Boutique/MM Shop IB Role Advice: M&A VP with a catch...

Hi All,

I have an interview tomorrow for an M&A VP role on the TMT side. Everything about it sounds great, but there was one thing that caught me off-guard. The role is origination only. The JD literally has language that no execution will be part of this role. Now that initially sounded great, but is this really an M&A role, or is it sales/bus dev behind a Banking curtain?  

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Probably. To be fair, banking is a sales / relationship management job and at the VP level, that's what junior bankers are transitioning into.

Specific to this firm, I would be trying to gauge how they fill their pipeline, how much cold calling, if the role has revenue targets and things of that such. 

Good luck, hope the interview went well.

 

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