Senior Manager M&A (m/f/d)

About the role

You will drive Numa's M&A agenda end-to-end with real autonomy - owning the pipeline, deal execution, due diligence, and post-merger integration from first screening through to close and beyond. This is a high-visibility role with direct access to the CEO and C-Level, where your work shapes company strategy in a tangible way. You operate with broad freedom to define how the M&A function develops, set priorities, and move deals forward - supported by strong executive sponsorship without being micromanaged. You will also bring Numa's AI strategy into the M&A context: assessing targets through the lens of tech and data maturity and modelling AI-enabled synergies.

Your Responsibilities

M&A Strategy & Pipeline

• Develop target criteria, investment logic, and strategic rationale in close partnership with the VP.
• Build and manage a proprietary deal pipeline: map markets, identify candidates, maintain a live long-list, drive early-stage outreach.
• Design KPI-enabled screening frameworks to prioritise targets by strategic fit, unit economics, and technology/data maturity - ideally enabled by AI.

Deal Execution

• Independently lead individual deal processes from outreach through signing - term sheet, DD, negotiation, and closing.
• Own commercial and strategic due diligence; coordinate legal, financial, technical, and operational DD workstreams.
• Build valuation models, investment memos, and C-Level decision materials. Manage external advisors while retaining internal ownership of the deal narrative.

Stakeholder Management

• Build and maintain working relationships with founders, VCs, institutional investors, and PE counterparts across the pipeline.
• Represent Numa credibly in early-stage conversations. Senior counterpart relationships and final negotiations are led by the VP and CEO.
• Translate complex deal dynamics into clear recommendations for C-Level and Board.

Post-Merger Integration (PMI)

• Execute and continuously improve Numa's established PMI playbook across Operations, Tech, Finance, and Commercial.
• Lead Day 1 planning and integration workstreams; track KPIs for synergy realisation and milestone delivery.

AI & Technology in M&A

• Use AI-assisted tools to sharpen pipeline development and target identification.
• Assess every target's tech stack, data infrastructure, and AI readiness as a core DD dimension.
• Model AI-driven synergies with Numa's Tech and Data teams.

Cross-Functional Partnership

• Work closely with Finance, Real Estate, Operations, and Commercial teams to ground deals in operational reality.
• Support the build vs. buy vs. partner framework and contribute to investor narratives on M&A strategy.

About you

Experience

• 3-6 years in a high-performance analytical environment - ideally top-tier strategy consulting (e.g. MBB, Roland Berger, Oliver Wyman) with M&A, transactions, or corporate finance exposure.
• Demonstrated experience across the M&A value chain: origination, commercial and strategic DD, deal structuring, and integration.
• Strong financial modelling skills - valuation, deal economics, unit economics. You interrogate numbers, not just read them.
• Experience navigating complex multi-stakeholder environments including founders, PE/VC counterparts, or institutional investors.
• Genuine interest in technology, AI, and how these forces reshape business models and valuations.

Mindset & Competencies

• Structured problem-solver who produces decision-ready outputs, not analysis for its own sake.
• High-ownership operator: you bias toward action and don't wait to be told what to do next.
• Low ego - builds trust and alignment rather than asserting authority. Functions without direct reports.
• Resilient and fast-moving: thrives with imperfect data and shifting priorities while maintaining output quality.
• AI-proficient: uses AI tools actively in research, modelling, and process work.

Communication

• Excellent written and verbal English (required). German or other European languages are a plus.
• Writes sharp, concise investment memos and decision materials for C-Level audiences.
• Fluent in both strategic and financial language; able to translate between the two.

Why This Role

Numa is entering a phase where selective M&A will materially accelerate the platform - and where AI is becoming central to how that value is created and integrated. You will work with genuine autonomy, with direct visibility to the CEO and C-Level, on deals that will compound across a portfolio growing from 6,000 to 15,000+ keys. If you want the rigour of strategy consulting combined with the deal intensity of corporate development, inside a category-defining business at exactly the right moment, this is the role.