# Leadership role in M&A

> Weekday AI · Delhi, India · Full-time · Posted 2026-09-21

**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.

## Apply

[Apply at Weekday AI](https://apply.workable.com/weekday-1/j/2522E1140E/apply)

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