Senior Manager of Mergers & Acquisitions, Numa
1 day a week in office
Short-term rentals provider
Open for applications
Short-term rentals provider
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
1 day a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To create stays that are unashamedly original, and that match how people feel when they travel.
Role
Who you are
- 3–6 years in a high-performance analytical environment – ideally top-tier strategy consulting (e.g. MBB, Roland Berger, Oliver Wyman) with M&A, transactions, or corporate finance exposure
- Demonstrated experience across the M&A value chain: origination, commercial and strategic DD, deal structuring, and integration
- Strong financial modelling skills – valuation, deal economics, unit economics. You interrogate numbers, not just read them
- Experience navigating complex multi-stakeholder environments including founders, PE/VC counterparts, or institutional investors
- Genuine interest in technology, AI, and how these forces reshape business models and valuations
- Structured problem-solver who produces decision-ready outputs, not analysis for its own sake
- High-ownership operator: you bias toward action and don’t wait to be told what to do next
- Low ego – builds trust and alignment rather than asserting authority. Functions without direct reports
- Resilient and fast-moving: thrives with imperfect data and shifting priorities while maintaining output quality
- AI-proficient: uses AI tools actively in research, modelling, and process work
- Excellent written and verbal English (required). German or other European languages are a plus
- Writes sharp, concise investment memos and decision materials for C-Level audiences
- Fluent in both strategic and financial language; able to translate between the two
What the job involves
- You will drive Numa's M&A agenda end-to-end with real autonomy — owning the pipeline, deal execution, due diligence, and post-merger integration from first screening through to close and beyond
- This is a high-visibility role with direct access to the CEO and C-Level, where your work shapes company strategy in a tangible way
- You operate with broad freedom to define how the M&A function develops, set priorities, and move deals forward — supported by strong executive sponsorship without being micromanaged
- You will also bring Numa's AI strategy into the M&A context: assessing targets through the lens of tech and data maturity and modelling AI-enabled synergies
- Develop target criteria, investment logic, and strategic rationale in close partnership with the VP
- Build and manage a proprietary deal pipeline: map markets, identify candidates, maintain a live long-list, drive early-stage outreach
- Design KPI-enabled screening frameworks to prioritise targets by strategic fit, unit economics, and technology/data maturity - ideally enabled by AI
- Independently lead individual deal processes from outreach through signing – term sheet, DD, negotiation, and closing
- Own commercial and strategic due diligence; coordinate legal, financial, technical, and operational DD workstreams
- Build valuation models, investment memos, and C-Level decision materials. Manage external advisors while retaining internal ownership of the deal narrative
- Build and maintain working relationships with founders, VCs, institutional investors, and PE counterparts across the pipeline
- Represent Numa credibly in early-stage conversations. Senior counterpart relationships and final negotiations are led by the VP and CEO
- Translate complex deal dynamics into clear recommendations for C-Level and Board
- Execute and continuously improve Numa’s established PMI playbook across Operations, Tech, Finance, and Commercial
- Lead Day 1 planning and integration workstreams; track KPIs for synergy realisation and milestone delivery
- Use AI-assisted tools to sharpen pipeline development and target identification
- Assess every target’s tech stack, data infrastructure, and AI readiness as a core DD dimension
- Model AI-driven synergies with Numa’s Tech and Data teams
- Work closely with Finance, Real Estate, Operations, and Commercial teams to ground deals in operational reality
- Support the build vs. buy vs. partner framework and contribute to investor narratives on M&A strategy
- Numa is entering a phase where selective M&A will materially accelerate the platform – and where AI is becoming central to how that value is created and integrated
- You will work with genuine autonomy, with direct visibility to the CEO and C-Level, on deals that will compound across a portfolio growing from 6,000 to 15,000+ keys. If you want the rigour of strategy consulting combined with the deal intensity of corporate development, inside a category-defining business at exactly the right moment, this is the role
Our take
While the short-term rentals market has exploded over the previous decade, led by AirBnb, no startup has managed to guarantee quality for consumers while delivering revenue to hotels and hosts alike. NUMA aims to fill that gap.
The company differentiates itself in the eyes of consumers, from competitors like Sonder, by including properties at all price points, as well as appealing to third-party hoteliers with its own tech stack solution for a percentage of revenue.
With its initial expansion hopes hindered by the pandemic, the company is now back to its focus on scaling across Europe. By growing its number of units, NUMA will be able to better serve ‘midstay’ customers who seek to stay for one month or longer in different cities, as well as catering to the new nomadic workforce.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
64% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Sep 2023
$59m
SERIES C
Feb 2022
$45m
LATE VC
Total funding: $132.5m
Company benefits
- Geographic flexibility
- Remote options & flexible hours
- Work from home equipment
- Agile work environment with flat hierarchies
- Team events and retreats
- We want you to understand our product so upon your start, you’ll get to spend a night at your nearest numa stay!
Company HQ
Government District, Berlin, Germany
Leadership
Inga Svinhufvud Laudiero
(Board Member & Co-Founder)After 9 years at Morgan Stanley in London, they embarked on a career change studying interior design at UAL, real estate at MIT, and co-founded a sustainable DTC fashion brand.
Dimitri Chandogin
(President & Co-Founder)12 years of experience in Real Estate, Private Equity & Investment Banking. Built the private equity investment arm for JSCF Sistema in Europe. Founder of DOC+, Russia's leading digital healthcare-science provider.
Christian Gaiser
(CEO & Co-Founder)Founder and former CEO of kaufDA, a leading drive to store platform, that was later named Bonial Group and sold to Axel Springer.
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