Date Listed

24 Aug 2026

Experience Level

Entry Level / Junior Executive, Experienced / Senior Executive

Profession

Consulting

Industry

Consultancy

Job Period

Flexible Start - Flexible End

Location Name

Somerset Road, 111 Somerset, Singapore

Address

111 Somerset Rd, Singapore 238164

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Company Profile

The Internship Guy is a career and opportunities-focused media platform connecting students and young professionals with internships, career opportunities, employers, and practical insights to help them launch and advance their careers.

The platform has built an audience of 50,000+ newsletter subscribers and established relationships with approximately 30 corporate partners, creating a valuable distribution network connecting employers and organizations with a highly targeted early-career audience.

Internship Guy operates at the intersection of career media, talent acquisition, education, and employer branding, with opportunities to further expand its commercial model through sponsorships, corporate partnerships, recruitment, events, education products, and other audience-driven offerings.

The business represents an attractive acquisition opportunity for a strategic buyer seeking an established audience, trusted brand, corporate relationships, and distribution within the student and early-career market.

Website: internshipguy.substack.com

Job Description

M&A Lead — Acquisition of The Internship Guy

Compensation: 30% success fee on completed acquisition value

Target acquisition value: SGD 300,000+

Engagement: Success-fee / transaction-based

About the Opportunity

We are looking for an experienced M&A professional with at least 1 year of experience to identify and secure an acquirer for The Internship Guy, an established career media platform with 50,000+ newsletter subscribers and 30 corporate partners.

The ideal candidate will have direct experience in M&A, corporate development, investment banking, sell-side advisory, or business acquisitions and an existing network of potential strategic buyers.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute a targeted buyer strategy.
Identify and approach qualified strategic and financial acquirers.
Leverage existing M&A and corporate networks to generate buyer interest.
Manage initial discussions, information sharing, and negotiations.
Help drive the transaction from buyer outreach through LOI and closing.
Maximize the final acquisition value.

Potential buyers may include companies in education, recruitment, HR technology, career platforms, media, talent, and professional services, among others.

Requirements

Essential:

Proven professional experience in M&A, investment banking, corporate development, or sell-side advisory.
Demonstrable experience sourcing, negotiating, or closing business acquisitions or transactions.
Strong network of corporate decision-makers, investors, founders, or strategic buyers.
Excellent negotiation, commercial judgment, and communication skills.
Ability to work independently and drive a transaction through to completion.

Experience selling or acquiring media, newsletters, digital businesses, education, recruitment, or other audience-driven businesses is a strong advantage.

Compensation

The successful candidate will receive 30% of the acquisition value upon completion of a transaction that they have sourced and materially facilitated.

For example:

SGD 300K acquisition SGD 90K success fee
SGD 500K acquisition SGD 150K success fee
SGD 750K acquisition SGD 225K success fee

The transaction value, treatment of deferred/contingent consideration, attribution, and payment terms will be agreed in a formal engagement agreement.

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