General Partner

Company Description

Independent Deal Sponsor & PE Founding is an emerging fund manager building a multi-regional network across the US, GCC/MENA, and Europe with investors, family offices, institutions, founders, and executives. The firm focuses on opportunities in technology and software (including AI, SaaS, and e-commerce), consumer and CPG, F&B, services businesses (including tech services, healthcare & wellness, marketing and advertising), and investment management and advisory. It sources deals, co-investments, and sponsored buy-side acquisitions, with a strong emphasis on execution, value creation, rollups, tech enablement, brand building, product development, and financial restructuring. The organization brings multiple value creation strategies to its portfolio and advises investors and corporates on investment approaches. Originating in Kuwait and expanding into the UAE and broader GCC, it is now scaling its capabilities into the US private equity market as a sponsor and emerging fund manager.

Role Description

The General Partner will be a founding-stage leader responsible for originating, evaluating, and executing private equity and sponsored acquisition deals, with a focus on the US market and cross-border opportunities. This full-time, on-site role based in Manhattan, NY includes building and managing investor relationships, coordinating co-investments, and structuring transactions in collaboration with other managers and executives. Day-to-day responsibilities involve leading deal sourcing pipelines, overseeing due diligence, shaping investment theses, and driving post-acquisition value creation through operational improvements, tech enablement, rollups, and financial re-engineering. The General Partner will contribute to fund strategy, capital raising efforts, and portfolio governance, while representing the firm in meetings with investors, founders, and advisors. This role also requires close collaboration with partners in the GCC and other regions to align strategies, ensure consistent execution, and expand the platform’s presence in the private equity ecosystem.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in private equity, independent sponsor or deal sourcing, including track record in buy-side acquisitions, co-investments, and portfolio value creation.
• Expertise in financial analysis and deal structuring, such as modeling, valuation, capital structure design, financial restructuring, and risk assessment.
• Background in one or more relevant sectors (e.g., technology and software, consumer and CPG, F&B, services, marketing/advertising) with the ability to develop and test investment theses.
• Proven ability to build and manage relationships with investors, family offices, institutional partners, founders, and executives across multiple geographies.
• Skills in strategy and operations, including rollups, tech enablement, brand building, product development, and performance improvement in portfolio companies.
• Comfort operating in founding-stage environments, with a high level of ownership, initiative, and long-term commitment to scaling the platform