Weekday AI

Proactive software engineer recruitment via referrals

Leadership Role in M&A and Corporate Development

Investment BankingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeDelhi, IndiaNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

The candidate must have 9–15 years of relevant experience in M&A, Corporate Development, Investment Banking, Strategy, Private Equity, or related functions, including significant exposure to deal origination and transaction opportunities within BFSI.
The candidate must demonstrate a strong track record of identifying strategic opportunities, developing acquisition pipelines, building senior-level relationships, and contributing to successful M&A transactions.
The candidate must have strong understanding of the BFSI industry and financial services ecosystem.
The candidate must have proven experience building and managing an acquisition pipeline.
The candidate must have strong market and industry mapping capabilities.
The candidate must have relationship-building and stakeholder management skills.
The candidate must have commercial, analytical, and strategic thinking skills.

Responsibilities

Lead M&A origination across segments within the BFSI industry, identifying opportunities aligned with the organization's strategic and growth objectives.
Develop and maintain an acquisition pipeline across banking, NBFCs, insurance, fintech, wealth management, asset management, lending, payments, and other relevant financial services segments.
Conduct market and industry mapping to identify emerging businesses, attractive sub-sectors, consolidation opportunities, and potential acquisition targets.
Originate and evaluate potential transactions through market research, industry intelligence, professional networks, and relationship building.
Build and maintain relationships with promoters, founders, CXOs, investment bankers, private equity investors, advisors, and other relevant stakeholders.
Develop investment theses and preliminary business cases for potential acquisition opportunities.
Work with internal leadership, strategy, finance, legal, risk, and business teams to assess strategic fit and transaction feasibility.
Coordinate with advisors and external stakeholders during due diligence, valuation, negotiations, and transaction structuring.
Track competitive M&A activity, industry consolidation, regulatory developments, and market trends to identify new opportunities.
Prepare and present opportunity assessments, transaction rationale, market intelligence, and pipeline updates to senior leadership.
Support negotiations and transaction execution from initial discussions through signing and closure.
Develop a structured framework for continuously sourcing and prioritizing potential acquisition opportunities.

Desired Qualifications

Experience across multiple BFSI segments.
Exposure to transaction advisory, investment banking, private equity, or corporate strategy.
Experience working with senior executives, promoters, investors, and transaction advisors.

Leadership role in M&A and Corporate Development

Weekday AI · Delhi, India · Full-time · Posted 2026-10-01

Workplace: on_site

Department: Weekday's Client via platform

Description

This role is for one of Weekday’s clients

Min Experience: 9+ years
Location: NCR
JobType: full-time

As a senior leader in M&A and Corporate Development, you will play a key role in shaping the organization's inorganic growth strategy. You will independently lead deal origination, conduct market and industry mapping, identify potential acquisition targets, and build a high-quality pipeline aligned with the organization's strategic priorities.

The ideal candidate will combine strong BFSI industry knowledge with proven expertise in M&A, corporate development, deal origination, and stakeholder management.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

Lead M&A origination across segments within the BFSI industry, identifying opportunities that align with the organization's strategic and growth objectives.
Develop and maintain a robust acquisition pipeline across banking, NBFCs, insurance, fintech, wealth management, asset management, lending, payments, and other relevant financial services segments.
Conduct comprehensive market and industry mapping to identify emerging businesses, attractive sub-sectors, consolidation opportunities, and potential acquisition targets.
Originate and evaluate potential transactions through extensive market research, industry intelligence, professional networks, and relationship building.
Build and maintain relationships with promoters, founders, CXOs, investment bankers, private equity investors, advisors, and other relevant stakeholders.
Develop investment theses and preliminary business cases for potential acquisition opportunities.
Work closely with internal leadership, strategy, finance, legal, risk, and business teams to assess strategic fit and transaction feasibility.
Coordinate with advisors and external stakeholders during due diligence, valuation, negotiations, and transaction structuring.
Track competitive M&A activity, industry consolidation, regulatory developments, and market trends to identify new opportunities.
Prepare and present opportunity assessments, transaction rationale, market intelligence, and pipeline updates to senior leadership.
Support negotiations and transaction execution from initial discussions through signing and closure.
Develop a structured framework for continuously sourcing and prioritizing potential acquisition opportunities.

Must-Have Skills

M&A
Corporate Development
Deal Origination
Strong understanding of the BFSI industry and financial services ecosystem
Proven experience in building and managing an acquisition pipeline
Strong market and industry mapping capabilities
Excellent relationship-building and stakeholder management skills
Strong commercial, analytical, and strategic thinking

Good-to-Have Skills

Merger & Acquisition
Merger and Acquisition
Merger
Experience across multiple BFSI segments
Exposure to transaction advisory, investment banking, private equity, or corporate strategy
Experience working with senior executives, promoters, investors, and transaction advisors

Experience

9–15 years of relevant experience in M&A, Corporate Development, Investment Banking, Strategy, Private Equity, or related functions, with significant exposure to deal origination and transaction opportunities within BFSI.

The candidate should demonstrate a strong track record of identifying strategic opportunities, developing acquisition pipelines, building senior-level relationships, and contributing to successful M&A transactions.

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About the Company

Weekday AI

Proactive software engineer recruitment via referrals

Weekday.works helps companies hire software engineers through proactive outreach and peer-recommended candidates. Its platform automates tracking, pipeline management, and provides weekly updates, while it actively identifies engineers via peer networks, reaches out, shortlists, checks references, and schedules interviews. Differentiators include peer-backed vetting instead of traditional job boards, proactive outreach, and a passive-income reference feature that monetizes referrals. The goal is to reduce the time and effort of hiring by connecting companies with pre-vetted engineers who are open to new opportunities through a network-driven approach.

Company size: 201-500
Company stage: Seed
Total funding: $2.3M
Headquarters: Bengaluru, India
Founded: 2021

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