What are the responsibilities and job description for the Vice President of Corporate Development position at hireneXus?
This role is with a national specialty physician group and is a critical leadership position supporting the organization’s strategic growth through acquisitions, joint ventures, and strategic partnerships. The Vice President of Corporate Development will lead the full lifecycle of transactions—from market strategy and opportunity development through diligence, negotiation, and closing—while partnering closely with physician leadership, executive management, internal finance teams, and the private equity sponsor.
The Vice President will play a central role in shaping and executing the organization’s M&A strategy, identifying and developing strategic relationships across the physician ecosystem while also leading deal execution and integration planning. This individual will serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership and physician partners, ensuring that transactions are strategically aligned, financially disciplined, and successfully executed.
The ideal candidate combines strong transaction experience with a collaborative leadership style, is comfortable engaging physicians and advisors, and brings the strategic mindset required to drive long-term growth in a physician-led healthcare environment.
Key Responsibilities
Corporate Development Strategy & Market Leadership
Education
Experience
The Vice President will play a central role in shaping and executing the organization’s M&A strategy, identifying and developing strategic relationships across the physician ecosystem while also leading deal execution and integration planning. This individual will serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership and physician partners, ensuring that transactions are strategically aligned, financially disciplined, and successfully executed.
The ideal candidate combines strong transaction experience with a collaborative leadership style, is comfortable engaging physicians and advisors, and brings the strategic mindset required to drive long-term growth in a physician-led healthcare environment.
Key Responsibilities
Corporate Development Strategy & Market Leadership
- Lead the development and execution of the company’s corporate development strategy, identifying acquisition, partnership, and joint venture opportunities aligned with long-term growth objectives.
- Partner with executive leadership, physician dyad leaders, and the private equity sponsor to refine market priorities, target profiles, and expansion strategies.
- Maintain deep insight into physician practice dynamics, competitive activity, and emerging market opportunities to inform strategic decision-making.
- Represent the organization externally with physicians, advisors, and potential partners, reinforcing the company’s reputation as a preferred growth partner.
- Develop and maintain strategic relationships with physician practice owners, healthcare advisors, investment bankers, and industry stakeholders to support a robust opportunity pipeline.
- Evaluate potential partnerships and transactions, engaging physician leadership early to ensure alignment with clinical and cultural priorities.
- Travel to target practices and partnership opportunities to present the company’s value proposition and assess strategic fit.
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to cultivate opportunities that support the organization’s long-term market positioning.
- Lead the full lifecycle of transactions, including opportunity evaluation, financial modeling, structuring, diligence oversight, negotiation, and closing.
- Develop investment theses, financial analyses, and transaction recommendations for executive leadership and the private equity sponsor.
- Direct cross-functional diligence efforts across finance, operations, clinical leadership, legal, and external advisors.
- Structure transactions that align physician incentives, support operational integration, and drive long-term value creation.
- Negotiate key transaction terms and manage the process from letter of intent through definitive agreement and closing.
- Partner with finance, operations, clinical leadership, and legal teams to ensure efficient transaction execution and successful post-transaction integration planning.
- Serve as a central coordinator across internal stakeholders to maintain alignment, momentum, and accountability throughout the transaction process.
- Remain actively engaged with physician partners and leadership teams through signing and closing to ensure continuity and trust.
- Maintain visibility into the company’s transaction pipeline, prioritizing opportunities and allocating resources to the most strategic initiatives.
- Provide leadership with regular updates on deal pipeline activity, transaction progress, and market developments.
- Continuously refine sourcing strategies, outreach approaches, and market coverage to support sustained growth.
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Economics, or a related field required.
- MBA or other advanced degree preferred.
Experience
- 8–12 years of experience in corporate development, private equity, investment banking, or healthcare M&A.
- Demonstrated experience leading transactions through the full lifecycle, including diligence, negotiation, and closing.
- Experience in healthcare services, physician practice management, or multi-site healthcare environments strongly preferred.
- Strong financial and transactional acumen with the ability to assess valuation, deal structure, and investment returns.
- Proven ability to influence and collaborate with physicians, executive leadership, private equity partners, and external advisors.
- Highly relationship-oriented with strong communication and negotiation skills.
- Strategic, entrepreneurial mindset with a proactive and outcomes-driven approach to growth.