Senior Mergers & Acquisitions Manager

Job Title: Senior Mergers & Acquisitions Manager

Working Pattern: Hybrid (3 office days a week)

Working Location: Washington D.C.

We have an exciting opportunity as Senior Mergers & Acquisitions Manager. The ideal candidate will have direct M&A experience in principal investing (corporate development or private equity), investment banking, or transaction advisory services. Candidate will be expected to lead deal teams to deliver completion of key projects, coordinate all project activities including due diligence, valuation review, and risk mitigation, while coaching and guiding both internal and external specialists. In this role, you will travel up to 10% domestically with some international travel as needed.

Why Rolls-Royce?

Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount.

We are proud to be a force for progress, powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.

At Rolls-Royce, we are committed to creating a workplace where all employees feel respected, supported, and empowered to do their best work. We foster a welcoming and innovative work environment that invests in you, giving you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.

Rolls-Royce is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristics.

What you will be doing:

• Execution and project management: managing a project/deal team, coordinating deal activities, driving due diligence review and risk mitigation, delivering and support recommendations.
• Relationship management and origination: interacting with external parties (corporates, banks, consultants, PE funds/investors) with a market-facing mindset
• Internal stakeholder management: influencing, advocating and presenting to senior level audiences within the organization
• Coaching and guiding working in a project team and guiding internal resources (including specialist inputs) to deliver analysis and presentations

Ideal Background:

• Candidate’s work experience should demonstrate a track record in:
  • Execution and project management: experience managing a project/deal team, coordinating activities, driving due diligence review and risk mitigation, coaching and guiding specialists (internal and external), delivering and supporting recommendations
  • Financial acumen: experience in and understanding financial markets, financial modelling, valuation; basic knowledge of accounting
  • Deal acumen: experience in and understanding of the lifecycle of an M&A transaction through negotiation, closing, and integration. Awareness of key milestones, market expectations, documents, and terms
  • Investor mindset: experience in preparing and underwriting a business plan, key assumptions, valuation, investment proposals, ownership of the investment, delivery of business plan and monetization (through integration or exit)
  • Integration and separation: experience in planning, managing and executing M&A integration and separation activities, including for joint ventures
  • Relationship management and origination: experience being market-facing, interacting with external parties
  • Business development mindset: proactive, extroverted style with a nose for deal-making and creative problem solving
  • Passion for dealmaking and investing track record of completing large, complex and/or global M&A transactions
  • Internal stakeholder management: experience in influencing, advocating and presenting to senior level corporate audiences

Who we’re looking for:

At Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

Basic Requirements:  

• Associate degree with 10+ years of experience in mergers and acquisitions, principal investing (corporate development or private equity), investment banking, or transaction services, OR
• Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of experience in mergers and acquisitions, principal investing (corporate development or private equity), investment banking, or transaction services, OR
• Master’s degree with 6+ years of experience in mergers and acquisitions, principal investing (corporate development or private equity), investment banking, or transaction services, OR
• JD/PhD with 3+ years of experience in mergers and acquisitions, principal investing (corporate development or private equity), investment banking, or transaction services, OR
• 12+ years of experience in mergers and acquisitions, principal investing (corporate development or private equity), investment banking, or transaction services
• In order to be considered for this position, you must be a U.S Citizen or U.S. Permanent Resident

Preferred Requirements:

• Experience in aerospace, defense, energy, infrastructure, industrial, manufacturing or other business to business sectors
• International business exposure
• Experience in running divestment processes and joint venture/partnership arrangements

What we offer:

We offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home, or another remote location.  It’s a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement.  As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week.

Relocation assistance will be provided if applicable.

Closing date: May 18, 2026

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Benefits

Rolls-Royce provides a comprehensive and competitive Total Rewards package that includes base pay and a discretionary bonus plan. Eligible employees may have the opportunity to enroll in other benefits, including health, dental, vision, disability, life and accidental death & dismemberment insurance; a flexible spending account; a health savings account; a 401(k) retirement savings plan with a company match; Employee Assistance Program; Paid Time Off; certain paid holidays; paid parental and family care leave; tuition reimbursement; and a long-term incentive plan. The options available to an employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as date of hire, employment type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.