Deal Origination Associate

Summary

Atomic is a stealth vertical AI holding company that acquires niche vertical software companies and layers AI agents and embedded fintech onto them. The Deal Origination Associate will identify, engage, and build long-term relationships with software founders, manage outbound sourcing, qualify acquisition targets, and quarterback deals through signed LOI.

Responsibilities

• Own the top of funnel end-to-end. Build and maintain a proprietary pipeline of 2,000+ target companies across our buy box, mapped by vertical, ARR, ownership structure, and readiness-to-sell signals
• Run heavy outbound. 100+ meaningful founder touches per week - cold email, LinkedIn, phone, handwritten notes, in-person visits. We measure conversations, not activity theater
• Build 3-year relationships. Most founders in our verticals sell once. Your win rate is a function of being the trusted party in their inbox for years before the LOI conversation happens
• Show up in the physical world. Attend 8–12 industry-specific trade shows per year. This is where the deals live
• Qualify ruthlessly against the buy box (below). No happy ears. If a target doesn't fit, kill it early
• Quarterback deals from first call to signed LOI. Financial pre-diligence, valuation triangulation, LOI drafting support with the M&A lead
• Leverage our proprietary distribution. We already reach 50K+ founders and operators through owned channels - your job is to convert that audience into founder conversations

Skills

• 2-5 years in deal sourcing / origination at a private equity firm, holding company, or search fund
• You've done cold outbound at scaleand enjoyed it. If a cold email makes you flinch, this is the wrong seat
• Financial literacy: you can read a P&L, calculate SDE/EBITDA add-backs, and sanity-check a 4x multiple in your head
• High-trust operator.Founders will share their most personal financial information with you. You are their fiduciary before you are ours
• You've read every Constellation Software president's letter. Or you will by Week 2
• Domain experience in any of our target verticals or a prior small software exit

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 2-5 years in deal sourcing / origination at a private equity firm, holding company, or search fund
• You've done cold outbound at scaleand enjoyed it. If a cold email makes you flinch, this is the wrong seat
• Financial literacy: you can read a P&L, calculate SDE/EBITDA add-backs, and sanity-check a 4x multiple in your head
• High-trust operator.Founders will share their most personal financial information with you. You are their fiduciary before you are ours
• You've read every Constellation Software president's letter. Or you will by Week 2

Nice to Haves

• Domain experience in any of our target verticals or a prior small software exit

Benefits

• Offers Equity
• Offers Bonus
• $25k per closed acquisition