help with the right corp dev M&A title to ask for

I am looking for opinions of what title would be most recognized and appropriate for my current position in corp dev (M&A). I am in a position where I feel my official title doesn't quite match my job duties. The point being, I want to set myself up should I ever leave this company, I want the most universal recognition on title for my actual duties and experience.

For background, I was associate II in M&A investment banking promoted up from undergrad analyst (no MBA) and left for corp dev of which I now have about 1.5 years experience. Combined experience is about 7 years. Currently work for a middle market portfolio company of very large PE fund. I report to the VP of corp dev and we are now hiring an analyst as a direct report to me (three Man Group).

I helped define the new M&A effort here in terms of process, goals, etc. This role is pretty autonomous and duties are typical for managing buyside transactions from pre-loi to close. This means weighing in on value and deal structure, running financial/operating deal model of record, managing diligence teams (e.g. outside accounting, lawyers, internal diligence functional teams). I source deals as well (no quota or anything though) at trade shows or through professional networks. I also am responsible for reporting basic KPIs on closed deals and helping generally with M&A matters as they relate to our debt RiFi.

This is my second corp dev job and reason I didn't focus on title initially was I knew this would be a great position, I had a short window to make a geographic change, and spent my efforts negotiating salary and moving expenses.

Any opinions on what makes sense? Best I could think would be Senior Manager of Corporate Development.

 

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