Position Title: Private Equity Vice President
Reporting To: TDP Co-Founders
Location: Chicago, IL and Dallas, TX
Company: Tyree & D’Angelo Partners
Firm Overview:
Tyree & D'Angelo Partners ("TDP") is a private equity investment firm that focuses on control investments in the lower middle market (companies with $1-5M of EBITDA). We look for investments where we can establish true collaborative partnerships with business owners and management teams that will lead to substantial value creation over a long-term investment horizon. TDP’s track record of building high-growth and lower risk companies is driven by a buy & build investment strategy, that is based on tested methods of value creation and a true partnership approach with executives and business owners. TDP works in collaboration with executive leaders utilizing an investment thesis driven process designed to build companies with a differentiated customer value proposition. TDP invests in the healthcare, consumer, and business services sectors, focusing on high-quality founder owned businesses that we can grow with our high probability of success process. TDP manages over $5 billion of enterprise value and TDP’s companies have completed over 1,000 partnerships. For more information, please visit www.TDPfund.com
2027 MBA candidates will join TDP’s investment team in Chicago, Illinois and Dallas, Texas full-time in the summer of 2027.
Post-MBA (prior to 2027) candidates may be considered for an earlier start.
The Vice President will work on all aspects of our private equity investment process, working alongside the founding partners and senior members of the firm. This is a partner-track position and our goal is to identify a candidate who can grow in the role and become a senior member of the TDP team.
Job Responsibilities:
• Complete market and business analysis to evaluate investment opportunities
• Identify and help source new investment targets and management talent
• Support portfolio companies on add-on acquisitions and other growth/operational initiatives
• Assist in all aspects of the investment process
• Utilize a fact-based decision framework to help make investment recommendations to the team
Qualifications:
The ideal candidate will be passionate about investing and is a self-starter capable of taking on a broad array of responsibilities within TDP’s entrepreneurial environment. Candidates must have strong interpersonal skills and history communicating directly with business owners and management teams in a collaborative, effective manner. Candidates should possess strong analytical skills and a natural desire to execute in a detail-oriented manner.
• Prior experience in private equity and strong ties to Chicago and/or Texas
• High degree of intellectual curiosity and ability to develop an investment thesis
• Coachable, positive attitude and open to constructive feedback
• Ability to proactively gather information and establish relationships with key stakeholders
• Desire to work in a small-team environment with increasing responsibility over time
• Strong analytical skills
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and collaboration skills
• Demonstrated academic achievement in both undergraduate and business school
Contact
Please email your resume and cover letter explaining why you are interested in the position to Jen Sommesi ([email protected]) to apply.
Skills Required
- Prior experience in private equity
- Strong ties to Chicago and/or Texas
- Ability to develop an investment thesis
- Strong analytical skills
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and collaboration skills
- Ability to proactively gather information and establish relationships with key stakeholders
- Desire to work in a small-team environment with increasing responsibility
- Demonstrated academic achievement in undergraduate and business school
- Intellectual curiosity
- Self-starter with ability to manage broad responsibilities
- Detail-oriented execution
- Coachable, positive attitude and openness to constructive feedback
- 2027 MBA candidate or post-MBA candidate
What We Do
Tyree & D'Angelo Partners ("TDP") is a private equity investment firm that focuses on control investments in the lower middle market (companies with $1-5M of EBITDA). We look for investments where we can establish true collaborative partnerships with business owners and management teams that will lead to substantial value creation over a long-term investment horizon. TDP’s track record of building high-growth and lower risk companies is driven by a buy & build investment strategy, that is based on tested methods of value creation and a true partnership approach with executives and business owners. TDP works in collaboration with executive leaders utilizing an investment thesis driven process designed to build companies with a differentiated customer value proposition. TDP invests in the healthcare, consumer, and business services sectors, focusing on high-quality founder owned businesses that we can grow with our high probability of success process. TDP companies have completed over 900 partnerships, have grown to over $4 billion of enterprise value, and TDP has over $1.4 billion of capital under management. For more information, please visit www.TDPfund.com.
