Working closely with Account Executives, they engage with middle-market and lower-middle-market buyout funds, sector specialists, and serial acquirers throughout the pre-sales process and stay with them well past it — leading pilots on live opportunities, guiding sponsors through what's possible with AI, and sitting down with deal teams to build screening, underwriting, diligence, and investment committee workflows in the firm's own templates and formats. 3+ years on the investment team at a buyout fund — middle-market or lower-middle-market, ideally with add-on activity — or a growth-buyout or sector-specialist fund, with demonstrated ownership of live deal work: screening, underwriting, diligence workstreams, modeling, and drafting investment committee materials.