Vice President, Corporate Development (Growth Strategy)

Sellers Dorsey

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About The Position

Sellers Dorsey is building a tech-enabled healthcare services platform and is seeking a Vice President, Corporate Development to lead /advance the inorganic growth strategy that makes it possible. As the Vice President, Corporate Development, you own the full M&A and strategic partnership lifecycle from thesis development and deal sourcing through negotiation, transaction execution, integration, and value realization while serving as an internal connector across the firm’s business lines to ensure corporate development activity is grounded in and aligned with operational strategy.
This is an execution-oriented leadership role with direct ownership of transaction outcomes. You partner directly with the CEO, executive leaders, and private equity sponsor to identify, evaluate, and execute investments that expand the firm’s capabilities and accelerate its transformation from a healthcare consulting firm into a scalable, technology-enabled platform. You drive decisions by the CEO, board, and other senior leadership by framing strategic choices, driving alignment, and translating direction into executed outcomes.
The role operates across a complex regulatory landscape involving federal and state environments. Sellers Dorsey’s core differentiator is turning healthcare policy into actionable financial strategy. You must understand that positioning deeply enough to identify and execute acquisitions that extend and reinforce it.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in corporate development, investment banking, or private equity, with meaningful participation in 5–10 full-cycle M&A transactions (thesis through close and integration), and a proven track record contributing to complex deals end-to-end.
• Direct experience leading or materially contributing to investment committee and board-level discussions, including ownership of investment narratives and decision-driving materials.
• Demonstrated experience supporting or leading the full deal lifecycle — from thesis through close and integration — across 5–10 transactions; comfort with all stages, not just sourcing or execution in isolation.
• Established network across investment banks, private equity firms, and intermediaries, with a track record of sourcing proprietary or differentiated opportunities.
• Experience operating within a corporate environment, with the ability to navigate cross-functional stakeholders (legal, finance, operations, technology) and drive alignment through complex processes.
• Experience communicating strategic initiatives to broad internal audiences, not just executive or board stakeholders, including the ability to translate complex transaction rationale into clear, motivating messaging for employees at all levels of an organization.
• Strong financial modeling, valuation, and analytical capabilities; comfort with data-driven decision frameworks.
• Deep experience in healthcare services, healthcare technology, or provider markets

Nice To Haves

• Experience within an investment bank, private equity firm, or in-house corporate development function.
• Familiarity with government-sponsored payer environments, Medicaid, or healthcare reimbursement.
• Experience with non-traditional transaction structures including ESOPs, carve-outs, or founder-led transitions.
• Background in PE-backed or platform-building environments where M&A is a core growth lever.
• Post-merger integration leadership experience with demonstrated value creation outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain investment thesis aligned to the firm’s platform-building strategy, regulatory positioning, and market opportunities across healthcare services and technology.
• Define acquisition pathways and articulate the strategic logic, financial parameters, and risk-return profiles of each.
• Monitor the competitive and regulatory landscape to identify market and acquisition opportunities.
• Build and maintain relationships with investment banks, private equity firms, intermediaries, and founders/owners to generate proprietary and competitive deal flow.
• Manage and prioritize the acquisition pipeline, conducting preliminary screening and strategic fit assessments to focus resources on the highest impact opportunities.
• Cultivate relationships with potential targets, including non-traditional structures such as founder-owned businesses, ESOPs, and mission-driven organizations.
• Lead all aspects of due diligence, deal structuring, valuation, and negotiation through close.
• Manage external advisors including investment banks, legal counsel, and accounting firms.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams across legal, finance, operations, technology, and others to ensure disciplined execution and alignment throughout the deal lifecycle.
• Lead engagement with the firm’s private equity sponsor, including pipeline reviews, investment committee materials, and transaction approvals.
• Develop and deliver board-level presentations and other communications that clearly frame opportunities, risks, trade-offs, and investment decisions.
• Navigate a multi-stakeholder environment spanning executives, board members, PE sponsor representatives, and target company leadership.
• Serve as a primary internal voice for the firm’s inorganic growth strategy, communicating the strategic rationale behind M&A activity and platform transformation to audiences across all levels of the organization.
• Facilitate communication around individual transactions (pre-announcement preparation, day-of messaging, and ongoing narrative management) ensuring employees understand what was acquired, why, and what it means for them.
• Partner with the CEO and executive leadership to design and deliver change management initiatives that build organizational confidence and alignment through periods of strategic transformation.
• Partner with functional and business leaders to design and execute integration plans that protect acquired value and accelerate synergy capture.
• Own the post-close accountability framework, tracking integration milestones, revenue synergies, and operational performance against the original investment thesis.
• Ensure cultural alignment and talent retention through integration.
• Identify, evaluate, and structure strategic alliances and partnerships that complement the acquisition strategy and expand the firm’s market reach.
• Manage and develop direct reports in corporate development, building analytical capacity and institutional knowledge to support pipeline management and deal execution.
• Foster a high-performance, thesis-driven deal culture that balances rigor with speed.

Benefits

• Group healthcare plans that offer medical, dental, and vision
• Insurance plans offering short term disability, long term disability, and basic life
• 401k plan
• Flexible Time Off
• 10 paid holidays
• Paid time off for qualifying medical leave
• Up to 12 weeks of combined paid parental and bonding leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: No Education Listed