Senior Manager, M&A - Growth Investments Sustainable Infrastructure

Manager, Business Development & M&A - Growth Investments Sustainable Infrastructure

The Platform

Our client is a private-equity-backed infrastructure player accelerating Europe's energy transition. Operating across several core markets, the company pairs operational know-how with a disciplined roll-up strategy to consolidate fragmented segments in clean mobility and future-fuel networks. Institutional capital underwrites an ambitious buy-and-build roadmap aimed at scaling assets, broadening the product suite, and cementing category leadership.

The Opportunity

Embedded within a lean Business Development & M&A team and reporting to senior leadership, you will take ownership of strategic transactions-acquisitions, partnerships, and select organic growth bets-while shaping the firm's long-term expansion agenda.

• Drive the full deal lifecycle from origination through integration
• Interface directly with the investment fund, board, and international stakeholders
• Influence capital deployment decisions that define the platform's growth trajectory
• Gain end-to-end exposure across commercial, financial, and technical workstreams

Key Responsibilities

Deal Origination & Analysis

• Map target landscapes across Europe and cultivate proprietary deal flow
• Conduct commercial, financial, and operational screening; engage counterparties and advisers
• Support term-sheet negotiation and early structuring discussions

Valuation & Investment Cases

• Build robust models and scenario analyses to stress-test return profiles
• Produce and defend investment memoranda for IC and shareholder approval
• Articulate strategic fit and synergies for each opportunity

Due Diligence & Execution

• Lead cross-functional diligence across legal, financial, technical, and ESG streams
• Coordinate external advisors and internal experts to meet tight deadlines
• Drive closing processes and handoffs to post-merger integration teams

Stakeholder Engagement

• Maintain clear, proactive communication with the PE sponsor, board, and senior management
• Align cross-functional teams on deal rationale, milestones, and value-capture plans

Strategic Planning

• Contribute to capital-allocation frameworks and the annual investment plan
• Provide insights on market trends, regulatory shifts, and competitive dynamics
• Support leadership in refining the five-year value-creation roadmap

Candidate Profile

Experience

• 5+ years in M&A, corporate development, strategy consulting, or principal investment roles
• Exposure to platform scaling, international expansion, or asset-intensive sectors is advantageous

Financial & Strategic Acumen

• Mastery of valuation techniques, modelling, and investment analysis
• Ability to craft and defend data-driven cases for capital deployment

Commercial Mindset

• Forward-looking, analytical, and decisive; comfortable working with imperfect information
• Familiarity with fragmented markets and roll-up playbooks a plus

Communication & Ownership

• Persuasive communicator able to align senior stakeholders and external partners
• Proven capacity to run multiple workstreams in parallel and deliver on tight timelines

Language

• Fluent English essential; Dutch is beneficial

Personal Attributes

• Entrepreneurial, pragmatic, and mission-driven
• Thrives in a high-accountability environment and energized by building sustainable value

What's on Offer

• PE-Backed Scale-Up - Operate within a high-growth platform supported by sophisticated long-term capital
• Impact & Purpose - Advance the decarbonisation of European transport infrastructure
• End-to-End Exposure - Lead transactions from origination through execution and integration
• Accelerated Progression - Clear pathway to leadership as the platform expands across Europe
• Collaborative Culture - International, hands-on team committed to autonomy and results

Next Steps

If you bring both the transaction toolkit and growth-oriented mindset to deliver lasting impact, we invite you to apply in confidence.