Market Intelligence Manager

Tyree and D'Angelo Partners•Chicago, IL

About The Position

Tyree & D'Angelo Partners (“TDP”) is a private equity investment firm that focuses on control investments in the lower middle market (companies with $1-5M of EBITDA). We look for investments where we can establish true collaborative partnerships with business owners and management teams that will lead to substantial value creation over a long-term investment horizon. TDP’s track record of building high-growth and lower risk companies is driven by a buy & build investment strategy, that is based on tested methods of value creation and a true partnership approach with executives and business owners. TDP works in collaboration with executive leaders utilizing an investment thesis driven process designed to build companies with a differentiated customer value proposition. TDP invests in the healthcare, consumer, and business services sectors, focusing on high-quality founder owned businesses that we can grow with our high probability of success process. TDP companies have completed over 1,000 partnerships, have grown to over $4 billion of enterprise value, and TDP has over $1.4 billion of capital under management. For more information, please visit www.TDPfund.com

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, economics, market research, or related field
3+ years of experience in market intelligence, competitive research, business development research, corporate development sourcing, or investment research
Demonstrated ability to build target pipelines, gather owner information, perform primary/secondary research and deliver actionable insights
Strong business acumen: ability to understand a company’s business model, metrics, owner incentives, and market dynamics
Excellent analytical, data‑synthesis and presentation skills. Ability to distill complex data into clear insights for stakeholders
Demonstrated leadership and project management expertise. Experience managing a small team or leading cross‑functional collaboration preferred
Strong proficiency with research databases, CRM/target‑tracking tools, MS Excel, LinkedIn / contact‑research tool

Nice To Haves

Experience managing a small team or leading cross‑functional collaboration preferred

Responsibilities

Lead the end-to-end research process: target identification, company screening, ownership verification, sourcing contact information and market intelligence
Collaborate with the investment and business development teams to understand acquisition criteria, industries, geographies, owner‑structures, and size
Build and manage a team of analysts; establish research methodologies, QA frameworks and reporting cadence
Establish benchmarks and KPIs for the research function to effectively and accurately track progress and report performance
Create dashboards and metrics to measure research output, quality, conversion to investment pipeline and team productivity
Build and maintain a proprietary pipeline of target companies. Collect and validate ownership/contact info and enrich profiles with contextual notes (market signals, sale‑trigger indicators, competitive positioning)
Monitor market and industry for consolidations, regulatory changes and owner‑operator trends to deepen expertise and identify opportunities
Generate actionable deliverables: prioritized target lists, decision-maker maps, owner profiles and summaries to stakeholders
Manage vendor/third‑party partnerships (e.g., databases, licensing) and research tools as required