Manager - School Acquisition - 8 Years Exp - Kolkata Functional Practices: Merger & Acquisition

Job type: Permanent

Contact name: Priya Singh

Contact email: [email protected]

Job ref: 136814

Published: about 19 hours ago

Manager - School Acquisition - Education - 8 Years - Mumbai We are looking for an experienced professional with 8 years of experience in business development, M&A;, or real estate/franchise acquisitions to drive school acquisition opportunities across key Indian cities. The ideal candidate will have strong relationship-building, commercial negotiation, valuation, and deal-closing skills.

Experience in education, institutional real estate, or franchise acquisition will be an advantage, along with the ability to manage end-to-end acquisition activities.

Location: Mumbai

Your Future Employer Join a rapidly growing education venture backed by a leading higher-education platform, with an ambitious plan to build a network of 45 K-12 schools over five years and the opportunity to shape its school acquisition strategy.

Responsibilities

- Identifying and mapping independent K-12 schools that meet acquisition criteria across target cities.
- Building and maintaining a pipeline of prospective schools through market research, referrals, consultants, and local networks.
- Developing long-term relationships with school owners, trustees, and promoters to explore acquisition and brand-conversion opportunities.
- Evaluating school financials, enrolment, fee structures, infrastructure, and liabilities to support valuation and deal structuring.
- Leading commercial negotiations from term sheet to final agreement in coordination with Legal and Finance.
- Coordinating legal, financial, and academic due diligence and identifying potential transaction risks.
- Planning post-acquisition brand conversion and coordinating stakeholder communication with the Transformation team.




- Maintaining a structured acquisition pipeline and reporting deal progress, commercial outcomes, and market coverage.

Requirements

- 8-15 years of experience in business development, M&A;, real estate acquisition, or franchise acquisition.
- Experience in relationship-led, consultative transactions with a demonstrable record of deal closures.
- Exposure to education, institutional real estate, or franchise acquisition; K-12 school acquisition experience will be an advantage.
- Working knowledge of business/property valuation, commercial negotiations, and deal structuring.
- Robust stakeholder management, communication, discretion, and commercial judgement.

What's in it for you

- An opportunity to build and shape a school acquisition function from the ground up.
- Direct involvement in strategic deals, with meaningful ownership of the acquisition pipeline and closure process.
- Close collaboration with senior leadership and cross-functional Legal, Finance, and Transformation teams.

Reach Us If you feel this opportunity is well aligned with your career progression plans, please feel free to reach me with your updated profile at [email protected].

Disclaimer Crescendo Global specializes in Senior to C-level niche recruitment. We are passionate about empowering job seekers and employers with an engaging and memorable hiring experience. Crescendo Global does not discriminate based on race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, or any other protected status. We are committed to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in every hiring process.

Note: Due to the high volume of applications, we will contact shortlisted candidates only. If you do not hear from us within one week of applying, please consider your application unsuccessful for this position.

Profile Keywords: School Acquisition, Business Development, M&A;, Real Estate Acquisition, Franchise Acquisition, K-12 Education, Deal Structuring, Commercial Negotiation, Due Diligence, Business Valuation, Stakeholder Management, Acquisition Strategy

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