Vice President, Business Development

Access Holdings • Baltimore, MD

74d • $120,000 - $160,000

About The Position

Access Holdings is seeking a driven and execution-oriented Vice President of Business Development to play a meaningful role in driving, managing, and scaling the firm’s origination and deal execution processes. This role will split its focus between platform acquisitions for Access Holdings’ funds and add-on acquisitions for portfolio companies, requiring both creativity and discipline. The successful candidate will be commercially motivated and performance-oriented, with upside tied to delivering measurable deal outcomes. The role will serve as a cross-functional force multiplier — ensuring that every investment professional contributes to the sourcing engine and that origination discipline is consistently applied across the firm. This individual will manage and support sourcing campaigns, enforce accountability, and ensure execution is timely, structured, and measurable. Strong comfort with technology, digital platforms, and AI-enabled tools will be critical to scaling origination efforts and ensuring that the full investment team leverages these tools effectively.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in finance or related field; MBA or relevant advanced degree strongly preferred.
• 5-10 years of experience in private equity, investment banking, consulting, or corporate development, with demonstrated origination success.
• Demonstrated history of sourcing and managing deal flow in a private equity or related investment context.
• Comfort with CRM platforms, AI/automation, and digital origination tools.
• Strong project management and cross-functional leadership skills — able to influence and hold peers accountable without direct authority.
• Proven ability to support origination functions in a systematic, disciplined, and scalable manner.
• Exceptional relationship-building skills: ability to build trust quickly and sustain it over the long term.
• Balances strategic foresight with urgency and execution discipline.
• Entrepreneurial, resilient, and comfortable in a growth-oriented, high-expectation culture.
• High EQ combined with strong judgment in assessing and advancing opportunities.
• Committed to building enduring businesses and contributing to Access’s long-term success.
• Must be eligible to work in the U.S. without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to development of overall strategy for strategic origination at Access Holdings.
• Support definition of thesis focal areas and subsequently form and validate 'want to own' lists.
• Build and strengthen relationships with advisors and executives in thesis areas.
• Ensure origination efforts are structured and aligned, data-driven, and measurable.
• Refine and execute research-driven sourcing campaigns, converting insights into targeted outreach.
• Integrate digital platforms, content, and AI-driven tools to enhance engagement with potential targets.
• Integrate CRM, digital platforms, and AI-driven tools to standardize and scale origination across the team.
• Ensure all professionals contribute consistently to pipeline building and tracking.
• Cultivate relationships with sector-focused advisors, company executives, industry leaders, operators, trade associations, and intermediaries.
• Represent the firm with credibility, humility, and curiosity, building enduring relationships.
• Ensure origination processes are consistently applied, tracked, and improved.
• Model and reinforce a culture of rigor, persistence, and urgency in pipeline management.
• Partner with investment and portfolio company teams to align origination with strategic growth priorities.
• Train, mentor, and develop junior professionals to build a high-performing business development team.
• Work within a team-based pursuit model, ensuring collaboration across research, investment, and portfolio teams.
• Collaborate with team to develop social media content strategies to support origination efforts, leveraging full depth of Access leadership and deal team.

Benefits

• Compensation for this role ranges $120,000 - $160,000 annually.
• Additional bonus and incentives.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree