Novastone Capital Advisors · 8 hours ago
CEO/Entrepreneur through Acquisition
United States
Full-time
Remote
Director/Executive
10+ years expNovastone Capital Advisors (NCA) is a global firm that solves succession challenges faced by Small to Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs). NCA is looking for motivated mid-career professionals to partner in the search, acquisition, and leadership of a small or medium-sized enterprise as Chief Executive Officer.
Business DevelopmentManagement ConsultingSocial Entrepreneurship
Hiring Manager
Blair Madison Late
Responsibilities
Establish together with us a search process aiming to generate sufficient deal flow with the ultimate goal of finding a business to acquire in accordance with pre-defined criteria
Manage the acquisition process with the support of our experienced Investment Management team
Step into the CEO role of the newly acquired business
Proactively generate and evaluate strategic growth options and business opportunities, develop long term business strategy and 100-day plans
Grow the business top line via impactful marketing and sales initiatives
Review product/service offerings, portfolio strategies, existing brands positioning and identify gaps and implement improvements
Manage geographical expansions, when required, preparing and successfully implementing market entrance strategies
Manage efficiency and ensure profitable growth
Qualification
Required
10+ years of professional experience
Academic achievement (Executive MBA or MBA degree preferred)
Min. 5+ years in leadership roles managing multiple teams across multiple geographies and locations
Min. 10+ years of proven track record of running and growing businesses or business units in the US
P&L responsibility
Having a strategic vision for a sector or an industry
Strong motivation towards entrepreneurship
Preferred
M&A experience
Consulting experience from a top consulting firm
Experience managing and operating an SME
Owner, Founder or co-Founder of a Start-up
Experience in global business development, international expansion
Recent successful business transformation experience
Open mind towards learning, people and even failure
Benefits
Financial and business support from NCA
Attractive incentive package in the form of a base compensation and vested shares in the acquired company
Company
Novastone Capital Advisors
Novastone Capital Advisors is a global firm tackling SME succession challenges through our Operator-Led Search Fund Program.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageLeadership Team
Darwin Salicrup
CEO of DZS Capital LLC
Max Koutny
CEO & Search Fund Entrepreneur
Recent News
2025-08-11
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