M&A Deal Origination & Business Development Associate

About the role

Reality Marble, a holding company that acquires media assets and other businesses, is seeking an M&A Deal Origination & Business Development Associate. The role focuses on outbound business development to identify, source, and nurture acquisition opportunities, working closely with the acquisitions team but without heavy financial modeling responsibilities.

Key responsibilities

• Identify and source acquisition opportunities through proactive outbound outreach.
• Build targeted lead lists of owners, founders, CEOs, brokers, intermediaries, and acquisition advisors.
• Research companies, industries, and markets using online tools and databases.
• Scrape, clean, organize, enrich, and maintain lead data for outreach campaigns.
• Manage email outreach campaigns, write and test messaging, and monitor performance metrics.
• Conduct introductory conversations with business owners and partners to assess strategic fit.
• Qualify opportunities and pass promising leads to the acquisitions team.
• Maintain long‑term relationships with key acquisition contacts.

Required profile

• Curious about businesses and comfortable discussing basic financial concepts.
• Strong communication skills with founders, executives, brokers, and acquisition professionals.
• Proactive, organized, resourceful, and able to thrive in an outbound environment.
• Ability to research, qualify, and nurture acquisition opportunities over time.

Required skills

• CRM management
• Email outreach platforms
• Data scraping and cleaning
• Spreadsheet handling (e.g., Excel)

What we offer

• Opportunity to work on high‑impact acquisition pipelines.
• Collaborative environment with a focus on business development.
• Remote work flexibility.