Vice President of Business Development Buyside

Company: Intrepid Investment Bankers
Location: Los Angeles
Posted on: June 1, 2025

Job Description:

Business Development Senior Associate or VP - Buy-side Deal OriginationApply locations New York, NY Los Angeles, CA time type Full time posted on Posted 3 Days Ago job requisition id 10069964-WDKnown for its unique entrepreneurial culture that values teamwork and transparency, Intrepid offers highly motivated individuals the opportunity to make meaningful contributions to client engagements and take on important leadership initiatives within the firm, resulting in a high level of job satisfaction while building a solid foundation for your career. Our culture values the development and well-being of our team-members and fosters strong camaraderie throughout the firm, resulting in what we believe is some of the highest retention rates in the industry.Intrepid is a specialty investment bank and provides M&A, capital raising and strategic advisory services to entrepreneurs, family-owned companies, private equity sponsors and major corporations, through dedicated banking teams with deep industry sector experience and over three decades of experience. The firm is based in Los Angeles, with additional offices in San Francisco, New York, Chicago, and Charlotte. Intrepid is the middle-market advisory arm of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (NYSE: MUFG), one of the largest financial groups in the world.The selected colleague will work at an MUFG office or client sites four days per week and work remotely one day. A member of our recruitment team will provide more details.Intrepid Investment Bankers is seeking to hire a Buy-side Business Development Vice President/Senior Associate to augment its buy-side efforts and buy-side advisory practice.Responsibilities:

• Sourcing and evaluating investment banking prospects through phone, email, and in-person efforts.
• Building and managing the investment banking prospect pipeline for select industries while working closely with senior investment bankers to execute various marketing initiatives, industry trade conferences and networking events.
• Building and maintaining relationships with leads and prospects.
• Managing and developing junior members (analysts and associates) on the buy-side team.
• Executing buy-side target searches for institutional private equity sponsors and strategic acquirers retaining the firm to help identify, contact, qualify and introduce them to qualified acquisition targets.Skills & Experience:
• 5+ years proven work experience in business development capacity (preferably in financial services industry on the buy-side) with a track record of interfacing with C-Suite executives.
• Process oriented, disciplined, and experienced in using CRMs to report on lead development and prospecting activity.
• Understanding of M&A, private equity and investment banking.
• Ability to nurture relationships over time and develop them into productive engagements.
• History of strong leadership results.
• Outstanding interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Professional, positive communication style.
• Highly proactive, results oriented, competitive, with a can-do attitude.
• Good listener and great team player.
• Outstanding computer and organizational skills.
• Ability to work comfortably in an unstructured environment.
• A 4-year college degree.
• Series 79 and 63 licenses are required to be obtained upon hire.Compensation & Benefits:In addition to the base salary of $80K - $95K, depending on corporate title, role in the transaction, productivity, and type of incentive payout, participants can be eligible to receive up to 15% of transaction fees per transaction, subject to final approval by the CEO of Intrepid. Additionally, our Total Rewards program provides colleagues with a competitive benefits package (in accordance with the eligibility requirements and respective terms of each) that includes comprehensive health and wellness benefits, retirement plans, educational assistance and training programs, income replacement for qualified employees with disabilities, paid maternity and parental bonding leave, and paid vacation, sick days, and holidays.MUFG Benefits SummaryWe are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to leveraging the diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experience of our workforce to create opportunities for our colleagues and our business. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, gender expression, gender identity, sex, age, ancestry, marital status, protected veteran and military status, disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other status of an individual or that individual's associates or relatives that is protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.
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