VP, M&A

Health GPT Inc•Palo Alto, CA

66d•Onsite

About The Position

We are hiring a VP, M&A to be a core member of HAI's corporate development team. You will source, conduct due diligence, evaluate, and execute acquisitions across healthcare services and tech-enabled services. Near-term priorities include a roll-up strategy (patient access, triage, after-hours, scheduling), but the role will also work on partnerships, and selective divestitures/ JVs/ Carveouts as our strategy evolves.

Requirements

5+ years in private equity, independent sponsor, investment banking, or corporate development with multiple closed transactions (ideally including at least one or two roll-up or multi-site integration).
Strong financial modeling and underwriting skills; comfort with debt financing and definitive documents.
Healthcare services familiarity and working knowledge of HIPAA/BAA constructs; contact center exposure a plus.
Excellent executive communication (written and verbal) and stakeholder management.

Nice To Haves

Prior exposure to contact centers or outsourced clinical operations (triage, patient access, scheduling).
Experience with TSAs, carve-outs, and cross-border tuck-ins.
Familiarity with AI/automation in service operations (QA, WFM, routing, agent assist).
Network among lower-middle-market sponsors, bankers, and lenders in healthcare services.

Responsibilities

Build segmented market maps and target lists across priority verticals; maintain a proactive pipeline and CRM.
Develop investment theses and business cases (market sizing, positioning, synergy logic, execution risks).
Cultivate relationships with founders, bankers, brokers, PE funds, and lenders.
Lead cross-functional diligence (commercial, financial, legal, HR, tech/security, and-where applicable-clinical ops).
Own models and investment materials: LBO/roll-up cases, purchase price bridge with WC peg & debt-like items, sources & uses tie-out, synergy cases/ramps, downside scenarios, and NPV/IRR.
Partner with external advisors (QoE, legal, tax, insurance/RWI) and financing sources.
Run end-to-end processes from IOI/LOI through close; drive workstreams, data rooms, and redlines.
Stand up pragmatic Day-1/30/100 integration plans; coordinate TSAs and change management.
Track value-creation levers (revenue expansion, SG&A optimization, WFM, vendor consolidation) and report results.
Establish KPI dashboards and cadence for post-close performance (financial and operational).
Manage risk registers and mitigation plans.
Mentor analysts/associates; instill high-bar deal hygiene and documentation standards.