Job Description

Private Equity Vice President - Boston

About the Role

The Vice President will join a founder-led lower middle market industrial Boston PE firm as its first senior investment professional. This firm is at a genuine inflection point with multiple platforms closed, active deal flow across the portfolio, and a Fund I raise on the near-term horizon. This is the deal seat: own execution end-to-end, work directly alongside the founder and a team of deep industrial operators, and help build the investment infrastructure from the ground up.

Key Responsibilities

Deal Execution

• Quarterback deal execution from initial evaluation through close, including platform acquisitions and add-on bolt-ons across the portfolio
• Build IC-quality investment memos, financial models, and valuation analyses
• Run diligence workstreams—commercial, financial, operational, legal, and quality of earnings; manage outside advisors and integrate findings into the thesis
• Coordinate lenders, co-investors, and SPV participants through closing; own the deal calendar and milestone tracking
• Draft and negotiate LOIs, purchase agreements, and related transaction documents in

Portfolio & Firm Support

• Partner with operating partners on bolt-on integration planning for platforms
• Support portfolio company management teams on financial reporting, board materials, and value creation initiatives
• Contribute to Fund I preparation: track record build-out, LP-ready materials, data room construction
• Engage with institutional partners on ongoing firm operations

Team Leadership

• Mentor and supervise the associate hire planned to follow this role
• Help build out investment process, deal screening discipline, and IC cadence

Professional Experience & Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years investment banking + 2 years private equity, mezzanine, or related buyside investing; VP-level candidates likely have 6–9 years total experience
• Demonstrated deal execution ownership in the lower middle market—able to point to specific transactions personally led from diligence through close
• Comfort and credibility working with founder-owned and family-owned businesses; commercial instinct in seller dynamics
• Strong financial modeling, IC memo writing, and quality of earnings interpretation
• Experience coordinating multi-party diligence processes (lenders, advisors, co-investors)
• Industrial, manufacturing, aerospace & defense, or industrial services sector exposure is a strong plus—not a requirement for the right athlete
• Self-directed, comfortable in an unstructured environment without heavy infrastructure or specialist coverage
• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA not required

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About Soul Equity Solutions

Soul Equity is a retained Executive Search firm, dedicated exclusively to guiding Middle Market Private Equity Firms and their Portfolio Companies to best-in-class talent.

We work exclusively with Middle Market Private Equity firms to grow their internal teams and transform their portfolio companies. Our boutique recruiting experience is highly bespoke and curated to our clients’ needs.

This firm is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.