Manager - Mergers & Acquisitions CoE

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Bain & Company is a global management consulting firm that helps the world’s most ambitious change makers define the future. Across 65 offices in 40 countries, we work alongside our clients as one team with a shared ambition to achieve extraordinary results, outperform the competition and redefine industries. Since our founding in 1973, we have measured our success by the success of our clients, and we proudly maintain the highest level of client advocacy in the industry.
In 2004, the firm established its presence in the Indian market by opening the Bain Capability Center (BCC) in New Delhi. The BCC is now known as BCN (Bain Capability Network) with its nodes across various geographies. BCN is an integral and largest unit of (ECD) Expert Client Delivery. ECD plays a critical role as it adds value to Bain's case teams globally by supporting them with analytics and research solutioning across all industries, cross-industry capabilities, client development, private equity diligence or Bain intellectual property. The BCN comprises of Consulting Services, Knowledge Services and Shared Services.
About M&A CoE
M&A Center of Excellence (CoE) at BCN is a new CoE being established to support Bain’s capabilities for M&A and Divestitures Practice
Bain’s M&A CoE offerings will include offerings across Growth and M&A Strategy, Deal Sourcing and Screening, Corporate Due Diligence (Integration thesis and Synergies modules) , Merger Integration, Divestiture and Separation. The CoE will play a crucial role in improving and further differentiating Bain’s approach across these offerings.
The M&A CoE will actively support Bain partners and global case teams across client cases and client development efforts. Additionally, the CoE will also work closely with M&A and Divestitures Practice Leadership in building new IP/ Products/ Tools etc.
CoE scope and scale is expected to evolve over time to more deeper domain expertise, broader scope and end-to-end offerings. Plan is to also expand the CoE to BCN Mexico in future
About You
Graduate (8+ years) / Post-Graduate (6+ years) of professional experience; at least 3 years in consulting
Prior domain experience/ relevant expertise e,g. Synergy analysis (and/or cost diagnostics), Due Diligence (M&A or Private Equity), Merger Integration, Divestiture etc.
Excellent stakeholder management skills (ability to be a thought partner and trusted advisor to Partners/ Practice); good communication skills
Excellent in talent management including hiring, coaching, ensuring positive team environment, and ability to train upskill overall team skillset
Strong analytical skills with proven ability of leveraging/ embracing automation/ AI to drive efficiency across products/ offerings
Ability to deal with ambiguity, handle multiple tasks and dynamic expectations needed for business building
What You’ll Do
This position is based in BCN's Gurgaon office and will be part of new M&A CoE, being set-up in Capabilities Cluster.
Manager, M&A CoE will play a key role in building and scaling the CoE, working closely with the M&A and Divestitures Practice and CoE /BCN leadership. Responsibilities will include helping build teams, developing new products/ productizing existing offerings, streamlining the delivery model, building capability, adopting AI and agentic tools, and helping expand the CoE across India and Mexico.
Lead teams of Project Leaders, Associates, and Analysts supporting live client engagements/ BD efforts
. Ensure high-quality and timely delivery, while remaining hands-on in problem solving, hypothesis development, analysis, and insight generation. Triangulate across multiple data sources and perspectives, apply sound judgment in ambiguous situations, and clearly articulate the reasoning, assumptions, and evidence behind conclusions and recommendations.
Act as a thought partner to Partners and Project/Case teams and support client projects and client development
. Build and maintain strong relationships with Partners, Project/Case teams, M&A practice as well as clients. Deliver clear, professional, and confident presentations to Bain and client leadership.
Develop deep M&A and Divestitures expertise within the CoE
and establish the team as a trusted source of subject-matter expertise. Play a key role in developing and deploying new IP, products, solutions, tools, and delivery models. Continuously expand the CoE’s portfolio of SKUs based on evolving client and practice needs, and capture case learnings in reusable methodologies.
Drive technology-enabled improvements and process automation
, including the adoption of AI and agentic tools to improve efficiency, consistency, and scalability while maintaining appropriate human judgment and quality control.
Help build and develop CoE teams across India and Mexico.
Support recruitment, onboarding, training, coaching, and performance development. Help hire the right talent, establish consistent capability-building programs, identify professional development needs, and create a positive, inclusive, and high-performance team experience.
Coordinate with other BCN diagnostic CoEs,
such as Performance Improvement, Customer, People & Org. etc, to enable integrated delivery through a concierge model. Effectively balance multiple priorities across live case delivery, client development, team building, product development, and capability expansion, making clear prioritization and resource-allocation decisions.
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