Associate Director - Investments (SaaS)

Location: 100% remote; work from wherever you like

Company

hirify.global acquires and operates small, bootstrapped B2B SaaS companies, with a portfolio of 25 brands and a fully remote team of nearly 380 colleagues across 50+ countries.

What you will do

• Qualify acquisition opportunities, issue non-binding offers, set pricing and structure, and prepare investment cases for the Investment Committee.
• Lead transactions end to end from first call through LOI, diligence, SPA and closing as deal captain.
• Underwrite deals and build ARR bridges, cohort and retention analyses, unit economics, scenarios, valuation and returns models.
• Lead commercial due diligence covering market size, competition, right to win, retention, revenue concentration, pricing power and growth durability.
• Coordinate internal finance, technology, product, marketing, legal and people experts together with external advisors, and negotiate with founders and their advisors.
• Represent hirify.global to sellers, brokers, advisors, C-suite and post-closing operators while coaching junior team members.

Requirements

• 6+ years of professional experience after university, with a strong track record in transactions, strategy or both.
• Training at a top-tier private equity, strategy consulting, Big Four strategy and deals, corporate development/M&A, or investment banking team.
• Experience in lower mid-market transactions, ideally involving software or tech-enabled services; investment banking experience should ideally include transactions below $50M enterprise value.
• Live deal experience, ideally leading workstreams or serving as day-to-day deal lead.
• Excellent financial modelling and valuation skills, including building models from a blank sheet and defending assumptions.
• Experience with commercial due diligence, including market sizing, competitive analysis, customer and expert interviews, and quality-of-revenue analysis.
• Investor mindset, strong negotiation presence with founders, C-suite and advisors, and rigorous project-management skills.
• Experience developing junior talent and willingness to operate as a hands-on player-coach.
• Genuine interest in software and SaaS business models; software experience is advantageous but not required.
• Fluent English, written and spoken, is required.
• Real AI fluency is required, including daily use of AI tools such as Claude and applying them to research, analysis, modelling and diligence.

Nice to have

• Additional European languages.
• Software or tech-enabled services transaction experience.

Culture & Benefits

• 100% remote work with the flexibility to work from anywhere and whenever you like.
• Principal-level ownership of acquisitions and direct exposure to the C-suite and Investment Committee.
• High-trust, autonomous environment with minimal bureaucracy and a focus on efficient, sustainable momentum.
• Friendly, collaborative SaaS professional network with regular knowledge and learning exchange.
• Flexible time off.
• Location-adjusted salary ranges targeting local market medians; the range will be provided in writing before the first interview.