Head of Mergers & Acquisitions – M&A

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🕒 June 25

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Scientific Safety Alliance, an Inc. 5000 Company

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2022

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

🔬 Science

📋 Compliance

Healthcare Insurance • Science • Compliance

Scientific Safety Alliance is an Inc. 5000 company that provides expert safety services, focusing on testing, certifying, and calibrating critical equipment and controlled environments. With a commitment to safety and compliance, SSA partners with various organizations, from start-ups to Fortune 100 companies, to ensure their facilities meet regulatory standards and maintain safe operations. Proudly 100% employee-owned, SSA emphasizes quality service delivered by trained and certified technicians across multiple locations nationwide.

📋 Description

• Lead SSA’s acquisition strategy end-to-end — from deal sourcing and evaluation through diligence, transaction execution, and post-close integration. • Identify high-quality businesses that strengthen our platform and accelerate our growth. • Build and lead a world-class M&A function, not just execute deals. • Scale deal velocity to 15+ acquisitions per year with consistent quality. • Define and execute SSA’s acquisition strategy: Target criteria, and long-term M&A roadmap for the lower middle market. • End-to-end inorganic growth strategy, including vertical ideation, acquisition theses, and execution. • Develop repeatable M&A playbooks, tools, and governance processes to support scale. • Build and manage a robust pipeline of acquisition targets across SSA’s core service lines. • Lead comprehensive due diligence across financial, operational, legal, and people dimensions. • Structure and negotiate transactions, including valuation, earn-outs, incentives, and equity participation. • Partner with internal teams to design and execute integration plans that preserve momentum and culture. • Streamline internal workflows to reduce manual effort and unnecessary complexity.

🎯 Requirements

• Proven experience building and scaling a world-class M&A function at a highly acquisitive company. • Track record of doubling or tripling the size of a business through disciplined acquisition (~$50M → $250M+ scale preferred) • Deep experience in the lower middle market • Demonstrated experience creating acquisition strategy, not just executing transactions • International M&A or cross-border expansion experience, including evaluating and integrating businesses across different regulatory, cultural, and operating environments • Strong financial, strategic, and analytical skills with the ability to assess both quantitative performance and qualitative strategic fit • Operator-builder mindset — not a career banker or deal-only profile • High integrity, sound judgment, and strong cultural intuition.

🏖️ Benefits

• Meaningful equity ownership in SSA • 401k Match • 100% paid Medical • Dental & Vision insurance • Health insurance (100% for employee and family) • Life insurance • Generous Paid time off • Parental leave