# Director, Mergers & Acquisitions (healthcare & life sciences) at West Monroe

> United States · Director+ · Other · open. Source: https://alderhq.app/jobs/greenhouse%3Awestmonroe4%3A6010738004 (read 2026-11-14).

## Facts (observed)

- Company: [West Monroe](https://alderhq.app/companies/west-monroe)
- Location text: Chicago; Los Angeles; Minneapolis; New York; Chicago
- Where it can be done from (inferred): United States (evidence: "Location: Chicago; Los Angeles; Minneapolis; New York; Chicago")
- Posted: 2026-08-07 (99 days ago)
- First seen by alder: 2026-11-07 · last verified: 2026-11-07
- Reposted: 0 times · edited: 0 times
- Apply on the employer's site: https://westmonroe.com/careers/job-details-experienced-professionals?gh_jid=6010738004
- Skills listed (inferred): LLMs

## Pay and sponsorship

- Posted pay: $200k–$275k per year (from the listing's pay field)
- Market band for similar posted roles (Chicago, n 178): p25 $155k, median $185k, p75 $235k

## Description (the employer's text)

Are you ready to make an impact?

Our Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Practice is seeking a Director to join our growing Healthcare & Life Sciences Value Creation team. In this leadership role, you will serve as a trusted advisor to private equity investors, corporate clients, and portfolio company executives, leading complex transaction advisory and value creation engagements across the healthcare ecosystem.

You will work within our national M&A practice advising clients through platform acquisitions, mergers and integrations, corporate carve-outs, sell-side readiness, operational due diligence, and post-close value creation initiatives. The ideal candidate brings deep experience leading healthcare M&A engagements and possesses subject matter expertise in Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) and healthcare operations to help clients identify transaction risks, uncover value creation opportunities, and accelerate post-close performance.

Our M&A team includes seasoned, industry-leading professionals with expertise spanning healthcare operations, technology, strategy, and private equity. As a Director, you will play a key role in shaping the future of the practice through client development, thought leadership, recruiting, mentoring, and expanding our healthcare M&A platform.

### Directors in our Mergers & Acquisitions practice have these primary responsibilities

- Serve as the executive client lead for healthcare M&A engagements, developing trusted relationships with private equity firms, strategic acquirers, and portfolio company executives.
- Lead buy-side and sell-side due diligence, mergers, carve-outs, integration planning, and post-close value creation engagements across healthcare services, healthcare IT, payer, provider, and life sciences organizations.
- Apply healthcare operational expertise—including Revenue Cycle Management—to assess business performance, identify transaction risks, evaluate operational maturity, and develop actionable value creation opportunities.
- Assess operating models, technology capabilities, organizational structures, KPIs, and financial performance against industry leading practices and investment objectives.
- Lead engagement teams through diligence planning, client interviews, hypothesis development, executive presentations, and final deliverables while ensuring high-quality client outcomes.
- Advise clients on post-close transformation initiatives, integration planning, and execution strategies that accelerate value realization.
- Translate complex operational, financial, and technology findings into clear recommendations for executive leadership teams and investment stakeholders.
- Drive business development by originating opportunities, cultivating executive relationships, developing proposals, leading pricing discussions, and supporting practice growth.
- Partner with practice leadership to evolve West Monroe's healthcare M&A methodologies, transaction advisory offerings, and value creation capabilities.
- Develop industry perspectives and thought leadership related to healthcare M&A, operational performance, healthcare technology, and emerging industry trends.
- Coach and mentor Senior Managers, Managers, and Consultants while fostering a collaborative, high-performing team culture.
- Manage engagement economics, staffing, forecasting, and overall client satisfaction.
- Leverage AI tools to accelerate analysis, synthesize complex information, and support data-driven recommendations for clients while exercising sound judgment in evaluating outputs.
- Apply AI technologies (e.g., generative AI, automation tools, and advanced analytics) to improve delivery efficiency and enhance client outcomes.
### Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree required; MBA, MHA, or other advanced degree preferred.
- 10+ years of experience in healthcare consulting, transaction advisory, operational consulting, or private equity advisory with progressive leadership responsibility.
- Significant experience leading healthcare M&A engagements, including operational due diligence, value creation, integration planning, or transaction execution.

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