[Hiring] M&A Project Manager @Believe

Role Description

Under the responsibility of the M&A Director, the M&A Manager will play a crucial role in supporting the development and implementation of the Group’s acquisition strategy. You will contribute to establishing strategic partnerships and driving inorganic growth within a vibrant, creative ecosystem, working closely with senior executives, entrepreneurs, and shareholders.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deal intelligence, sourcing & qualification:
  • Drive the deal pipeline by identifying and vetting targets aligned with the Group’s strategy, central Business lines, and local units’ growth levers.
  • Lead the market mapping: Identify key industry players and market disruptors across various Business Lines and geographies to maintain a real-time view of the competitive landscape and potential targets.
• Deal execution:
  • Execute comprehensive financial analyses, showcasing a talent for "financial archaeology", extracting value and clarity from raw data to support informed decision-making in a fast-paced, small-cap environment.
  • Coordinate and oversee the conduct of the due diligence process, including financial, legal, and tax reviews.
  • Prepare detailed investment memoranda and presentations for internal and external stakeholders.
  • Draft NBOs, Term Sheets, and participate in negotiating the deal structure and legal documentation (e.g. SHA, SPA), with the assistance of the Senior M&A lawyer.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams (including Business, Legal, Finance and Product) to ensure thorough strategic vision, negotiation, execution of transactions and anticipate integration of the targets in close collaboration with the PMI team.

Qualifications

• Graduate of a top-tier Business or Engineering School.
• At least 5 years of experience in M&A advisory/Investment Banking, Corporate M&A, Transaction Services, or Private Equity.
• Proven ability to operate credibly with entrepreneurs, senior executives and investors.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel/Sheets and PowerPoint/Slides.
• Excellent financial, valuation and strategic analysis skills.
• Fluent English (both written and spoken); proficiency in a second language is an advantage.
• You thrive in a fast-paced, creative industry (Music/Entertainment).
• Proactive, hands-on, and results-oriented mindset.
• Capacity to challenge subject matter experts and stakeholders effectively.

Benefits

• Tailor-made training and coaching program.
• Remote working policy.
• A well-being program.
• Access to Eutelmed, a digital mental health and well-being platform that allows you to speak with an experienced psychologist.
• Ambassador program: an employee volunteering initiative dedicated to all Believers interested in having a positive impact on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI), wellbeing and the planet.
• Shaping Together: A Group-wide event focused on volunteerism and community impact.

Company Description

Believe is a global artist development company. We empower local artists, labels and publishers to grow their audiences at each stage of their careers with expertise, respect, fairness and transparency.

Operating in 50+ countries, with more than 2,000 employees, Believe offers a full range of services including audience development, publishing, marketing and distribution, with a tailor-made approach to fit any artist, label or publisher.

Believe champions independence and innovation through a unique model that combines local expertise with a global tech platform, delivering exclusive solutions for artists to promote and monetize their music thanks to strategic partnerships with leading global digital service providers.

With a leading portfolio of brands that includes Nuclear Blast, naïve, TuneCore, Groove Attack, Sentric, AllPoints and Byond, Believe artists generated more than 800 billion streams worldwide in 2024 across all genres, and were recognized with more than 70 leading industry awards.

Believe is a simplified joint-stock company under French law.