Operating Partner, Industrial and Commercial Services

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About the role

  • Operating Partner advising Fireclay Partners, a middle-market M&A and buy-side advisory firm, on services-platform sourcing, due diligence, and sponsor engagement.

Responsibilities

  • Provide market intelligence on bolt on targets, competitive landscape, and valuation context within the subsector
  • Make introductions to founders, family owners, and senior executives in the existing network
  • Review confidential information memoranda and management presentations for sector-specific operating fit and risk
  • Participate in PE sponsor pitches when subsector and operating background are relevant
  • Provide operational due diligence input on target companies
  • Advise the Fireclay team on positioning and messaging for sponsor outreach and sourcing campaigns
  • Partner with the Fireclay team on specific deals where domain expertise creates value
  • Support deal-specific consulting engagements typically running three to twelve months

Requirements

  • CEO, COO, or Division President experience at a PE backed services roll up, multi location services platform, or major regional services operator
  • Fifteen years or more building out and operating multi location services businesses
  • Direct experience integrating bolt on acquisitions
  • Working knowledge of technician recruiting and retention, dispatching and routing systems, and unit economics determining acquisition accretion
  • Existing network of relationships with founders, family owners, senior executives, and PE professionals across the subsector
  • Comfort representing Fireclay professionally to PE sponsors and target company management
  • Discretion when handling non public information and competitive intelligence
  • Willingness to work on a flexible per engagement basis without fixed hours or commitments
  • Resume or LinkedIn URL
  • Brief statement describing subsector focus and two or three relevant operating engagements or transactions
  • Two or three reference contacts

Benefits

  • 1099 independent contractor structure
  • Per deal success fees on closed engagements where you contribute meaningfully
  • Optional retainer for active sourcing assignments
  • Equity participation available on select strategic engagements
  • No fixed hours or minimum time commitment
  • Remote work
  • Minimal, deal-specific travel

Job type

Contract

Experience level

SeniorLead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Location requirements

RemoteUnited States

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