portfolio company executives, leading complex transaction advisory and value creation engagements across the healthcare ecosystem. You will work within our national M&A practice advising clients through platform acquisitions, mergers and integrations, corporate carve-outs, sell-side readiness, operational due diligence, and post-close value creation initiatives. The ideal candidate brings deep experience leading healthcare M&A engagements and possesses subject matter expertise in Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) and healthcare operations to help clients identify transaction risks, uncover value creation opportunities, and accelerate post-close performance. Our M&A team includes seasoned, industry-leading professionals with expertise spanning healthcare operations, technology, strategy, and private equity. As a Director, you will play a key role in shaping the future of the practice through client development, thought leadership, recruiting, mentoring, and expanding our healthcare M&A platform.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree required; MBA, MHA, or other advanced degree preferred.
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, including operational due diligence, value creation, integration planning, or transaction execution.
Experience with Revenue Cycle Management (RCM), healthcare operations, or reimbursement models is strongly preferred, with the ability to advise clients on operational performance and value creation opportunities.
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 with experience influencing C-suite executives, boards, and private equity stakeholders.
Strong financial acumen with the ability to evaluate operating performance, analyze financial statements, and identify EBITDA improvement opportunities.
Experience integrating AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT) into day-to-day workflows to enhance productivity and insight generation, coupled with strong critical thinking to assess accuracy, mitigate bias, and ensure high-quality outputs.
High proficiency with Excel and financial modeling; experience developing investment analyses and business cases preferred.
Candidates must be eligible to work permanently in the United States without sponsorship.
Ability to travel up to 50%.
A commitment to inclusion and diversity and openness to new ideas and perspectives.

Responsibilities

Serve as the executive client lead for healthcare M&A engagements, developing trusted relationships with private equity firms, strategic acquirers, and portfolio company executives.
Lead buy-side and sell-side due diligence, mergers, carve-outs, integration planning, and post-close value creation engagements across healthcare services, healthcare IT, payer, provider, and life sciences organizations.
Apply healthcare operational expertise—including Revenue Cycle Management—to assess business performance, identify transaction risks, evaluate operational maturity, and develop actionable value creation opportunities.
Assess operating models, technology capabilities, organizational structures, KPIs, and financial performance against industry leading practices and investment objectives.
Lead engagement teams through diligence planning, client interviews, hypothesis development, executive presentations, and final deliverables while ensuring high-quality client outcomes.
Advise clients on post-close transformation initiatives, integration planning, and execution strategies that accelerate value realization.
Translate complex operational, financial, and technology findings into clear recommendations for executive leadership teams and investment stakeholders.
Drive business development by originating opportunities, cultivating executive relationships, developing proposals, leading pricing discussions, and supporting practice growth.
Partner with practice leadership to evolve West Monroe's healthcare M&A methodologies, transaction advisory offerings, and value creation capabilities.
Develop industry perspectives and thought leadership related to healthcare M&A, operational performance, healthcare technology, and emerging industry trends.
Coach and mentor Senior Managers, Managers, and Consultants while fostering a collaborative, high-performing team culture.
Manage engagement economics, staffing, forecasting, and overall client satisfaction.
Leverage AI tools to accelerate analysis, synthesize complex information, and support data-driven recommendations for clients while exercising sound judgment in evaluating outputs.
Apply AI technologies (e.g., generative AI, automation tools, and advanced analytics) to improve delivery efficiency and enhance client outcomes.