[Hiring] Investment Banking Analyst @Pairs

Role Description

We are hiring an Investment Banking Analyst to research, reach and book the investors behind the opportunities on Pairs.

This role sits on the investor side of Pairs. In banking, you built the investor lists and drafted the outreach. Here you run it end to end:

• Find the right investors
• Open the conversation
• Book them into meetings with founders whose opportunity fits

The work rewards rigour:

• Every list is qualified before it is used
• Every message is written for the person receiving it
• Every reply gets a next step

We are not raising a fund. Our investors invest directly in companies, so the work is about family offices, high-net-worth individuals, angels, and funds that back companies directly. Our model is introductions and relationship management, not deal execution.

Your time goes to investor conversations and learning which investors are ready to commit capital. You will work directly with the two co-founders and our investor team, on a process that already works. The organisation is flat, so you will see first-hand how we screen opportunities, what we decline and why.

This is an early-career role. The pace is high, and the people who do well here keep the quality high with it.

Qualifications

• Worked as an analyst in investment banking, M&A advisory, corporate finance, or capital advisory
• Built investor or buyer lists on live processes

Requirements

• Know the difference between a long list and a qualified one, and can explain how you get from one to the other
• Can write a short, specific message to a busy investor that gets a reply
• Keep your pace high without letting quality slip, and follow a process without needing a reminder
• Treat discretion as second nature. Please do not include any investor names in your application
• Use AI tools daily, with clear judgement about where they improve your work and where they would compromise its quality

Benefits

• A fully remote, asynchronous role
• Direct access to the co-founders and our investor team
• Close collaboration with our internal team
• Live mandates from your first week, and access to the opportunities that clear our diligence
• Insight into our internal processes, including how we screen deal flow
• Room to grow into a senior investor-side role as your network grows
• A base salary plus commission