Director, Mergers & Acquisitions (healthcare & life sciences)

The Role: The firm's Mergers & Acquisitions practice is seeking a Director to join its growing Healthcare & Life Sciences Value Creation team. You will be 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 advise clients through platform acquisitions, mergers and integrations, corporate carve-outs, sell-side readiness, operational due diligence and post-close value creation. The ideal candidate has deep experience leading healthcare M&A engagements and specialist expertise in Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) and healthcare operations. You will use that expertise to help clients identify transaction risks, uncover value creation opportunities and accelerate post-close performance. You will join a team of seasoned M&A professionals with expertise spanning healthcare operations, technology, strategy and private equity. As a Director, you will play a key role in shaping the practice's future through client development, thought leadership, recruiting, mentoring and expanding its healthcare M&A platform.

Key Responsibilities: Act as executive client lead on healthcare M&A engagements, building 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 organisations. Apply healthcare operational expertise, including Revenue Cycle Management, to identify transaction risks and value creation opportunities.